Mind's Eye
Mind's Eye (Poem)
From the shoulders of giants
A keen mind of science
Can look to the Distant Beyond,
But to look deep within
At what is, and has been...
The Wise - with haste - must abscond
With all that is left,
Lest it soon turn bereft
Of that which the Fool of Love seeks;
For when the heart falls,
It constructs thickened walls
Behind which, to silence, it speaks.
Be gone, ye damn thoughts!
Unturn stomach from knots!
This guilt! I can take it no more!
Let me be free!
Let me rise to my knees!
The things I have done, I abhor!
"By mind, I am broken"
Are truer words spoken?
Can one hope to retrain the mind
To think not of things
The Unrefined brings?
Or will it be always unkind?
From the ankles of angels
The faithful will dangle
As vast silken wings carry high
The ones who pass on
Who refused to be drawn
Into fire, where once-good men die.
- A. J. Darkholme (May 2017)
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Mind’s Eye (Lyrics)
[Intro]
From the shoulders of giants...
A keen mind of science…
Looks to the Distant Beyond…
[Verse 1]
But to look deep within,
At what is and has been,
The Wise must swiftly flee.
For where the heart breaks,
A fortress it makes,
And locks the pain with no key.
Behind those walls, it speaks in hush,
The silence thick, the signal crushed.
And all that the Fool of Love still seeks,
Is buried beneath what the ego leaks.
[Pre-Chorus]
Be gone, ye damn thoughts!
These knots in my gut!
This guilt! I can’t take it again!
[Chorus]
Let me be free!
Let me rise to my knees!
The things I have done, I abhor!
My soul is a cage
Full of memory and rage!
I’m not who I was anymore.
[Verse 2]
“By mind, I am broken.”
Truer words? None spoken.
But can thought be taught to forget?
Can we rewire pain?
Undo the stain?
Or does the mind stay in debt?
The Unrefined brings
Dark, echoing things
That whisper when lights go low.
And reason can't kill
What the heart keeps still
Or the shadow it doesn't show…
[Chorus]
Let me be free!
Let me rise to my knees!
The shame I have buried runs deep.
The mind’s eye burns
And forever returns
To truths I’d rather not keep.
[Bridge]
From the ankles of angels,
The faithful will dangle
Clutching at wings they denied.
The fire will rise,
Where once-good men died…
But not all who fall have lied.
[Breakdown]
I want to believe!
But belief won’t save me!
I want to forget!
But the mirror still blames me!
[Final Chorus]
Let me be free!
Let me rise to my knees!
The silence has shattered my name.
If there’s a way
To not burn away…
Then carry me out of the flame!
Let me be free…
Let me be free…
[Outro]
From the mind’s eye…
There’s no place to hide.