Book of Fates

[Chorus] If one may shape what others see, And bend the world to what should be, Is this a cure for human strife Or theft of every other life? [Verse 1] Within our library I’d found an unknown book no author claimed. Its pages seemed to wait for one who could grant a proper name. [Verse 2] By candlelight I read and paused; My wandering thoughts the pages change. What I but dreamed, now set in ink. My silent wish is printed true. [Chorus] If one may shape what others see, And bend the world to what should be, Is this a cure for human strife Or theft of every other life? [Verse 3] I read of chance, of turning ways, Next day the selfsame scene appeared; What I had pictured in night’s haze The waking world had calmly steered. [Verse 4] At first I chose the gentler bend, Yet fleeting ire I did not end; For ink knows neither good nor evil— It writes the shadow of the mind. [Chorus] If one may shape what others see, And bend the world to what should be, Is this a cure for human strife Or theft of every other life? [Bridge] If thought be law, then who must judge? If will be ink, where lies the line? Shall I the fragile world then smudge with every doubt that crosses mine? What right have I to write the day, And bid another’s fate obey? I close the book with steady hand, Not out of fear, but chosen will; The power still at my command, I set it down and leave it be. For though I put the key away, I know the path, should I one day... [Chorus] If one may shape what others see, And bend the world to what should be, Is this a cure for human strife Or theft of every other life? [Chorus] If one may shape what others see, And bend the world to what should be, Is this a cure for human strife Or theft of every other life?