The Mirror Maze lyrics

Song information

Artist: Ayreon
Album: Into The Electric Castle

Lyrics

It is time to reflect upon your "ego-self". nowhere to hide when the walls echo the you that we
All see. ah, the smiles dissolve! the pulse begins to race; the face a flush of fear so plainly
Painted. the mirror world - the mirror maze: confrontation..

[A. inside the mirror maze]

[Hippie]
Mirror mirror I can see a lonely child, he kinda looks like me
Staring out into infinity
His father lies, his mother cries, his spirit flies up in the skies
Wandering off to another galaxy

[Futureman]
Secret fears we all try to hide
Lie dormant deep inside us
Defy the ghosts of long forgotten days
Here inside the mirror maze

[Hippie]
Mirror mirror I can see an angry boy, oh well I guess he's me
Rising up to the society
He's aware that no one cares and life's unfair so he growa his hair
And takes a trip into eternity

[Futureman]
Secret fears we all try to hide
Lie dormant deep inside us
Defy the ghosts of long forgotten days
Here inside the mirror maze

[B. through the mirror]

[Roman] I see a man, who's unable to withstand his fears inside
[Knight] inside we're all but frightened men
But we have to fight until the end is here
[Roman] hear what I say: I am doomed
I have to pay, I can't go on
[Knight] go on and persevere
For we have to make it out of here alive
[Roman] a life is but a dream
For in the mirror I have seen what lies within
[Knight] within this armour cold and bright
Lies a noble heart with the will to fight the pain
[Roman] the pain cannot be healed
I'm surrounded by this shield I cannot break
[Knight] break through the mirror now
Follow me, I will show you how

[Roman] we've reached the other side
I have overcome my pride and made it through
[Knight] we threw aside our darkest fears
And stepped across these new frontiers of time
[Roman] time can only tell what awaits us in this hell full of deceit
[Knight] deceit, guile and treachery
Will they ever set us free again?

[Roman] riding on the wings of time