Through dense forests and swamps
They work their way to the cave
Under the mountain they find
A maze of waste marshes and dead ends
Across the torchlit stone walls
Grisly shadows start to crawl
The seekers begin to hear
Whispers in their heads
The secret key to the wisdom hidden from mortals
The seekers follow signs that lead into the dark past
Beyond the world of those unaware of portals
That take us somewhere darker than death
After many hours wandering inside the cave
They come to a great stone gate
The marble stele stands by the gate
Adorned with crypted engravings
Within an aumbry in the stele
They find a mysterious sealed vessel
That holds a liquid inside — now the finest minds
Are to decipher the writings in the stone
The secret key to the wisdom hidden from mortals
The seekers follow signs that lead into the dark past
Beyond the world of those unaware of portals
Of something darker than death
The writing on the stone now decrypted
To enter the gate they have to trust what it says
It says to drink the elixir from the vessel
The collective big sleep will follow
It may be fatal
Or prophetic
They drain the vessel and soon
All the shadows and whispers become real
The walls start to close on them
Leaving no air to breathe
The secret key to the wisdom hidden from mortals
The seekers follow signs that lead into the dark past
Beyond the world of those unaware of pathways
Much darker than death
Their minds are dissolving while walls melt, all of reality fades
There is no more past, no one will stay the same
No more fear, no lies, no memories, no regrets to retain
There are no more selves, only the radiating dark
We need to trust
The dark in us
The trial is just
The dark and us