A palace in the dust A garden hewn in stone A sanctuary in the deep For me to call my own --- (Lost - an army from below On the hill where land meets sky See its next target: The tower in the sand will fall) You've forgotten where you're from (I do what I must to go on) I reject what you've become (There's no room for your whimsy in my world) It's a war of wills in my memory Standing on hallowed ground Red all around, chaos bleeds Don't let it fall This place is the key to it all (Dry your eyes You'll learn to be content in time Forget this "art" It's just entertainment at heart) Now my shadow's growing tall Keeping me in line You don't know my mind (I'll crush you if you come near me or mine) Day turned into night Night sky filled with fire The ground is giving way to void Like a dream It's a fight to retain my clarity Feel the old power slipping away Now it's plain: the age-old mountain will fall --- Morning: The sun's the same But somehow the arid landscape subtley has changed I fool myself when I still can But it still calls me from A thousand feet under sand There's something left behind I saw the signs, where are they taking me An image burning still inside A sanctuary A garden hewn in stone (Look around Demons breaking down the world you knew) Nothing left to say No one left to hear Night fell: The sky shed tears The same day in instant replay for too many years Your facade - it's not enough That pleasant grey won't keep me from fighting It came back all at once This world is filled with figments Of the fragments of our shattered selves The truth is on the other side I remember all The journey's just begun... --- (So it's come to this at last Every day, the same old song and Dancing in the fire, you'll burn You made your choice, there's no return Till the hands of time have run their course... Once you said there must be more Liar, I'm the only Way Back then you made a vow Your words were empty then as now) "This isn't what I wanted This won't become my life... ...Cause we've got a charge to speak our voice A duty that passes you by - (Tried but yesterday's gone) - My body's burning but my ideas will live on So make a choice, it's simple: You create or die" (Hypocrite! You loved not thinking of the past Doing what's before you Never dwelling on the task When the day is laid to rest... I fed you, led you Took care of all your wants Your faith will lead you nowhere And your art will be forgot) If my work should follow to my grave I'll laugh because I am complete - (Though your grave may go untended) - Every ripple is felt in time And every step we take from here will be A flower that's placed at its feet It's a voice that speaks an eternity Promised myself I'd reach your walls again And not let you fall (If that's the way it's got to be Take your ideals and go to hell There's more like me who know what's real And this world won't run itself It's death out there without a guide The blinding sun will burn your eyes Don't say I didn't warn you; You'll die in the desert alone Get out of my sight!) A frantic dig through barren earth Uncovering my future past Visions of another life in my head Was it real? Dirt runs through bloody hands Till the final revelation: A single brick staring at me from the sand ...And I don't know what lies ahead Let another chapter begin I've found the meaning of my life And I will never look back again A palace in the dust A garden hewn in stone A fortress standing tall over the winding wastes A truth that lies below It's growing deeper still And now I know that It always will be here