The Crown - From The Ashes I Shall Return lyrics

Ad astra to the stars The soul is striving Called by an unstilled longing To become what the deep symbol shows I am a song that dies in the night Yet I carry the star within me The star is a ray of light above light I am just a mirror, forget myself and let it shine The pure mind reflects the force Like the moon shines With the light of the sun The one and only is all that I am My soul longs to return The call from light to light The soul is made of a thousand questions It dwells within my heart Flowing forth and coming back again Nothing can withstand the absolute The path to the highest is a bridge I wander clad in my earthly form Over the river of this world I hear its roar though it swallows me not Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Spirit to spirit, I shall return Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Spirit to spirit, I shall return Outside by the gate I love to be alone And listen to the birds In the late sun's light I have lost myself No longer know who I am For the great one alone I bear now in mind Beyond I and thou I saw that I am the mirror Toward the most high Toward the inmost heart In the moment of prayer is eternity It stands in the sky like a morning star In the now of the heart lies my whole life The spirit written in stars Painted in space, mixed with matter And knowledge of itself was shadowed Destiny created by the most high Be set free by the call of the free Be set free by the call of the heart Be set free by the call of the light Be set free by the call of the one Eye that opens and then closes Such is the life That seem endless to thee It shines with happiness And its tears do flow No eye exist that never wept Eye looks deep into the world Perceive the true and understand The opposition Between nothingness and light May mine eye direct Its gaze to the source May the light of wisdom unite The light of grace shine into my heart Purify the soul and raise me to heaven The very first cry in this life a prayer And the last breathe a word of hope It is the word that grants us salvation Lord hear me Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Spirit to spirit, I shall return Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Spirit to spirit, I shall return