Before I Cross

Stars are rising where they always do,
But tonight they're leading me away from you.
I can taste the distance on my tongue; the journey's old,
But I'm still young.
I'm standing where the path divides,
Between the fire and the tide.
One step forward,
Whole world behind; may never see this ground again in time.
Before I cross, before I go, let me hold what I still know.
If I fall in a place with different rain,
Will these roots remember my name?
If I rise where the sun don't set the same,
Will I carry this flame?
I'm standing where the path divides,
Between the fire and the tide.
One step forward,