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Текст песни:

We never saw this coming
Pride comes before our fall
We never heeded the warning
Buried deep within us all

The age of shadows has begun
(Giant machines blot out the sun)
Frozen lands becoming known
(The age of shadows has begun)

The age of Shadows has begun
(I won′t accept what we′ve become)
We stand to lose more than we′ve won
(The age of Shadows has begun)

Our quenchless thirst for knowledge
Our urge to change and grow
Our need to expand the nation / extermination
Made us rise from the depths below

The age of shadows has begun
(Giant machines blot out the sun)
Frozen lands becoming known
(The age of shadows has begun)

The age of Shadows has begun
(I won′t accept what we′ve become)
We stand to lose more than we′ve won
(The age of Shadows has begun)

No more aggression
(No more initiative)
No more suppression
(no more emotions)

No more resection
(no more of all the feelings that shaped our hearts and made us who we are)
No more possessions
(No more suspicious)

No more obsessions
(No more sensations)
No more depression
(no more of all the passions that shaped our hearts and made us who we are)

Time (time, time)
but a passageway (a passageway, a passageway)
the beginning of the end (of the end)
an end that never was (was, was, was)
time (time, time)
but a curve in space (curve in space, curve in)

we are forever (we are forever, we are forever))
Eternal prisoners in time (in time, in time)
we are forever (we are forever)
caught in our cold inertia
Longing, hoping, waiting, for no...

Forever we are, forever we learn
Forever we live a lie, forever sleeping by
And forever we flee, (forever we flee)
Forever we be, Forever is but our dreams
Forever is but a scream and forever we try
Forever we die, the spell of life for all
possessed for life, not enough
Longing, hoping, waiting, for no one
Never enough

Zero (one) one (zero) one (zero) zero (zero)
zero (one) one (zero) zero (one) zero (one)
zero (one) one (zero) one (one) zero (zero)
zero (one) one (one) zero (zero) zero (zero)

Zero (one) one (zero) one (zero) zero (zero)
zero (one) one (zero) zero (one) zero (one)
zero (one) one (zero) one (one) zero (zero)
zero (one) one (one) zero (zero) zero (zero)

off (on) on (off) off (on) on (off)
off (on) on (off) on (on) on (on)
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off (on) on (on) off (on) on (off)
off (on) on (off) off (on) off (on)
off (on) on (on) off (off) on (off)

no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah)
no (yeah) yeah (no) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah)

no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah)
no (yeah) yeah (no) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah)

Forever we try, forever we die, forever, forever
Forever we try, forever we die, forever, forever
Forever we tie, forever we die, forever, forever
Longing, hoping, waiting, for no one

No more aggression
(No more initiative)
No more suppression
(no more emotions)
No more resection
(no more of all the feelings that shaped our hearts and made us who we are)
No more possessions
(No more suspicious)
No more obsessions
(No more sensations)
No more depression
(no more of all the passions that shaped our hearts and made us who we are

The age of shadows has begun
(Giant machines blot out the sun)
Frozen lands becoming known
(The age of shadows has begun)

The age of Shadows has begun
(I won′t accept what we′ve become)
We stand to lose more than we′ve won
(The age of Shadows has begun)

The age of shadows has begun
(Giant machines blot out the sun)
Frozen lands becoming known
(The age of shadows has begun)

The age of Shadows has begun
(I won′t accept what we′ve become)
We stand to lose more than we′ve won
(The age of Shadows has begun)

We never heeded the warning

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

Reason: Now you know the truth, what will you do?
Me: I still can’t believe it’s true…
Passion: You better believe it, and make them pay!
Me: There has to be another way…

Pride: You cannot take this lying down!
Me: I gotta stand up, can you show me how?
Love: You must forgive them and open your heart
Me: It’s all my fault, it tears me apart!

Agony: It would have been better if you would have just died!
Me: No, I’ve got to win this fight!
Fear: But can you face them after all you did?
Me: I gotta reveal the feelings I hid

Best Friend: See him fight, he’s all on his own…
Me: I need your help, can’t do it alone!
Wife: Listen to me, can you hear me shout?
Me: Let me out!!

