A Lower Deep - Numinous lyrics

If I were to tell you There waits a beast behind the door What would your mind conjure But feelings of fear What if it were a ghost The spirit of one long dead What feelings fill your heart then Deepest darkest dread Beyond the gates of infinity Nothing natural can make the chasmic leap Yet still there lies another Puzzling possibility Behind the door rests a god Omnipotent and wise What now forebodes it's release Only inexpressible awe Nothing in our experience Could paint its likeness Beyond the gates of infinity Nothing natural can make the chasmic leap Numinous Aspect of grandeur Numinous No explanation only awe Numinous Symbol of wonder Numinous No explanation only awe The Power of Why A state of confusion Swirls inside my head Shadows of truth unseen Dance on the periphery What is unchallenged? What is writ in stone? Black veils of indecision Covering all my cares There is comfort in knowing what you believe But true power of conviction and certainty lies In the why Do we create to destroy in the end Why is there pain if our God's wholly good Why is there free will if not to freely love Why do we fear when there's hope In the power of why The foundation is solid If it's laid on stone Standing secure and strong Against the wind and waves What house can stand if built on sinking sand? All our beliefs constructed Fall with weakness of reason There is comfort in knowing what you believe But true power of conviction and certainty lies In the why One creates to destroy in the end Why is there pain if our God's wholly good Why is there free will if not to freely love Why do we fear when there's hope In the power of why