Above/Below - Ephemeral lyrics

Obscure reflections stare back at me Through the tainted water Neglected exposure; I am the product of this distorted culture Eclipsed by my antic disposition I'm merely an illusionary shell fed to chimeras Fragmented constructs of a fluorescent realm Incept a twilight and destruct the elms A collective myopic gaze entrances us all Oh how i pity this despondent existence The lustrous phantom; Speaks of tongues obscured The pale lumiére; Speaks of eyes deluded My innocence was stolen by the birds who couldn't see Singing sonnets as the earth stood and screamed And at the end of it all I was torn from soul Begging that one day I might be whole And at the end of it all I might be whole I set my heart ablaze and watched it flare nihility But then the gateway appeared to me And showed me the path That would reconstruct my life That would purge this condition And understand my disdain This world is nothing more Than the quintessence of dust Show me how to rid myself of the shadows that lurk inside of me And at the start of it all I was torn from soul Begging that one day In time I might be whole… Show me how to rid myself of the shadows that lurk inside of me