Behold What Manner Of Love

[ti:Mirror of Souls] [ar:Theocracy] [al:Mirror Of Souls] [by: ] [00:02.00]Theocracy - Mirror of Souls [00:09.00]LRC by lzh ,from jiangxi pingxiang [00:16.00]@ www.lrcgc.com @ [00:23.00] [00:25.35]I. The House of Mirrors [00:30.35] [00:31.35]Listen to the tale I tell [00:35.42]a haunting dream I know so well [00:39.50]When walking home alone one night [00:43.29]my path revealed by candlelight [00:47.23]Ahead I see an open door [00:51.24]with no idea what's in store [00:55.21]I glance inside the door to see [00:59.21]a hall of mirrors beckon me [01:03.38]I take a breath and step inside [01:07.22]a tale of love and shattered pride [01:11.22]The door slams shut, I start to run [01:15.21]And it seems my journey has begun... [01:24.34] [02:29.50]I run and turn from side to side [02:32.62]with fear and panic in my eyes [02:36.23]The vastness overwhelming me [02:39.52]mirrors far as the eye can see [02:42.63]I see myself in every one [02:45.91]I see the things that I have done [02:49.22]A thousand forms of flattery [02:52.57]the fear soon turns to haughtiness in me [02:58.51] [03:08.61]Different mirrors, different shapes [03:11.62]my different strengths accentuate [03:14.55]Each mirror has a name and face [03:18.13]and all reflect me in some way [03:21.58]I look at them to see myself [03:24.53]to judge my life by someone else [03:28.03]The metaphors within replete: [03:31.21]the mirrors are the people that I meet [03:37.01] [03:47.12]Look at the man you see (in the mirrors) [03:50.90]The things you can be (in the mirrors) [03:54.51]The glory of me revealed in the mirror's eye [03:59.29]The mirror never lies [04:01.05]The fire in my eyes (in the mirrors) [04:04.25]The ity rise (in the mirrors) [04:07.51]The power of pride comes alive in the mirrors [04:10.05] [04:10.81]Gazing in the mirrors I behold [04:16.67]All the greatest chapters of my story ever told [04:23.02]In the mirrors [04:24.71]The world is turned to gold [04:34.43] [05:43.54]At the end of the Hall of Mirrors [05:51.10]I behold a golden door [05:55.52]I imagine all the beauty [06:00.34]the other side must hold in store [06:07.08] [06:07.96]So I quickly reach out my hand [06:10.75]To enter the next room in this promised land [06:13.77]I pull the giant door open [06:16.33]To continue my journey, I step inside [06:19.55]But it slams shut behind me, and I'm back outside [06:30.55]The pouring rain welcomes me [06:37.62]into the arms of the coldest, blackest night [06:49.69] [07:10.00]II. The Stranger in the Storm [07:16.66] [07:18.64]The light of the mirrors has faded away [07:22.04]into distant memory [07:24.98]As the rain keeps coming down [07:30.54]My candle extinguished [07:32.55]I struggle to walk a path I cannot see [07:36.90]And the rain keeps coming down [07:43.60] [07:54.58]The darkness grows with every step [07:57.99]I could cut it with a knife [08:00.91]As the rain keeps coming down [08:06.76]I can't see a thing, I've never felt [08:09.94]so alone in all my life [08:12.93]But the rain keeps coming down... [08:18.80] [08:19.81]Caught in the fury of the storm [08:22.87](The darkness suffocates) [08:25.36]Body and soul weary and worn [08:28.48](Another twist of fate) [08:31.28]Never been so afraid before [08:33.90](The ending of this tale?) [08:37.33]Never should have opened the door [08:40.18](From euphoria to hell) [08:42.39] [08:43.19]I question my fate, my end to die in this storm? [08:48.01]Maybe this was the plan back from the day I was born [08:53.52]But in the hall of mirrors I had felt so high [09:05.25]I cannot walk another mile in this flood [09:10.62]So resigned to my fate, I just collapse in the mud [09:16.00]If I cannot go on, I'll just lay down and die [09:27.49] [09:28.51]Suddenly a light I see, shining in the distance [09:33.62]I make my way toward it with my fading hope reborn [09:38.36]As I draw near, the light is clear [09:41.35]Though the rain beats its resistance [09:43.64]But I press on and pray this is a shelter from the storm [09:48.64]Adcing now toward the light (Moving forward) [09:50.79]I'm quickly moving forward (Marching forward) [09:53.53]This hope has given me new strength (Moving forward) [09:55.93]I thought I'd never know (To the light) [09:58.52]But I take a step, and fall right back (Moving forward) [10:01.15]For the ground is gone beneath me (Marching forward) [10:03.61]And I behold, illuminated (Moving forward) [10:06.16]in the light's warm glow (To the light) [10:08.58]A dark chasm, a great abyss [10:11.21]a vast expanse of nothingness [10:13.62]a pit that has no bottom as far as the eye can see [10:18.51]It spans the whole horizon, and there is no way across [10:23.51]My lonely heart is shattered and all hope I had is lost [10:29.87] [10:31.13]I'm startled to feel a hand on my shoulder [10:35.99]I turn to see a shadowed figure standing in the rain [10:41.06]but somehow I'm not afraid of Him [10:44.54]even when He speaks my name [10:50.32] [11:00.51]And somehow I can tell that He means me no harm [11:05.81]just by the peace that I see in His eyes [11:10.94]And even though I've never even seen Him before [11:15.90]it's like He's known me all my life [11:21.32]"Why are you crying?" the stranger asks [11:26.51]as I wipe away the tears [11:31.44]I point toward the great abyss [11:36.52]the source of all my fears [11:40.73] [11:41.74]"I must get across and get to that light [11:46.81]for it represents my only hope tonight [11:51.65]but when I saw the chasm, all that hope was lost [12:01.66]I've spent so long in the dark and the rain [12:06.65]that the sight of the light made my heart sing again [12:11.95]but the gulf's so wide, and there's no way across" [12:21.40] [12:22.33]The stranger smiled, and took my hand [12:26.90]He said, "But you are wrong, my friend [12:31.23]You cannot cross the gulf yourself, that's true" [12:39.73]He led me down toward the edge [12:44.51]and pointed just over the ledge [12:48.93]and said, "Behold, I built a bridge for you" [12:58.18] [13:33.24]I cross the bridge toward the light [13:38.03]The stranger saved my life tonight [13:42.67]I turn to try to thank Him, but He's gone [13:51.18]A long way to the other side [13:55.91]I'll make my way without my guide [14:00.30]No time to waste, for I must carry on [14:07.58] [14:08.60]The bright light shines forth from behind [14:12.51]A door beyond description [14:15.04]Blood and scratches mark the door from ages of abuse [14:20.31]I'm confused no more, for above the door [14:22.96]Is a weathered, old inscription: [14:25.82]"All who would see reality, enter the Hall of Truth" [14:31.09]And so I do [14:34.41] [15:23.98]III. The Truth Revealed [15:33.27] [15:35.53]As I step inside [15:38.94]I can see another mirror [15:41.83]A mirror so bright [15:44.79]that my eyes must turn away [15:47.40]A mirror so high [15:50.10]I start to question all the others [15:52.73]And as I stand there in the Hall of Truth [15:56.13]my heart can only say: [15:59.04]"Show me the truth, I don't know what to believe [16:01.71]for the mirrors all showed something different to me [16:04.90]and my pride has given way to misery [16:10.51]I've spent so long in the dark and the rain [16:13.21]that the sight of the light made my heart sing again [16:15.92]and the stranger built a bridge across for me" [16:21.05] [16:21.93]"BEHOLD THYSELF" a voice rings out [16:24.34]in paralyzing thunder [16:27.32]It echoes all throughout the hall [16:30.06]and sends me to my knees [16:33.01]When the voice calls my name [16:34.66]I'm overcome with fear and wonder [16:38.59]As I slowly start to rise [16:40.89]and face the great mirror in front of me [16:43.95]When I open my eyes, I have to close them again [16:49.47]but still the image is burned in my mind... [16:55.07]A face with eyes as black as night [16:59.80]A terrifying sight [17:02.62]The flesh rotting away in sickness and decay [17:07.92]It's mangled by disease [17:10.96]I'm unable to breathe [17:13.46]Tell me what manner of creature this could be [17:17.51]'Cause it's not me [17:18.26] [17:18.95]I run away as fast as my feet will carry me [17:23.79]back to the door leading out into the night [17:29.56]Even the storm that almost claimed my life [17:33.06]was better than this [17:34.70]And so I throw open the door and see a man [17:38.96](The figure of a man) [17:41.06]The stranger from the storm returns again [17:43.81](To save me once again?) [17:46.60]I see understanding in his eyes [17:49.46](He's seen this all before) [17:52.21]Maybe He can tell me what I saw behind that door [17:57.85] [17:58.62]"Tell me what I saw in the mirror before I ran away [18:03.80]Tell me what I saw in the mirror [18:06.09]that face of sickness and decay [18:09.26]Tell me what I saw in the mirror that left me terrorized [18:15.11]Tell me what I saw in the mirror [18:17.32]with the lifeless, blackened eyes? [18:20.01]Was it a demon from the fiery waves? [18:23.20]Was it the undead from beyond the grave? [18:25.83]Oh the face that I beheld in the mirror left me paralyzed [18:30.81]Won't you tell me what I saw in the mirror on this night?" [18:36.23] [18:37.10]"The light from the mirror you saw from afar [18:42.57]The Mirror of Souls shows all men as they are [18:48.40]You entered the hall and you asked for the truth [18:53.55]The man that you saw in the mirror was you" [18:59.03] [18:59.96]"No! Don't show me the truth 'cause I don't want to believe [19:02.81]What the Mirror of Souls has revealed unto me [19:05.69]And the face I saw reflected cannot be me [19:10.74]Dying and lost in the arms of decay [19:13.87]I do not recognize the face I've seen today [19:16.74]And if you say that's my face I must disagree" [19:21.52] [19:22.56]The meaning of these things I saw: [19:25.55]The mirror is the holy eyes of God [19:29.94] [19:32.52]The truth unveiled before me [19:36.21]with these words of the stranger: [19:39.48]"The mirrors you saw in the hall long ago [19:44.81]Were mirrors of lies, not reflecting the soul [19:50.51]When you look unto others to see what they see [19:56.02]You see an illusion, deception, false reality" [20:05.85] [20:07.60]I have seen my soul in the mirror and it has broken me [20:15.03]I have seen myself so much clearer than I had ever seen [20:21.78]"Can't you take away all this sickness from my soul and set me free? [20:32.15]You can save me...I believe" [20:39.03] [20:40.50]And then He said, "Arise, my child [20:44.51]your faith has made you reconciled [20:48.12]Now gaze into the Mirror once again" [20:55.27]We walked together through the door [20:59.29]and I looked in the glass once more [21:02.81]but the only one reflected back was Him [21:09.59]Somehow the only one the mirror saw was Him [21:18.13] [21:21.51]Gazing in the Mirror of my Soul [21:28.71]Staring at the man who took my place and made me whole [21:36.36]In the Mirror, the Mirror of my Soul [21:52.35] 九酷音乐网 http://www.9ku.com提供