Descending rapidly down the spiral 

Not quite sure what I have embarked 

Thoughts don't make any sense at all 

In the shifting, liquid dark 

The words my eyes read on the sheet 

Pull my gaze along the lines 

Devour facts my comprehension meet 

In the words, between and behind 



Pulling my fate along in the book of sand 

(what does it make to make out this enigma?) 

Secrets of eternity's at hand 

(everything here is a reason to fear the book of sand) 



The paper crackles perfectly as I slowly turn the pages 

The letters once more greet the light, the first time now in ages 

A careful, calligraphic handwriting of a magus 

And I crawl deep into his knowledge's pitch black mines 



Dig deep and read the breed of the deed! 



Dust swirl out of reach of my dim candle light 

Little fragments of ink and paper freed of fearless fright 

What word were you, my little one why fly into the night? 

A death, a tear, a philtre or poison flowing in the wine? 

To read and search so deep inside 

Behind, beyond, between the lines 

What wonders are there I shall learn 

Behind, beyond, between the words? 

Between the pages like sand... 



Time has slipped my memory for long 

I tumble past page fourteen hundred and seven 

In a reverie out of my control 

Wrapped in a world of lore and legends 

Suddenly page six hundred and eleven 

Flash across my wet and weary eyes 

The previous page is unfamiliar 

And there yet another secret hides 



Pulling my fate along in the book of sand 

(what does it make to make out this enigma?) 

Secrets of eternity's at hand 

(everything here is a reason to fear the book of sand) 



Dig deep and read the breed of the deed! 



And I so close the book again, leave the words all rest 

To ascend before I dive too deep is always for the best 

Close the tome and the session, at least until the next 

And let my eyes unwillingly forget the text 



To read and search so deep inside 

Behind, beyond, between the lines 

What wonders are there I shall learn 

Behind, beyond, between the words? 



Between the pages like sand 



Time has slipped my memory for long...