City of Eclipses - The Veil Before Glory

Lyrics: I followed where the rivers bend Convinced the road was near its end The morning washed the hills in gold And warmed the stones beneath my soles But as the mist began to fade A thousand walls rose from the plain Beyond their reach, on distant heights A city crowned in endless light Its towers pierced the morning haze Beyond a maze of winding ways The path I knew was lost from sight And all my certainty took flight BEYOND THE WALLS! BEYOND THE VEIL! THE GOLDEN CITY SHINES UNVEILED! BENEATH ITS GLOW, THE SERPENTS CREEP! LIKE BLACKENED ROOTS BENEATH MY FEET! LIKE BLACKENED ROOTS BENEATH MY FEET! A GRAVEN KING OF IRON AND STONE! STANDS WATCHING FROM A HOLLOW THRONE! THE ROAD I KNEW HAS COME UNDONE! AND FEAR HAS SWALLOWED UP THE SUN! Across the fields, their bodies coil Like twisted roots beneath the soil Their countless eyes reflect the flame That crowns the idol without a name Its iron hands eclipse the light Its shadow swallows all in sight I search the walls for somewhere to flee But every passage turns from me THE WALLS RISE HIGH! THE PATH GROWS THIN! A THOUSAND VOICES CALL WITHIN! MY HANDS GROW WEAK! MY BREATH RUNS COLD! AS FEAR TAKES ROOT AND TAKES ITS HOLD! NO WAY THROUGH! NO WAY BACK! THE SKY GROWS DIM! THE EARTH TURNS BLACK! MY SWORD FALLS LOW! MY KNEES GIVE WAY! I SEE THE DAWN! BUT NOT THE WAY! I thought I knew the way. But I cannot see beyond these walls. Then through the silence, still and deep A gentle warmth begins to reach A hand extends beyond the veil And holds me where my strength has failed The walls remain, the serpents wait The iron shadow guards the gate Yet where my trembling footsteps stand I find my peace within His hand I NEED NOT SEE BEYOND THE WALL! NOR KNOW THE ROAD THROUGH EVERY FALL! THOUGH FEAR MAY WHISPER IN THE NIGHT! HIS HAND SHALL LEAD ME TOWARD THE LIGHT! BEYOND THE WALLS! BEYOND THE VEIL! THE GOLDEN CITY SHINES UNVEILED! THE SERPENTS COIL! THE SHADOWS CREEP! THE IRON KING STILL STANDS BETWEEN! THE ROAD AHEAD REMAINS UNKNOWN! BUT I NO LONGER WALK ALONE! THOUGH FEAR ONCE STOLE THE RISING SUN! HIS HAND SHALL LEAD ME THROUGH WHAT COMES! THE WALLS STILL RISE! THE SERPENTS WAIT! THE SHADOWS GATHER AT THE GATE! BUT I SHALL WALK WHERE I CAN'T SEE! FOR HE WHO LEADS WALKS HERE WITH ME! The road remains unseen. The trials remain ahead. But the hand that holds me knows every turn. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him