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

Reason:
Think hard, you’re lying here in a hospital bed
Disregard the emotions inside your head
Concentrate on the real world beyond your mind
It’s not too late to leave your burdens behind

Fear:
We won’t let you go
Take you down below
Dark crypts of your soul
Locked inside your head…
You’re better off dead

Agony:
Locked away, she lives in isolation
It’s been that way since he has gone
She’s been through a life of deprivation
She depends on you, her only son

Passion:
[chorus]She won’t let you go
Keep you down below
Dark crypts of your soul
Locked inside your head
You’re better off dead

Agony:
Where are you, can’t you hear her calling?
Nothing you can do, you have no time
There’s no one there to catch her now she’s falling
Why should you care, you’re doing fine

CHORUS: Passion

Reason:
Now she’s at rest, she finally found her peace
There’s no need to blame yourself
You must let go or the pain will never cease
It’s time to crawl out of your shell

Your mother died, the day your father left
A part of you died as well
Feelings of guilt will haunt you ‘til the end
You must fight hard to break this spell

But it hurts…

Fear:
You hear her voice, from beyond her grave
“Where were you, son, when I needed you
Is this your thanks for all the warmth I gave
Did you forget what I’ve been through?”

Then you hear his voice, cold and merciless
“You worthless fool, you let her die!”
And deep within yourself you must confess
Your ways cannot be justified

Pride: [chorus]
By now you realise you have to be relentless to survive
Repress your memories, bury your emotions and thrive!
It’s your life!

Reason: Now she’s at rest, she found her peace
Fear: You hear her voice from her grave
Reason: You must let go or the pain won’t cease
Fear: “Is this your thanks for all I gave”
Reason: A part of you died as well
Fear: “You worthless fool, you let her die!”
Reason: It’s time to crawl out of your shell
Fear: Your ways cannot be justified

CHORUS: Pride

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

"It is the end of the 21st Century. I have returned to my own childhood. I remember it
all as the Dream Sequencer images mix with my own recollections. This is the day my
sister and I realised that we would never see the planet Earth."

[Johan Edlund, Floor Jansen]

Daddy where are you now
Forgot about your vow?
You promised you′d return and take me to Earth

Did you have to fight that war
What was it all for?
The honor of one′s name, what is it worth?

I′m all alone - we′re all alone
My future′s unknown - our future′s unknown
I reach out to the stars out here in my house on Mars

Mother did you hear me cry?
You never told me why
You put me in this world of rock and dust

No friends for playing games
No foes who scorn my name
Computerized machines of steel and rust

Is this my home? - this is our home
This desolate dome - this desolate dome
I call out to the stars: I′m alone in my house on Mars

I′ll never smell the ocean breeze
I′ll never climb the highest trees
I′ll never feel the burning sun
I′ll never meet my chosen one... in my house

Daddy I forgive you now
You could not keep your vow
You will never return, I′ll never see Earth

My time has come - our time has come
I′m emotionally numb - emotionally numb
I′m headed for the stars, I′m leaving my house on Mars
No friends in my house on Mars
No foes in my house on Mars
I was born in my house on Mars
I will die in my house on Mars

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

AYREON UNDERSTANDS THAT HE WAS NOT INDIVIDUALLY CHOSEN
FOR THE ′TIME TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT′,
BUT THAT HE UNINTENTIONALLY RECEIVED ITS TRANSMISSIONS.
THIS COULD BE BECAUSE OF A MORE DEVELOPED SIXTH SENSE
AS A RESULT OF HIS BLINDNESS.
HE ALSO REALISES THAT HE CAN NEITHER ACCOMPLISH HIS MISSION,
NOR STOP THE VISIONS FROM PENETRATING HIS MIND.
HIS SOLE ESCAPE IS TO SUBMIT TO THE MAGIC CHARM OF THE GREAT SEER MERLIN.

[AYREON:]
I′ve been lost in the valley of nightmares
I′ve been found in the garden of dreams
speak thy charm, I know you are out there
cast thy spell and silence the screams

but as I poise on the edge of life
where time disappears
I bow in fear
to the charm of the seer

I′ve seen fear in valiant faces
I′ve seen hope in desperate eyes
lead me home to familiar places
lead me back to crystalline skies

and as I poise on the edge of life
where time disappears
I bow in fear
to the charm of the seer

I have failed, I have been forsaken
I′ve been scorned and misunderstood
I have lost, my life has been taken
I′d surrender if only I could

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

"Finally we are approaching our own familiar solar system. But there is something wrong.
Reality begins to break through the illusion. I have an unsettling premonition that even
here inside my virtual journey I will never reach the Earth..."

[A. PLANET OF BLUE]

I can feel the sun burning on my skin
I can feel the sun from deep within
I can hear the earth calling out my name
I can hear the earth crying out in pain

I′m coming home to the planet of blue
Our own sun is coming into view
I′m reaching out to the planet of blue
Can you see me fly?
Can you feel me die?

I can almost touch the glorious rings of Saturn
But then I feel them slip away
I can almost see the yellow clouds of Venus
But then the sequence slowly fades

I′m coming home to the planet of blue
Is this the end, can it be true?
I′m reaching out to the planet of blue
Can you see me try?
Can you feel me die?

