straight away i want to say thank you to god , through whom all things are possible . nick : i 'm sure strange things happen to you , you just have to pay attention . he and i had not been seeing eye to eye lately . im prepared to see a white room on the other side , just like the whole place . you gave me a shield and im hanging on to it for a while longer . `` i have a few years before i have to worry about that . '' 