The Temple / Erratic Lyrics - Anata

Left by dawn 

Determined mind 

The final way out 

My bridges were burned 

One last path to justify life... 

To follow this crazy dream 

Heading for the woods 

To places I had been before 

But in my dreams 

They were altered 

I just had to see 

But the deeper I walked 

Confusion emerged 

Paths unknown? 

I was astray 

And though it was day 

The sun shone no more 

But as I despaired 

Certain to be lost 

I suddenly stood 

By a temple 

The temple in my dreams 

With a thousand steps 

My journey was complete 

The source of essence 

Of which I had been foretold 

Climbing up the stairs 

Hewn in stone 

Stained with generations blood 

Thorn, like poison snakes 

Entangles me, severs my skin 

Helped by the wind 

At last at the top 

A mysterious sight reaches my eyes 

For on the very highest step 

A gigantic mirror was placed 

Unseen in my dream 

I was dismayed 

With fear I faced the mirror 

And to my great surprise 

My reflection... 

The image of the devil 

And behind... 

At the very foot of the stairs 

I could see clouds 

And heaven from above 

Through the mirror 

I could see heaven's gate 

Forever closed for me 

All of a sudden 

A stormwind came 

And put the mirror in spin 

Got hold of the thorn 

Of the highest step 

I see the mirror stop 

Yet the wind blows 

My image... I am Messiah 

Hanging down the stairs 

In the reflection a chasm 

And the gate in front of me 

Was the back of the gate to hell 

I was sure to fall 

A question of seconds 

But once again 

The wind came to my help 

And saved me from the flames 

But trapped in the grasp of the wind 

I was violently thrown 

Towards the spinning mirror 

And I got caught in the spin 

New dimensions I saw 

But I never say the mirror again 

My last way to redemption 

Turned out to be a fatal delusion 

I'm condemned 

To eternal emptiness 

Condemned to play roles 

In a thousand worlds 

I'm never to be myself again 

[Leads by: Schalin] 

[Final lead part two by: Allenmark]