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Nothing in life could have ever prepared me for this

The thin ice I was walking on cracked right under my feet

The familiar ground on which I used to base my whole being

Is far behind now and all i see is a vast ocean ahead

Several thousand miles away

I left a whole life far behind

Now I'm shedding my skin to get through

The threshold where the past must die

From the belly of the whale

I must break out to be born again

I have to head for the unknown path

The grandest ordeal

Everything changes, the past feels like it was a dream

Reality, time and all that which we love to control

The illusion then suddenly fades, the big picture I see

But still I am trapped in this tormenting deceiving self

Haunted by the memories, a prison in my head

The power to let go seems to grow weaker day by day

I have no choice but to turn to the demons inside

A long inward journey awaits and there's no turning back

I might not survive the dark forest of my shattered soul

But this is the path I must take right here in front of me.