The Path

You sit back and you wonder

Which way should you go

You hear distant thunder

So you keep your head low

You've chosen the road

You've chosen the lane

You've accepted the load

You've accepted the game

You walk the path

You walk it alone

The road is so long

You keep on moving

Over treacherous stones

A light at the ending

A glimmer so faint

A message they're sending

But beware of the taint

The stones turn to faces

Your steps leave the marks

You mind your paces

But are embraced by the dark

You walk the path

You walk it alone

The road is so long

You keep on moving

Walking over the bones

Now you stand on the summit

With the world at your feet

But the air is so thin

The victory's bleak

You look down at the ruin

At the cost of the climb

You conquered the mountain

But have succumbed to the crime

The silence is screaming

In a castle made of the gold

Was it worth it all the scheming?

To be embraced by the cold?

You walked the path

You walked it alone

The road was so long

Now the feeling is gone

You've become one with the stones

You could turn back around

Descend from the height

Pick a face from the ground

And guide them to the light

It's not about the distance

Or the trophies you own

It's the warmth of the hand

Instead of the cold of the throne

I leave you the path

I won't walk it alone

I won't walk it alone

The road is so long

But the heart has to grow

Become one with the body, and one with the bone

Become one with the body, and one with the bone.