Black Chapel Bones - Crossing The Threshold

(Verse 1) Standing at the edge where the known dissolves, The self I built like a fortress of names and roles. Shadows of the past still cling to the door, Whispering “stay small,” but I can’t hide anymore. I carried the weight of every borrowed face, Every echo of belonging in a crowded space. Now the mirror cracks and the light spills through— The one who was waiting was always you. (Chorus) To pass the threshold of the individualized soul, Leave the borrowed maps and the borrowed control. No more merging with the crowd’s soft tide, Stand alone in the fire, then open wide. Cross the line where the many become one, And the one becomes free under a different sun. (Verse 2) The Guardian waits with the face I once feared, All the unlived lives and the things I held dear. “You cannot enter carrying another’s weight— Drop the costume, drop the fate.” I step through the silence, the air turns thin, The old “I” dissolves like smoke on the wind. What remains is a note that has always been true: A single clear flame that remembers its blue. (Chorus) To pass the threshold of the individualized soul, Leave the borrowed maps and the borrowed control. No more merging with the crowd’s soft tide, Stand alone in the fire, then open wide. Cross the line where the many become one, And the one becomes free under a different sun. (Bridge) Not the loss of self, but the finding of source, Not the end of the path, but the turning of course. The soul that was scattered now gathers its light, Walks through the dark and claims its own night. (Final Chorus / Outro) To pass the threshold of the individualized soul… I walk through the door and I am whole. No longer waiting, no longer small— The threshold is crossed. I answer the call. #melodic #pagan #extreme #metal