All the world was a dream I couldn't shake
in a midnight reverie
of which I'll never wake
that started mundane enough
with an incessant tapping on the windowpane
separating me from the storm

Where inside I sat
me the loathsome fool
with my head cocked sideways in confusion
as my looking glass became a two-way mirror
and you can watch me hide
from everything on this living sphere

But don't you dare darken my doorstep, stranger
never a step more
No, no, nevermore!

You see, I have this reoccurring dream
where we snuck past
scores of slumbering guards
and fixed that rustic iron key
to that lock to set you free

"I would bring you liberty! "
where in reality I'm a coward
I'm collateral matter
swayed by banalities of time and space
I'm a name without a face

My trepidation reached threshold
and my terror turned to madness
when I awoke I was swinging
at shrouded silhouettes
and stumbled out the door
where my anger was extinguished
by this downpour

Compelled, void of volition
my steps propelled me
through this chronic storm
where there in the clearing
throughout the gaps in the trees
dark smoke flickered from fire
illuminating my unease

Like clockwork
seven sisters turned together in a circle
autonomy abandoned
they moved singular and perpetual
around a dark blue flame
where I heard you call my name

"I am the fire that is never quenched
and I am the river that will not run dry. "
When I slept in that garden
Lord did you see me as I was dreaming?

This is the end of everything
We'll lose our divisions
and forget our names
the precipice of eternity

I caught fire
I caught fire
I caught fire
and you'll watch me burn