10,000 Midnights Ago

Looking ahead, innocence mine

Before me lies the life I'll find

I will never forget that first midnight I crossed awake

I felt that first powerful song alive and free

It was there so real and close as the stars I did see

And I touched, then listened to new whispers

To this day they are still calling me

I saw the glory

And the treasures I'll take tomorrow

I wrote my own story

10, 000 midnights ago

I never knew I'd change voices

Never thought of the angel's disdain

Deep down I know my efforts have dwindled

But the dreams they still stay the same

Here and now I'll take the time that is mine

To reach, my tranquil, domesticity

The home that I left long ago

I found the answers

Leaving me with more questions unknown

And I long for that memory

10, 000 midnights ago

The eyes I had as a child still remain in me

Memories are vivid paintings I still see

Rest thy head traveler man

Who has seen many empty miles

Your heart will find home

Far away still is my grave

Unknown are the years I will own

The once forsaken whim, the absurd of age

I'll try to deceive once again

Help me, find me, heal me

I'll try again

Older, wiser, closer

To my home

I have found the answers

To the questions I asked long ago

Once more I'll identify

The dreams of 10, 000 morrows

I chose my destiny

10, 000 midnights ago

And I sealed my fate to be

10, 000 midnights ago

Looking behind, innocence died

Lost are the days of bygone time