[B. SYSTEM ALERT]

Dream Sequencer system alert
warning - core processor buffer overload
please abort Universal Migrator sequence
System failure imminent
return to consciousness, return to consciousness, return to consciousness...

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

There is danger ahead. But do not be afraid. For I am with you like breath itself. Darkness
will lead to light - colour will bleed into the night. Beautiful colours, the like of which you
have never seen. Let the dream of confusion lead you into the virgin light! Be gone! Be
all-seeing, be brave...Be gone!

[A. AMAZING FLIGHT IN SPACE]

[barbarian]
I′m lookin′ ′round bewildered
is this some dark and evil jest?
what brought me to this cursed keep
perchance some crazy quest
god forbid I am no coward!
pitted against monster, man or ghost,
I′d wield my blade with crimson gusto
for I′m the proud barbarian host!

[hippie (chorus:)]
hey dude, you′re so uncool
but hey, that′s allright
like there′s no need to get uptight
my eyes reflect the stars
and a smile lights up my face
we′re on an amazing flight in space

[barbarian]
I shook city, walls and towers
wreaking havoc in the streets
burned palaces of cow′rdly kings
not a one stood up to me
bear bloody banners in blazing skies!
brandish battle-axe and broadsword!
let drums of glory sound like thunder!
hail!! barbaric warlord!!

[hippie (chorus)]

[B. STARDANCE]

[indian]
chanting

[C. FLYING COLOURS]

[instrumental]

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

Fear:
It’s time to leave your sheltered cage
Face your deepest fears
The world is against you
You’re fighting back the tears

Me:
All the kids were watching me
I felt very small
I could hear the laughter
As I stumbled down the hall

Rage:
(human) Seeking to find, deep in the trauma as it leaves you behind
(human) Bleeding it gone into the profit of the competition
(human) Loving today, all of the feelings are they going away
(human) Ending it now, I’d rather hear about the where and the how

Agony:
The bigger boys they beat you up
Out here you cannot hide
No friends to help you
No father at your side

Me:
I swore that I’d get back at them
But I was just a kid
One day I’d show them
I wouldn’t rest until I did

CHORUS 1: Rage

Pride: You gotta prove you’re not like the rest
Reason: There’s no need if you know you’re the best
Pride: That’s not enough, let the other kids know
Reason: What’s the use, go with the flow

[Chorus 2] Pride: Be a man, give in to hate
Reason: You better learn to communicate
Pride: Better to learn to protect yourself
Reason: That’s not the way to get out of this hell
Pride: See that kid, wipe the smile off his face
Reason: He’s just like you, feeling out of place
Pride: I don’t care, let’s show him who’s boss
Reason: That’s not the way to get your message across

CHORUS 2

Passion:
Don’t rack your brains , let it all go
Savour the moment and feel your blood flow

Me:
Then I got back at them
Still acting like a kid
Then I showed them
But when I had, I could not quit…

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

Best friend:
See his mouth, he tries to speak
He cannot move, his voice is weak…

Me:
My dear friend can you hear me now?
I’ll try to tell you how I feel

Best friend:
I feel the pain inside of you
Tell me please, what can I do?

Me:
Listen well to what I have to say
I have to tell you…of my betrayal

Me:
I revealed the facts, it was clear
They spelled the end of your career

Best friend:
Yes I always felt that it was you
I repressed the thought although I knew the truth

Me:
The truth is out, I feel relieved
You hate me now you’ve been deceived?

Best friend:
Oh no, in a way we are even now
Come back to us…somehow

CHORUS
Wife and Love:
Cross that bridge to the other side
Follow your heart, you can’t go wrong
Come with me, I will be your guide
And lead you back where you belong

Agony:
Welcome to reality, be ready for the pain
Welcome to reality, will it be in vain
Welcome to reality, nothing much has changed since you were gone

Passion:
Rise up and show the world you can be a better man
Rise up and show the world you care, yes you can
Rise up and show the world you’re taking your chance
Rise up and show the world!

Agony:
Welcome back!

Reason:
Welcome to reality, wake up and rejoice
Welcome to reality, you’ve made the right choice
Welcome to reality and let them hear your voice, shout it out!

Pride:
Rise up and show the world your battle is won
Rise up and show the world the old you is gone
Rise up and show the world your new life has begun
Rise up and show the world!

Reason and Agony:
Welcome back!

Fear:
Here inside the question burns
Are you sure of your return?

Me:
I am sure I deserve this chance
Now I understand it all

Fear:
It all seems so unreal to you
Can you decide what to do?

