I walked through halls of polished marble
Past the trophies of my years
Every victory still standing
Like monuments to old frontiers
I touched the gold
I crossed the seas
I learned the language of the stars
Yet every road that brought me here
Still left unanswered who we are
Ashes of the mirror
Falling through my hands
All the dreams I built around me
Now dissolve like desert sands
Ashes of the mirror
Drifting on the wind
For the man who chased forever
Never found where it begins
I tasted every kind of wonder
Every pleasure, every prize
Filled my nights with fleeting fire
But left no sunrise in my eyes
The world once seemed a hidden treasure
Waiting just beyond the hill
Now the farther that I travel
The farther grows the distance still
The answers turned to questions
The questions turned to dust
And all the things I thought eternal
Were never mine to trust
Where is the boy who watched the sunrise?
Where is the dream that lit the flame?
When did the road become a circle?
When did the fire become my name?
I searched the sky for hidden meanings
I searched the earth beneath my feet
And all the while the quiet answer
Was walking with me in the street
Ashes of the mirror
Scattered by the years
And the man who knew so many things
Could not escape his fears
As I stared into the mirror
One reflection still remained
Not the king the world remembered
But the child before the fame