Mirror of Souls

I. The House Of Mirrors

Listen to the tale I tell

a haunting dream I know so well

When walking home alone one night

my path revealed by candlelight

Ahead I see an open door

with no idea what's in store

I glance inside the door to see

a hall of mirrors beckons me

I take a breath and step inside

a tale of love and shattered pride

The door slams shut, I start to run

And it seems my journey has begun...

I run and turn from side to side

with fear and panic in my eyes

The vastness overwhelming me

mirrors far as the eye can see

I see myself in every one

I see the things that I have done

A thousand forms of flattery

the fear soon turns to haughtiness in me

Different mirrors, different shapes

my different strengths accentuate

Each mirror has a name and face

and all reflect me in some way

I look at them to see myself

to judge my life by someone else

The metaphors within replete:

the mirrors are the people that I met

Look at the man you see - in the mirrors

The things you can be - in the mirrors

The glory of me revealed in the mirror's eye

The mirror never lies

The fire in my eyes - in the mirrors

The vanity rise - in the mirrors

The power of pride comes alive in the mirrors

Gazing in the mirrors I behold

All the greatest chapters of my story ever told

In the mirrors

The world is turned to gold

Orchestral section

At the end of the Hall of Mirrors

I behold a golden door

I imagine all the beauty

the other side must hold in store

So I quickly reach out my hand

To enter the next room in this promised land

I pull the giant door open

To continue my journey, I step inside

But it slams shut behind me, and I'm back outside

The pouring rain welcomes me

into the arms of the coldest, blackest night

II. The Stranger In The Storm

The light of the mirrors has faded away

into distant memory

As the rain keeps coming down

My candle extinguished

I struggle to walk a path I cannot see

And the rain keeps coming down

The darkness grows with every step

I could cut it with a knife

As the rain keeps coming down

I can't see a thing and I've never felt

so alone in all my life

But the rain keeps coming down...

Caught in the fury of the storm

(The darkness suffocates)

Body and soul weary and worn

(Another twist of fate)

Never been so afraid before

(The ending of this tale?)

Never should have opened the door

(From euphoria to hell)

I question my fate, my end

to die in this storm

Maybe this was the plan

back from the day I was born

But in the hall of mirrors I had felt so high

I cannot walk another mile in this flood

So resigned to my fate, I just collapse in the mud

If I cannot go on, I'll just lay down and die

Suddenly a light I see, shining in the distance

I make my way toward it with my fading hope reborn

As I draw near, the light is clear

Though the rain beats its resistance

But I press on and pray this is a shelter from the storm

Advancing now toward the light

I'm quickly moving forward

This hope has given me new strength

I thought I'd never know

But I take a step, and fall right back

For the ground's gone beneath me

And I behold, illuminated in the light's warm glow

A dark chasm, a great abyss

A vast expanse of nothingness

A pit that has no bottom as far as the eye can see

It spans the whole horizon, and there is no way across

My lonely heart is shattered and all hope I had is lost

I'm startled to feel a hand on my shoulder

I turn to see a shadowed figure standing in the rain

But somehow I'm not afraid of him

Even when he speaks my name

And somehow I can tell that he means me no harm

Just by the peace that I see in his eyes

And even though I've never even seen him before

It's like he's known me all my life