Glass Hammer - Behold, the Ziddle lyrics

The way you must find
So you stop to read the signs
Don’t be alarmed by the riddles
It’s just the language of the middle

Let the locusts fly let the fires rise
Pay no heed to the glaring, mischievous eyes

Silently calling afraid of falling
And never looking round uncertain backing
Clearly lacking and drowning in the sound
See the man with the grinning
Face that never smiles
He’s been watching you back all the while
And thinking thoughts that are
Just a little sideways

Here comes the parade in torrential rain
Just to soothe the commoners
The possessed and insane

Their stomachs are gnawing
They’re ready for clawing if I linger long
I’ll be butcher’s bait in the Ziddle’s hands
Is your fate!

What a feature this odd little creature
Whose efforts appear so vain
There’s things he can’t find
Inside of his mind
That used to make him sane

He has a three-sided dance
That’s all the rage
It looks like it’s in reverse
But that’s just because
You can’t see things from his perspective
Through a wintry scene I flee
A murky hollow looms ahead of me
Down I slip and tumble
Torn and bruised I lay humble
Am I lost forevermore in this dark world

Now I only walk the lonely way
Where all is sadness
How dearly I’d love to pray
Yet all is madness

But, I’m realizing I’ve walk this road before
Could it be I’m only dreaming
And nothing more
And if this is indeed merely a nightmare
Then I’m the sole creator
Of the Ziddle’s lair
Thus will I end his evil world
And a sure pathway home I will unfurl

Down, down, down
That dark road I went just to see
Just to see down, down that dark road
I’ve ceased to be me yet a light I can see
It’s growing close searching for me
How I long to be free free at last!
Good morning sunshine!