Ballad of the Inferno

And in the journey of my life

I got lost in the darkest wood

The way straightforward long since lost

The path behind so obvious

And at this crossroads I sat down

Cos I was lost and tired

I put my head into my hands

And tried to close my eyes

I heard the noises in the wood

Turn into human voices

I felt myself before this time

Of compromise and choice

And as I sat I seemed to dream

Or if not dream, then be there

And all my middle years left

And vanished into air

And I flew with them back in time

The light was all around me

I felt the brightness take the strain

Of all the chains that bound me

And I saw all my friends who died

And myself dead but breathing

Death, he walked at my right hand

And taught me how to sing

I said "Please show me now your face"

He handed me a mirror

I threw it on the cold wood floor

Could not make it shatter

And I collapsed upon the ground

To sick and tired of life to plead

The way behind had long since gone

Nothing lay ahead

A woman's face looked down on me

Her features lost in sunlight

I had to cover up my eyes

So used were they to night

And I heard her laugh and say

"Young Man, I think you're dying"

She gave me water, made me drink

And then she took me in

And so I laid me down to sleep

And I woke just where she'd found me

She'd built a house of my dead dreams

Built it all around me

Smiling there, she looked and said

"Open your eyes and look around"

And so I listened as she sang

Amazed at what I found