Escape To Freedom

In your hands, at your mercy, was I laid
from the moment of my birth
And you being a king, and your kingdom
being the earth,
Like a shining knight in your palace, I
grew loyal through the years
And I bowed my head to your glory, and
drank from the cup of your joy and fears

I learned to love my king, who was so wise
and fair
Did you no wrong, your servant was I, through
moments of trial and despair,
You pronounced me prince and made me head of
your castle bright
Down the corridors did I shine, like your
angel of light

One day I rode off, down the fields of the land,
behold, stood before me a fair maiden, whom caught
my eye, as I so pleaded for her hand,
Aware I became of the warm summer's windy breeze, as
it rustled gently amidst the grass and green trees
Saw the clouds above me, her beautiful face soon
brought me down to my knees

I cried to the stars at night, and in wonder looked
to the heavens above
Through the autumn I walked into passages and visions
of its love,
In the winter the snow fell on the earth, covering the
ground in a blanket of white
And I beheld what was real, and before me appeared
the appearance of light

Looking through reflections of the day, strolling
fancily down its paths where it unfolds into the
evening's way,
It felt like being part of the air, fleeing on wings
of time, nothing was strange to me
And only time knew, that I had found the secrets of
being free

The day passed quickly, as I returned to perform my
duties, granted for my king
When I looked into his eyes, I beheld that something
in him was changing,
He did age as though time was upon himself, his heart
was full of hatred and rage, ranting madly in his chamber
all around
Traces of life vanished from before him, his love was
nevermore to be found

He led me to his outer chambers, where laid the desolations
and emptiness of life
He showed me a man on a barren dismal mountain, weeping
and gnashing in fear and strife,
He was saying these words, 'you must worship me, lest I
take my kinship from thee'
And I hearing him, saw torment and bondage flash before me

He began mocking my lack of freedom, as he danced in his
lake of fire
And he possessing my soul was the ultimate of desire,
For he knew, of the fear within me, and that I had found
the secret doorway to the free
But going through this door must I endure the fear of
being able to see

Being able to see, you are brought into the awareness
of the living
And you'll find yourself in a ship sailing out to sea
during a storm, shipwrecked and sinking,
You would call out for miles on miles, from horizon to
horizon with no one hearing
Alone must you find strength and defeat death, and enter
into the light of being

You would find yourself then, laying calmly and freely
upon the fields
Thus did you earn your reward, a kingly armour and shield,
Walking through the garden you would find your fair maiden
softly singing
'Angel, my love for you, the lamp is still burning'