暂停下载lrc！<br><br>[ti:mirror of souls]<br>[ar:theocracy]<br>[al:mirror of souls]<br>[by:www.geciduoduo.com]<br><br>[00:02.00]theocracy - mirror of souls<br>[00:09.00]lrc by lzh ,from jiangxi pingxiang<br>[00:16.00]@ www.geciduoduo.com @<br>[00:23.00]<br>[00:25.35]i. the house of mirrors<br>[00:30.35]<br>[00:31.35]listen to the tale i tell<br>[00:35.42]a haunting dream i know so well<br>[00:39.50]when walking home alone one night<br>[00:43.29]my path revealed by candlelight<br>[00:47.23]ahead i see an open door<br>[00:51.24]with no idea what’s in store<br>[00:55.21]i glance inside the door to see<br>[00:59.21]a hall of mirrors beckon me<br>[01:03.38]i take a breath and step inside<br>[01:07.22]a tale of love and shattered pride<br>[01:11.22]the door slams shut, i start to run<br>[01:15.21]and it seems my journey has begun...<br>[01:24.34]<br>[02:29.50]i run and turn from side to side<br>[02:32.62]with fear and panic in my eyes<br>[02:36.23]the vastness overwhelming me<br>[02:39.52]mirrors far as the eye can see<br>[02:42.63]i see myself in every one<br>[02:45.91]i see the things that i have done<br>[02:49.22]a thousand forms of flattery<br>[02:52.57]the fear soon turns to haughtiness in me<br>[02:58.51]<br>[03:08.61]different mirrors, different shapes<br>[03:11.62]my different strengths accentuate<br>[03:14.55]each mirror has a name and face<br>[03:18.13]and all reflect me in some way<br>[03:21.58]i look at them to see myself<br>[03:24.53]to judge my life by someone else<br>[03:28.03]the metaphors within replete:<br>[03:31.21]the mirrors are the people that i meet<br>[03:37.01]<br>[03:47.12]look at the man you see (in the mirrors)<br>[03:50.90]the things you can be (in the mirrors)<br>[03:54.51]the glory of me revealed in the mirror’s eye<br>[03:59.29]the mirror never lies<br>[04:01.05]the fire in my eyes (in the mirrors)<br>[04:04.25]the ity rise (in the mirrors)<br>[04:07.51]the power of pride comes alive in the mirrors<br>[04:10.05]<br>[04:10.81]gazing in the mirrors i behold<br>[04:16.67]all the greatest chapters of my story ever told<br>[04:23.02]in the mirrors<br>[04:24.71]the world is turned to gold<br>[04:34.43]<br>[05:43.54]at the end of the hall of mirrors<br>[05:51.10]i behold a golden door<br>[05:55.52]i imagine all the beauty<br>[06:00.34]the other side must hold in store<br>[06:07.08]<br>[06:07.96]so i quickly reach out my hand<br>[06:10.75]to enter the next room in this promised land<br>[06:13.77]i pull the giant door open<br>[06:16.33]to continue my journey, i step inside<br>[06:19.55]but it slams shut behind me, and i’m back outside<br>[06:30.55]the pouring rain welcomes me<br>[06:37.62]into the arms of the coldest, blackest night<br>[06:49.69]<br>[07:10.00]ii. the stranger in the storm<br>[07:16.66]<br>[07:18.64]the light of the mirrors has faded away<br>[07:22.04]into distant memory<br>[07:24.98]as the rain keeps coming down<br>[07:30.54]my candle extinguished<br>[07:32.55]i struggle to walk a path i cannot see<br>[07:36.90]and the rain keeps coming down<br>[07:43.60]<br>[07:54.58]the darkness grows with every step<br>[07:57.99]i could cut it with a knife<br>[08:00.91]as the rain keeps coming down<br>[08:06.76]i can’t see a thing, i’ve never felt<br>[08:09.94]so alone in all my life<br>[08:12.93]but the rain keeps coming down...<br>[08:18.80]<br>[08:19.81]caught in the fury of the storm<br>[08:22.87](the darkness suffocates)<br>[08:25.36]body and soul weary and worn<br>[08:28.48](another twist of fate)<br>[08:31.28]never been so afraid before<br>[08:33.90](the ending of this tale?)<br>[08:37.33]never should have opened the door<br>[08:40.18](from euphoria to hell)<br>[08:42.39]<br>[08:43.19]i question my fate, my end to die in this storm?