The workshop is dark, the furnace is bright
I'm working through the shadows of the night
Collecting every tear and every scar
Trying to find out where the diamonds are
The Mercury rises, the pressure is high
I'm looking for the Sun in a midnight sky
Add a little bit of sorrow, add a bit of fire
Burn away the ego, burn away desire
The formula is ancient, the magic is new
I'm distilling the essence of me and you
Lead to gold, or so I'm told
Turning the stories that I've sold
Into a dream that I can hold
I'm the alchemist of my own soul
Yeah, I'm changing the grey into a holy light
Turning the heavy into something bright
The ink on the page starts to glow
The more that I lose, the more that I know
The bitterness turns into a sweet refrain
There's a strange kind of healing inside the pain
I'm melting the chains, I'm pouring the mould
I'm refining the secrets that I've never told
Add a little bit of sorrow, add a bit of fire
Burn away the ego, burn away desire
The formula is ancient, the magic is new
I'm distilling the essence of me and you
Lead to gold, or so I'm told
Turning the stories that I've sold
Into a dream that I can hold
I'm the alchemist of my own soul
Yeah, I'm changing the grey into a holy light
Turning the heavy into something bright
Transmutation
From the dust to the stars
Every wound is a masterpiece
Look at the gold in these scars
Lead to gold, or so I'm told
Turning the stories that I've sold
Into a dream that I can hold
I'm the alchemist of my own soul
Yeah, I'm changing the grey into a holy light
Turning the heavy into something bright
I'm the alchemist
Turn it into gold
(Into gold)