Hero's Journey

[Verse 1] The hero's journey is a lonely and a long one Concentric circles without end We slay our dragons and we find they were the wrong ones Until we love them like old friends The hero's journey, it's not a destination Or the battles that you win To the victor go the spoils, so they say But the silver chalice you can't give away [Verse 2] Pretentious paths that pull me on but lead me nowhere I trade for journeys of my heart The end result does not lie in some destination For there's no end, and there's no start [Chorus] To recall my past without degrees of trepidation Has brought new purpose to my life Enslaved by youth, I helped engage the separation As I slipped my heart upon that knife [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] And light resounds in my hope and revelations Deep in silence I can see In Lucifer's shadow I have found my own reflection When the dark night laid its hands on me If there's an answer to just where this path is headin' That's the mystery I'll use We all have our own brand of Armageddon In the dark night we live through [Outro] So bless my heart, when mystery had gone completely And darkness brought rebirth to claim Letting go reclaimed the lesson learned expensively Embrace the hero, heal the shame Strike my life, with a bitter cup of danger Watch me find my way back home In the dimmest light, I found some answers in my anger Deep in the dark night of my soul