O' Turning Veil

[VERSE I] O silence, drape thy veil on me, For I have walked where none may see. Through halls of thought and dreams grown pale, Where time stands still and echoes wail. A breath of dust upon the page, My name now lost to fleeting age. Yet something stirs beneath the skin— A voice once hushed now speaks within. --- [VERSE II] The stars look on with solemn grace, As if they weep for some lost place. And in their gaze I find a thread, That pulls me from the life I led. Not fear, nor fire, nor fate's design, But choice—this burden now is mine. To break the chain or wear it proud, To walk the mist, or join the crowd. --- [CHORUS] O turning veil, O twilight's breath, Between the dream and waking death. I stand unmade, yet born anew, What was I then, compared to you? If not to change, then why this pain? If not to fall, then why the rain? So let it break, this shell, this name— Let something rise from ash and flame. --- [BRIDGE] I saw myself in water’s glass, Not as I am, but what may pass. A flicker there, of light grown dim— A stranger’s face, both me and him. --- [VERSE III] O winds that move through hollow bone, Carry me where I've not yet known. I shall not cling to yesterday, If dawn must come—then come what may. --- [CHORUS ] O turning veil, O twilight's breath, Between the dream and waking death. I stand unmade, yet born anew, What was I then, compared to you? If not to change, then why this pain? If not to fall, then why the rain? So let it break, this shell, this name— Let something rise from ash and flame. --- [OUTRO – Whispered] Ash to ash, and breath to sky, Not all who wander wish to die. Some simply seek, with soul unfurled— To find themselves… within this world. --- [Fin]