Spectral dawn dazzling Drink deep the mirage False fantasy Desiccated dreams Bones bleached Wander on Pilgrimage to nothing Fear god Fear death Fear love Speak not, make no human connection This vessel walks alone Fear life Fear truth Fear the unknown Consciousness floods the brain In a universe ever-expanding Spiral into madness Traversing undulating sands Impotent god Infinity lies at your feet Legacy lost Fear the burden of creation And I walk into the light... But only shadows greet me there Save me Is it better to wander than create When time will only lay to waste The fruits of our labors? "Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair" Even gods return to dust, a memory forgotten I see Ozymandias' petrified sneer Are we all condemned To wander for eternity? Master, answers I seek Master, reveal yourself to me I have walked the desert lands The tree of knowledge I have sought I drank from its roots only to become lost And perched at the edge of creation Entire lifetimes passed I found him and awaited his decree Beneath the twisted mask, the master was me