Turn Around

I've been holding on to a quiet home Somewhere I've never been But where I long to go I don't know the way The trail's unclear And the road ahead's Littered with doubt and fear The dimmest lights The softest sounds Are all that help me to stumble my way around And apparitions of those who've walked before Keep me company Whispering softly Before every door They said turn around Go back the way you came Learn from our mistakes This is a losing game There's no hope ahead Only failure waits Before every inch of that mystic gate I ignored them at first But they started to grow Whispers became shouts And I trudged through snow Every inch became a mile at lest And my steps were haunted by a shadowy beast Then the wind picked up and it fought me back With water in my eyes I fell off track And all around me everyone I knew Joined hands and sang a familiar tune They said turn around Go back the way you came Learn from our mistakes This is a losing game There's no hope ahead Only failure waits Before every inch of that mystic gate Still I trudged on Despite their crushing tune Despite the weight of the rock I think I'll be there soon Can't be much further now Now that I've come so far Now that I wear with pride Every single scar But then the ground gave way And I went falling through I hit the floor in the darkest room I'd ever been before Only thing to see Mirrors on every side All reflections of me They said turn around Go back the way you came Learn from our mistakes This is a losing game There's no hope ahead Only failure waits Before every inch of that mystic gate