Mount Dome - Veto

I woke up in the brightest of all lights

In a dome as dark, as black as night

In the center straight beneath the height

A mountain loomed before my eyes

And I never thought I’d ever reach the peak of it

Not least the other side

I tried to size the rock that rose

I tried to think of an approach

I searched in poetry and prose

For an answer to appease my woes

And I never thought I’d ever reach the peak of it

Not least the other side

So I tried to think of something else than cloudy peaks

And not least another side

I tried to ready for the climb

I strained the flesh, I strained the mind

And I fell asleep and I dreamt of time

And a voice that spoke to me, sublime

You can take the long way around the mount

The important thing is to reach the other side

If you start out now and forget the peak

It might still be light when you reach the other side

(Ooooh!)