Chapter Four


The hundreds of people gathered at the funeral chapel watched silently as Jeff Hardy walked up to the podium. For the first time in several years, he'd washed out all the blue and green and purple dye, and it was here that people got a rare glimpse of his true hair color, which happened to be a soft bronze with sun gold highlights. Jeff cleared his throat, and glanced across the sea of black-clad mourners, then looked down at his carefully prepared speech, and decided to throw it--though not literally--out the window. He cleared his throat again, and began to speak in a quiet, respectful voice.

"Cancer may have taken Nora Greenwald's life, but it will never rob her of her sparkle," he began, somehow keeping his composure and holding back the flood of tears. "And although she is no longer with us, we must all take some time away from our grieving and remember that right now she's in a better place. To remind us of that, I shall now play a song by a group that Nora held very close in her heart." And he stepped aside and pressed the switch.

When dreaming I'm guided to another world
Time and time again

At sunrise I fight to stay asleep
'Cause I don't want to leave the comfort of this place

'Cause there's a hunger, a longing to escape
From the life I live when I'm awake

So let's go there
Let's make our escape
Come on, let's go there
Let's ask can we stay?

Can you take me higher?
To the place where blind men see?
Can you take me higher?
To the place with golden streets

Although I would like our world to change
It helps me to appreciate
Those nights and those dreams
But, my friend, I'd sacrifice all those nights
If I could make the Earth and my dreams the same
The only difference is
To let love replace all our hate

So let's go there
Let's make our escape
Come on, let's go there
Let's ask can we stay?

Can you take me higher?
To the place where blind men see?
Can you take me higher?
To the place with golden streets

So let's go there
Let's go there
Come on, let's go there
Let's ask can we stay?

Up high I feel like I'm alive for the very first time
Said up high I'm strong enough to take these dreams
And make them mine

Can you take me higher?
To the place where blind men see?
Can you take me higher?
To the place with golden streets