<br>[08:48.01]maybe this was the plan back from the day i was born<br>[08:53.52]but in the hall of mirrors i had felt so high<br>[09:05.25]i cannot walk another mile in this flood<br>[09:10.62]so resigned to my fate, i just collapse in the mud<br>[09:16.00]if i cannot go on, i’ll just lay down and die<br>[09:27.49]<br>[09:28.51]suddenly a light i see, shining in the distance<br>[09:33.62]i make my way toward it with my fading hope reborn<br>[09:38.36]as i draw near, the light is clear<br>[09:41.35]though the rain beats its resistance<br>[09:43.64]but i press on and pray this is a shelter from the storm<br>[09:48.64]adcing now toward the light (moving forward)<br>[09:50.79]i’m quickly moving forward (marching forward)<br>[09:53.53]this hope has given me new strength (moving forward)<br>[09:55.93]i thought i’d never know (to the light)<br>[09:58.52]but i take a step, and fall right back (moving forward)<br>[10:01.15]for the ground is gone beneath me (marching forward)<br>[10:03.61]and i behold, illuminated (moving forward)<br>[10:06.16]in the light’s warm glow (to the light)<br>[10:08.58]a dark chasm, a great abyss<br>[10:11.21]a vast expanse of nothingness<br>[10:13.62]a pit that has no bottom as far as the eye can see<br>[10:18.51]it spans the whole horizon, and there is no way across<br>[10:23.51]my lonely heart is shattered and all hope i had is lost<br>[10:29.87]<br>[10:31.13]i’m startled to feel a hand on my shoulder<br>[10:35.99]i turn to see a shadowed figure standing in the rain<br>[10:41.06]but somehow i’m not afraid of him<br>[10:44.54]even when he speaks my name<br>[10:50.32]<br>[11:00.51]and somehow i can tell that he means me no harm<br>[11:05.81]just by the peace that i see in his eyes<br>[11:10.94]and even though i’ve never even seen him before<br>[11:15.90]it’s like he’s known me all my life<br>[11:21.32]"why are you crying?" the stranger asks<br>[11:26.51]as i wipe away the tears<br>[11:31.44]i point toward the great abyss<br>[11:36.52]the source of all my fears<br>[11:40.73]<br>[11:41.74]"i must get across and get to that light<br>[11:46.81]for it represents my only hope tonight<br>[11:51.65]but when i saw the chasm, all that hope was lost<br>[12:01.66]i’ve spent so long in the dark and the rain<br>[12:06.65]that the sight of the light made my heart sing again<br>[12:11.95]but the gulf’s so wide, and there’s no way across"<br>[12:21.40]<br>[12:22.33]the stranger smiled, and took my hand<br>[12:26.90]he said, "but you are wrong, my friend<br>[12:31.23]you cannot cross the gulf yourself, that’s true"<br>[12:39.73]he led me down toward the edge<br>[12:44.51]and pointed just over the ledge<br>[12:48.93]and said, "behold, i built a bridge for you"<br>[12:58.18]<br>[13:33.24]i cross the bridge toward the light<br>[13:38.03]the stranger saved my life tonight<br>[13:42.67]i turn to try to thank him, but he’s gone<br>[13:51.18]a long way to the other side<br>[13:55.91]i’ll make my way without my guide<br>[14:00.30]no time to waste, for i must carry on<br>[14:07.58]<br>[14:08.60]the bright light shines forth from behind<br>[14:12.51]a door beyond description<br>[14:15.04]blood and scratches mark the door from ages of abuse<br>[14:20.31]i’m confused no more, for above the door<br>[14:22.96]is a weathered, old inscription:<br>[14:25.82]"all who would see reality, enter the hall of truth"<br>[14:31.09]and so i do<br>[14:34.41]<br>[15:23.98]iii. the truth revealed<br>[15:33.27]<br>[15:35.53]as i step inside<br>[15:38.94]i can see another mirror<br>[15:41.83]a mirror so bright<br>[15:44.79]that my eyes must turn away<br>[15:47.40]a mirror so high<br>[15:50.10]i start to question all the others<br>[15:52.73]and as i stand there in the hall of truth<br>[15:56.13]my heart can only say:<br>[15:59.04]"show me the truth, i don’t know what to believe<br>[16:01.71]for the mirrors all showed something different to me<br>[16:04.90]and my pride has given way to misery<br>[16:10.51]i’ve spent so long in the dark and the rain<br>[16:13.21]that the sight of the light made my heart sing again<br>[16:15.92]and the stranger built a bridge across for me"<br>[16:21.05]<br>[16:21.93]"behold thyself" a voice rings out<br>[16:24.34]in paralyzing thunder<br>[16:27.32]it echoes all throughout the hall<br>[16:30.06]and sends me to my knees<br>[16:33.01]when the voice calls my name<br>[16:34.66]i’m overcome with fear and wonder<br>[16:38.59]as i slowly start to rise<br>[16:40.89]and face the great mirror in front of me<br>[16:43.95]when i open my eyes, i have to close them again<br>[16:49.47]but still the image is burned in my mind...