Corridors Of The Mind lyrics

Amid the strands of silence

Stand the spectres of past days

The years pass the long corridor

Lit only by flickering lights siding

Some extinguished - all fade

The visage that living brings

Mistakes in word, action, thought

That bear offense, some untended

Embers that spill upon the floor

And spark fires of anguish adrift

The moments long, but tenuous

As if to detract, to mock a life lived

They throttle the joy of breath

And steal the light of any hope

Beneath a blanket of despair

Effigies mark the mind's way

Statuary, trophylike memories

Through lonely, cold corridors

To come upon an altered niche

Sanctuary warm and comforting

A labyrinth bewildering itself

An accumulation dense and dear

Some clutter, some misplaced

Vexing routes of good and bad

Bared tapestries herald e're result

It's good then to tend the lights

To polish floors and corridors

Mind words, ways, and whims

That coals burning be stayed

So alms recur and humility bade