The House of Stone and Light lyrics

For many years we shaped the earth Lifting mountains from the ground Every stone a silent promise Every hammer a sacred sound Hands from distant lands united Under one eternal design Building more than walls of marble Building something beyond time And day by day it reached the sky A monument to all we'd learned A beacon for the restless souls A fire that forever burned In the house of stone and light All our dreams became one flame Every road and every story Leading to a higher name In the house of stone and light Hope was carved in every wall And for one shining moment It seemed we'd conquered all The kings arrived from far horizons The scholars came to understand Every question found an answer Every answer shaped the land Voices filled the grand pavilion Songs of triumph filled the air And the dream that once seemed distant Now was standing proudly there The stars above seemed close enough To touch with mortal hands And every heart believed at last That destiny was understood In the house of stone and light All our dreams became one flame Every road and every story Leading to a higher name Yet somewhere deep beyond the cheers A whisper crossed my mind If every mystery is answered What new truth remains to find? If every summit has been reached If every dream has come alive Why does the hunger still remain? Why does the fire still survive? In the house of stone and light The world stood still in admiration But behind the crown of glory Awoke a new temptation