Hope for the Dying - The Awakening: Dissimulation lyrics

How could this be That out of the darkness A light has been cast upon me And what would I do If my own irreverence Forever kept me from the truth Ive watched the aging face In the reflection stare at me Watching hour by hour He affords no sympathy Ive tried to dim the lights To avoid accusing stares But he always finds my eyes And reminds me who I am Ive felt the hand of mercy Reaching down for me To pull me from the trenches To calm the stormy seas To wash me in the waters To cleanse me in the blood To start my new becoming And vanquish what I was