The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Awaiting my last breath
The mirror calls my name
It's showing me the way
Into the dark
The bridge appears
I jump into the dark side
And hear the voice it's cold as ice
"Welcome to reality"
Where am I now?
Darkness surrounds
Can't go forward
Can't go back
I see planets dying
I fall into the light
A new universe awakes
I'm a Traveler in Time
Pray for the light
Where's the key
To the gate
Of a new life - no
I search for deliverance
But I cannot find
[Chorus]
Look behind the mirror
I'm lost in the twilight hall
Once I'll be back for a moment in time
That's when the mirror's falling down
Take me away
From the place I've been
To another life
In another world
A sign of life
Surrounds me now
The bridge appears in the dark
I'm free
I fly alone
Leaving the darkness now, forever?
The memories of children
And the wisdom of many lifes
Burns deep in me
Where will the light go to?
Where will the light go to?
Is this deliverance?
Is it the end?
[Chorus]
I'm back there's a new chance for me
And all my memories are gone
I can feel what's happening to me
And the mirrow will burst
[Chorus: x2]
The mirror calls my name
It's showing me the way
Into the dark
The bridge appears
I jump into the dark side
And hear the voice it's cold as ice
"Welcome to reality"
Where am I now?
Darkness surrounds
Can't go forward
Can't go back
I see planets dying
I fall into the light
A new universe awakes
I'm a Traveler in Time
Pray for the light
Where's the key
To the gate
Of a new life - no
I search for deliverance
But I cannot find
[Chorus]
Look behind the mirror
I'm lost in the twilight hall
Once I'll be back for a moment in time
That's when the mirror's falling down
Take me away
From the place I've been
To another life
In another world
A sign of life
Surrounds me now
The bridge appears in the dark
I'm free
I fly alone
Leaving the darkness now, forever?
The memories of children
And the wisdom of many lifes
Burns deep in me
Where will the light go to?
Where will the light go to?
Is this deliverance?
Is it the end?
[Chorus]
I'm back there's a new chance for me
And all my memories are gone
I can feel what's happening to me
And the mirrow will burst
[Chorus: x2]
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I always kind of took the lyrics a bit literally. There's a character who's stuck in this odd portal dimension who can jump into different mirrors to live events in real time, only to come back to that dimension at the end of that event. So essentially, he's eternally stuck in this place and can get out but must inevitably return.
On closer reading, however, it could be just generally allegorical for being in a sort of death-purgatory state and then getting reborn/reincarnated. The character doesn't really sound like Gandalf to me, though.