Vale of Tears

I wonder if my life is nothing but a dream? And why this darkness descends over me? And what if the boat, taking me across the stream Is the start of the journey to be? There’s a garden out there Where golden mornings will break Yet, all I hear is paddles’ dreadful moaning All shades of fear condemn my way Through lands of pain and sorrow In mute despair I drift astray No hope, no clear tomorrow I’m lost within desire’s maze Where gardens drown in hollows My soul — a ghost in endless haze Reflects the fate it follows I’ve seen my visions I’ve seen my visions fade away My hopes unravel, broken Through sands of time Through sands of time my dreams decayed My voice no longer spoken The boat moves slowly through the night Three maws await me out of sight I’m cast into the fire’s glow A gift to altar show All shades of fear condemn my way Through lands of pain and sorrow In mute despair I drift astray No hope, no clear tomorrow I’m lost within desire’s maze Where gardens drown in hollows My soul — a ghost in endless haze Reflects the fate it follows Fear of unknown devours minds We raise up temples to flee the night All shades of fear condemn my way Through lands of pain and sorrow In mute despair I drift astray No hope, no clear tomorrow I’m lost within desire’s maze Where gardens drown in hollows My soul — a ghost in endless haze Reflects the fate it follows Reflects the fate it follows