The Garden of Fire

Countless years have come and gone
 And still we dig
 Into the ocean's skin for fire
 Skies collapse with ease
 And still we fly
 Cloaked by our united disguise
 See what I see
 Harness your need
 Fear what I fear
 As you near
 Stairs of trust descend
 For far too long
 Into the wild's heart, its mire
 Survival takes control
 We lose our will
 Want contorts to need
 As we feel death's chill
 I'll cry your name if you aim the arrow
 If your wrath unveils
 But I'll retreat if light shows your essence
 If your ire fails
 There's no escape from this cave of liars
 When they all feast inside my eyes
 Instead of tearing bard from dead oak
 I rip flesh from bone
 I could've drained the blood from our dreams
 But I take my own
 So if I paint the scene of a man truly lost
 In a spiraling web
 Will you forget that my hand only grasped
 One single thread?
 If you reach deep into the ground
 You will find the deceiver's crown unbound
 Drowning in the sea of dust and crooked thoughts
 You finally learn that it was not you for whom I fought
 A reflection lives inside your gentle heart
 Seek its gaze and watch as you pull yourself part
 We've reached the cusp of land and sea
 And I feel the world pour over me
 So I'll take the road to the stars
 And forget why I trekked so far
 Deep in the sea of my twisted ways
 You finally see my words set ablaze
 Burn every plea, burn through me
 I could live forever
 I could dream forever
 In the garden of fire
 I've grown so tired
 But I could fight forever
 And battle any weather
 In the garden of fire
 For now we will surrender to the fading sun
 We'll wake and we will find intention and action are one
 So don't despair if you can't find your mind
 For tonight we drink together from the goblet of time