A cold caress awakens me
An omen of nightmares to come
Illumination and darkening amalgamate

Blinded, I resign

Imprisoned behind imperceptible bars

I am in a daze
I reach out for the outside world
But it escapes my embrace


We are all caught in a web of meanings
A web that we have spun ourselves

Humanity walled up in this prison of its own
Portrait of an attempted escape
We strive to read the book of nature

But it's our own story that we tell

Oh, please let this nightmare stop!


I shiver as I suddenly comprehend
The nature of my beliefs

Illusions invoked by tradition
Deception descended on mankind


Imprisoned behind invisible walls
This I cannot face
I reach out for the outside world

But it escapes my embrace