Per Aspera ad Astra

Thorn by thorn, my flesh was torn,
Night by night, my hope was worn.
I knew not whence, I knew not where,
Only the weight, the cold despair.
Still I marched through flame and stone,
Down a road that claimed my soul.

I wondered why this suffering was mine.
Tormented spirit, lost beyond the line.
Thorn in my flesh,
Fire in my veins,
I walked through darkness,
I swallowed the pain.

Per aspera ad astra
Per aspera ad astra
Per aspera ad astra
Per aspera ad astra

Beneath the stars, I came to see,
The road was never wroth with me.
My wounds, my path, my destiny
All my suffering,
A fleeting note in eternity.

I wondered why this suffering was mine.
Tormented spirit, lost beyond the line.
I cursed the heavens,
I cursed fate’s design.
Beneath the starlight.
The truth began to shine...

Per aspera ad astra
Per aspera ad astra
Per aspera ad astra
Per aspera ad astra

For the stars don’t bend, and the skies don’t see,
No sorrow was ever made for me;
I’m just a spark in the endless flow,
Where all things fade and all things go.
No hand that chose, no voice that blamed,
No distant fire that spoke my name;
The milky way carries on,
And I am just a part, of what things are.
the stars don’t bend, the skies don’t see,
No sorrow was ever made for me;
But in that truth, at last I’m free
A fleeting note in eternity.

Per aspera ad astra
Per aspera ad astra
Per aspera ad astra
Per aspera ad astra