A Way Back Home

Though the road I've walked is silver
I found one that is gold
When a poison hit my stomach
And I forgot what I was told
I walked my golden railway
In a line straight ahead
Until I found the path was broken
One side living, one side dead
Half the path stayed golden
The other dark as night
I didn't know which way to go
One side wrong, one side right
I sat in the split
Where my golden path diverged
Until a thought occurred to me
And the rightful path emerged
I turned around and headed
Back to my silver path
I almost made it there
When I heard a wicked laugh
A man stepped in front of me
And told me I had to go
"You cant just turn around that way
How could you not know
Once your path is chosen
The golden line you've led
You stay on your path
Until you meet the living and the dead
You saw where your road broke
And left you there to choose
Life of light or darkness
In both you win and lose
He turned me back around
And left me to my choice
As I thought I waited
But I never heard his voice
So I stood in the midst
Of two paths I paved my own
One wasn't meant for me
But one would lead me home