Theocracy - Mirror of Souls

LRC by lzh ,from jiangxi pingxiang

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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 beckon 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 meet

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 ity 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

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, 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

Adcing now toward the light (Moving forward)

I'm quickly moving forward (Marching forward)

This hope has given me new strength (Moving forward)

I thought I'd never know (To the light)

But I take a step, and fall right back (Moving forward)

For the ground is gone beneath me (Marching forward)

And I behold, illuminated (Moving forward)

in the light's warm glow (To the light)

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

"Why are you crying?" the stranger asks

as I wipe away the tears

I point toward the great abyss

the source of all my fears

"I must get across and get to that light

for it represents my only hope tonight

but when I saw the chasm, all that hope was lost

I've spent so long in the dark and the rain

that the sight of the light made my heart sing again

but the gulf's so wide, and there's no way across"

The stranger smiled, and took my hand

He said, "But you are wrong, my friend

You cannot cross the gulf yourself, that's true"

He led me down toward the edge

and pointed just over the ledge

and said, "Behold, I built a bridge for you"

I cross the bridge toward the light

The stranger saved my life tonight

I turn to try to thank Him, but He's gone

A long way to the other side

I'll make my way without my guide

No time to waste, for I must carry on

The bright light shines forth from behind

A door beyond description

Blood and scratches mark the door from ages of abuse

I'm confused no more, for above the door

Is a weathered, old inscription:

"All who would see reality, enter the Hall of Truth"

And so I do

III. The Truth Revealed

As I step inside

I can see another mirror

A mirror so bright

that my eyes must turn away

A mirror so high

I start to question all the others

And as I stand there in the Hall of Truth

my heart can only say:

"Show me the truth, I don't know what to believe

for the mirrors all showed something different to me

and my pride has given way to misery

I've spent so long in the dark and the rain

that the sight of the light made my heart sing again

and the stranger built a bridge across for me"

"BEHOLD THYSELF" a voice rings out

in paralyzing thunder

It echoes all throughout the hall

and sends me to my knees

When the voice calls my name

I'm overcome with fear and wonder

As I slowly start to rise

and face the great mirror in front of me

When I open my eyes, I have to close them again

but still the image is burned in my mind...

A face with eyes as black as night

A terrifying sight

The flesh rotting away in sickness and decay

It's mangled by disease

I'm unable to breathe

Tell me what manner of creature this could be

'Cause it's not me

I run away as fast as my feet will carry me

back to the door leading out into the night

Even the storm that almost claimed my life

was better than this

And so I throw open the door and see a man

(The figure of a man)

The stranger from the storm returns again

(To save me once again?)

I see understanding in his eyes

(He's seen this all before)

Maybe He can tell me what I saw behind that door

"Tell me what I saw in the mirror before I ran away

Tell me what I saw in the mirror

that face of sickness and decay

Tell me what I saw in the mirror that left me terrorized

Tell me what I saw in the mirror

with the lifeless, blackened eyes?

Was it a demon from the fiery waves?

Was it the undead from beyond the grave?

Oh the face that I beheld in the mirror left me paralyzed

Won't you tell me what I saw in the mirror on this night?"

"The light from the mirror you saw from afar

The Mirror of Souls shows all men as they are

You entered the hall and you asked for the truth

The man that you saw in the mirror was you"

"No! Don't show me the truth 'cause I don't want to believe

What the Mirror of Souls has revealed unto me

And the face I saw reflected cannot be me

Dying and lost in the arms of decay

I do not recognize the face I've seen today

And if you say that's my face I must disagree"

The meaning of these things I saw:

The mirror is the holy eyes of God

The truth unveiled before me

with these words of the stranger:

"The mirrors you saw in the hall long ago

Were mirrors of lies, not reflecting the soul

When you look unto others to see what they see

You see an illusion, deception, false reality"

I have seen my soul in the mirror and it has broken me

I have seen myself so much clearer than I had ever seen

"Can't you take away all this sickness from my soul and set me free?

You can save me...I believe"

And then He said, "Arise, my child

your faith has made you reconciled

Now gaze into the Mirror once again"

We walked together through the door

and I looked in the glass once more

but the only one reflected back was Him

Somehow the only one the mirror saw was Him

Gazing in the Mirror of my Soul

Staring at the man who took my place and made me whole

In the Mirror, the Mirror of my Soul