Anata - The Temple / Erratic Lyrics
Left by dawnDetermined mindThe final way outMy bridges were burnedOne last path to justify life...To follow this crazy dreamHeading for the woodsTo places I had been beforeBut in my dreamsThey were alteredI just had to seeBut the deeper I walkedConfusion emergedPaths unknown?I was astrayAnd though it was dayThe sun shone no moreBut as I despairedCertain to be lostI suddenly stoodBy a templeThe temple in my dreamsWith a thousand stepsMy journey was completeThe source of essenceOf which I had been foretoldClimbing up the stairsHewn in stoneStained with generations bloodThorn, like poison snakesEntangles me, severs my skinHelped by the windAt last at the topA mysterious sight reaches my eyesFor on the very highest stepA gigantic mirror was placedUnseen in my dreamI was dismayedWith fear I faced the mirrorAnd to my great surpriseMy reflection...The image of the devilAnd behind...At the very foot of the stairsI could see cloudsAnd heaven from aboveThrough the mirrorI could see heaven's gateForever closed for meAll of a suddenA stormwind cameAnd put the mirror in spinGot hold of the thornOf the highest stepI see the mirror stopYet the wind blowsMy image... I am MessiahHanging down the stairsIn the reflection a chasmAnd the gate in front of meWas the back of the gate to hellI was sure to fallA question of secondsBut once againThe wind came to my helpAnd saved me from the flamesBut trapped in the grasp of the windI was violently thrownTowards the spinning mirrorAnd I got caught in the spinNew dimensions I sawBut I never say the mirror againMy last way to redemptionTurned out to be a fatal delusionI'm condemnedTo eternal emptinessCondemned to play rolesIn a thousand worldsI'm never to be myself again
