Glass Hammer - Arianna lyrics

Hope against hope
He releases a form from the stone
Deft hands shaping the curve of her lips and
The flow of her hair
"Arianna I shall call you
" he whispers softly -
With chisel he frees her:
His heart's desire from lifeless granite

"Ahh, " he cries "I've suffered alone
With just my work to give me life
Far too long but now I see -
The Muse's final gift shall be my wife"
Time after time metal kisses stone
Tired lungs breathe in
The dust of her birth
And his eyes shed a tear

"Arianna, I grow weary
My vision grows dimmer my hammer grows heavy
But, I shall not rest till
You stand before me"

Soon at last the long work is done:
The greatest test of his long life
"The pain, " he cries "Shall now bear fruit
The Muse's final gift shall be my wife"

"All I ever wanted was to bring one thing of
True beauty into this world
Over strange paths
I have travelled in my search
To find the magic
That could turn an icy heart
Of stone to flesh fLESH!"

(The Sorcerer speaks)
"Call upon life and death and magic:
Call upon all the powers in me
All for the stone named Arianna -
Life from the rock shall now break free"
And as the last arcane words are chanted
A bolt of lightning leaves his hand
And in an orange acrid smoke
A human figure stands!

"In beauty - incomparable:
In kindness - unsurpassed
In gentleness and wisdom
Arianna has been blessed
Why then in her company
Do I feel so all alone?
I've made the perfect woman -
Except she has no soul
She doesn't truly love me
For she hasn't a free will
She's an animated golem -
Her heart beats and yet is still"
All this the Sculptor realized
As they danced in the cold moonlight
And a tear fell from his eye -
And touched her cheek

Arianna pulls away comprehension in her eyes
Feeling the searing pain of life
On her cheek for the first time
She embraces the man tightly
As she embraces life it'self
Then she looks him in the
Eye and says "Sculptor -
I'm my own woman now!"
And how the image burned it'self
Deep into his mind
As she turned on the horizon
To look at him one last time
"I love you deeply, " she had said
"and thank you for my life
But there's a world out there for me
I feel it's call within me
And into that world I must go"

Then an angel bathed in light
So bright his eyes fill with tears
Comes to stand before him now -
He looks upon her without fear
"Muse, " he cries, "I've failed my life"
In his despair - but she just smiles
"No, " she laughs, "the circle is closed -
Arianna is our child!

Take my hand - leave pain behind
For now your work is done"