The Garden of Many Voices lyrics

Beyond the towers and the banners Beyond the praises of the crowd There were gardens filled with wonders Speaking softly, never loud Every path revealed a secret Every flower held a dream Every voice promised another answer To questions still unseen In the garden of many voices Every whisper sounded true Like reflections on the water Changing shape with every view In the garden of many voices I could hear a thousand songs Yet the voice beyond the starlight Seemed more distant all along I welcomed strangers to my table Listened to their ancient ways Collected fragments of their wisdom Like trophies from forgotten days Every answer brought another Every road became two more And the maze I thought I'd mastered Turned into an endless shore The fire still burned inside me But no longer burned the same Once it showed me where to travel Now it only spoke my name In the garden of many voices Every whisper sounded true Like reflections on the water Changing shape with every view I remember distant starlight A dream from years before When the road was clear before me And I knew what I stood for Now the mirrors multiply And every face resembles mine Have I found a greater truth Or simply left the old behind? And as the night embraced the garden A distant star began to fade Not because it lost its power But because I looked away