<br>[16:55.07]a face with eyes as black as night<br>[16:59.80]a terrifying sight<br>[17:02.62]the flesh rotting away in sickness and decay<br>[17:07.92]it’s mangled by disease<br>[17:10.96]i’m unable to breathe<br>[17:13.46]tell me what manner of creature this could be<br>[17:17.51]’cause it’s not me<br>[17:18.26]<br>[17:18.95]i run away as fast as my feet will carry me<br>[17:23.79]back to the door leading out into the night<br>[17:29.56]even the storm that almost claimed my life<br>[17:33.06]was better than this<br>[17:34.70]and so i throw open the door and see a man<br>[17:38.96](the figure of a man)<br>[17:41.06]the stranger from the storm returns again<br>[17:43.81](to save me once again?)<br>[17:46.60]i see understanding in his eyes<br>[17:49.46](he’s seen this all before)<br>[17:52.21]maybe he can tell me what i saw behind that door<br>[17:57.85]<br>[17:58.62]"tell me what i saw in the mirror before i ran away<br>[18:03.80]tell me what i saw in the mirror<br>[18:06.09]that face of sickness and decay<br>[18:09.26]tell me what i saw in the mirror that left me terrorized<br>[18:15.11]tell me what i saw in the mirror<br>[18:17.32]with the lifeless, blackened eyes?<br>[18:20.01]was it a demon from the fiery waves?<br>[18:23.20]was it the undead from beyond the grave?<br>[18:25.83]oh the face that i beheld in the mirror left me paralyzed<br>[18:30.81]won’t you tell me what i saw in the mirror on this night?"<br>[18:36.23]<br>[18:37.10]"the light from the mirror you saw from afar<br>[18:42.57]the mirror of souls shows all men as they are<br>[18:48.40]you entered the hall and you asked for the truth<br>[18:53.55]the man that you saw in the mirror was you"<br>[18:59.03]<br>[18:59.96]"no! don’t show me the truth ’cause i don’t want to believe<br>[19:02.81]what the mirror of souls has revealed unto me<br>[19:05.69]and the face i saw reflected cannot be me<br>[19:10.74]dying and lost in the arms of decay<br>[19:13.87]i do not recognize the face i’ve seen today<br>[19:16.74]and if you say that’s my face i must disagree"<br>[19:21.52]<br>[19:22.56]the meaning of these things i saw:<br>[19:25.55]the mirror is the holy eyes of god<br>[19:29.94]<br>[19:32.52]the truth unveiled before me<br>[19:36.21]with these words of the stranger:<br>[19:39.48]"the mirrors you saw in the hall long ago<br>[19:44.81]were mirrors of lies, not reflecting the soul<br>[19:50.51]when you look unto others to see what they see<br>[19:56.02]you see an illusion, deception, false reality"<br>[20:05.85]<br>[20:07.60]i have seen my soul in the mirror and it has broken me<br>[20:15.03]i have seen myself so much clearer than i had ever seen<br>[20:21.78]"can’t you take away all this sickness from my soul and set me free?<br>[20:32.15]you can save me...i believe"<br>[20:39.03]<br>[20:40.50]and then he said, "arise, my child<br>[20:44.51]your faith has made you reconciled<br>[20:48.12]now gaze into the mirror once again"<br>[20:55.27]we walked together through the door<br>[20:59.29]and i looked in the glass once more<br>[21:02.81]but the only one reflected back was him<br>[21:09.59]somehow the only one the mirror saw was him<br>[21:18.13]<br>[21:21.51]gazing in the mirror of my soul<br>[21:28.71]staring at the man who took my place and made me whole<br>[21:36.36]in the mirror, the mirror of my soul<br>[21:52.35]<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>