Under Azure Skies

Blood boils under azure skies

A man astray, obsessed in his search

Exploring vast lands

Deserts of sand and stone

Now heading for the open sea

Where his dreams are at

And his mind is set free

The scornful sun burns, tears his skin

The salt breeze tears his open eyes

And the whirling sand will dry his throat

But the journey must go on

He found his call, he is now a slave

On the mission to find his soul

And eternity seems ever so deep

And with every wish

The distance seems to grow

And then at least

Somewhere by the horizon line

The ocean lies mighty, calm and wide

And just when all his strength was gone

And all his hope was lost

His will was strong

And all that remained but his torn limbs

Covered by dust

Reaching for the distant shore

He raises to his feet but falls

When his feet are sore

A painful effort like a grain of sand

Malicious god gives him hand

A hand that beats him to the ground

And the cry for help echoes

Without a sound

Out of reach are all the visions

About his mind set free

The sun laughs as he kneels

Before his destiny

When ages of burning energy

Flows through a peerless body

And you experience strength

Far beyond what you would never know

Is when you realize that what counts

In the end is the journey itself

So with a smile let your struggle in pain

Be crowned by death

An eternity in the moment

Is when silence screams with emptiness

And when I felt relief

Was when the tide washed away

The blood of my broken limbs