Me:
Yes I can, oh I will survive
Look at me…I’m alive

CHORUS: Wife and Love

Best Friend: There is so much to see, there is so much to live for
Wife: Come to me, my love
Reason: You feel her warmth, glowing on your skin
Love: You’re never alone, I knew we could make it
Fear: Aaaaaaaarrrrgh!
Passion: Can’t you feel that fire, can’t you feel it burn?
Agony: Be ready for the pain, ready for the pain
Pride: Well rise up, your battle has been won, your new life has begun
Me: I’m alive, I won’t look back, aaaaah!

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

AYREON RETIRES IN THE GARDEN OF DREAMS SURROUNDING CAMELOT,
ENJOYS THE WONDERS OF NATURE AND REFLECTS ON HIS FATE.
HE NOW FULLY UNDERSTANDS, AND RELUCTANTLY SUBMITS TO HIS DESTINY.

[AYREON:]
I can smell the grass
and touch the flowers
among the trees
I pass the hours
and fantasize
I let the dance of nature
inspire me
now my mind is free
from apparitions
I switch off like a ′television′
and close my eyes

and I wish that I could see
like everybody can
how I wish that I could be
like any other man

I can′t see the sun
but I sense its glow
I hear the sound of water flowing
down the stream
and my heart cries out
for a little bit love
but I know that it was not meant to be
so I′ll fulfil my destiny
and accept my fate

still I wish that I could see
like everybody can
how I wish that I could be
like any other man

THE TIME HAS COME FOR AYREON TO SET ABOUT HIS MISSION.
HE SINGS ABOUT THREE MAIN CAUSES OF THE EARTH′S EVENTUAL DESTRUCTION.

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

More than a million years ago it came To earth out of the sky from whence it Came is still
unknown and still we Don′t know why

Way beyond infinity where time is lost And life has ceased to be there′s a Cosmic entity a
bringer of life for all Eternity is this how it all began? the Dawn of man

More than a million miles from earth Somewhere in outer space behold a Planetary birth making
way for a brand New race

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

"We are on our way to the quasar, an object as bright as a galaxy. Our hope is that the
quasar may contain an unfathomable source of power and peril at its center ... a black
hole."

"On our journey, we receive the radio emissions of a pulsar -- an imploded neutron star."

[A. THE TAURUS PULSAR]

Within a distant nebula in the Taurus zodiac
I hear the wailing of a star, the weak pulse of a fading sun

All its fuel is burning out and its light will fade to black
I can′t ignore its hopeless shout as it fires its death cry out in space

A star in Taurus lights up and outshines the galaxy
A fleeting moment of glory in time and space
A supernova resounds, a desperate symphony
Leaving behind a beacon fallen from grace

Lift your head up to the sky
And hear the faraway cry of a dying star

I heard its message from afar
A frequent surge of sight and sound
We approach the fallen neutron star
Spinning round and round and round

We attend this cosmic mass and we hear its sad lament
But even stars and planets pass in this cold and everlasting place

Lift your head up to the sky and hear the cry...

"We have encountered a quasar in the constellation Virgo. But does it really contain a
black hole, the portal to our final destination?"

[B. QUASAR 3C273]

Heading off into the core of a newborn galaxy
We have reached a brilliant star-like source of energy
This cosmic spectacle of radiance was formed
Fifteen billion years ago when the universe was born

To the quasar
Beyond the milky way
The redshift is high, a bright light in the sky

To the dark star
Beyond the light of day
The gravity′s high, a black sun in the sky
3C273

As we approach the sea of light I′m forced to close my eyes
I can feel the vibrant waves of centuries go by
Then the pull of an unseen force is tearing us away
Could it be we found the entrance to our passageway?

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

"It is 2800 B.C. I quietly witness the astounding secret behind the creation of a
mysterious monument in Wiltshire, England."

[Damian Wilson]

The moon sheds no light on Salisbury plain
The day turns to night and the bonfires cease burning

The druids gather round and the chants fill the air
Their echoes resound and the living world stops turning

The magic words are spoken
As we leave the plain in silence
Now the circle stands alone
And the druids turn to stone

The dawn shines its light on Salisbury plain
The day floods the night with gilded rays of sunshine

The magic words were spoken
As we left the plain in silence
Then the circle stood alone
And the druids turned to stone

The rising sun is dancing on the edges of the stones
Casting shadows, creeping down the Avenue
Into the heart of the sarsen trilithons

I marvel at this mystery, beholder of the stars
A holy temple, a sacred burial ground
Guarding well its secrets from us all

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

Me:
Friday night, I had a few
There she was, out of the blue
Thunderstruck, nailed to the floor
I couldn’t move, couldn’t talk…anymore

Love:
Of all these guys it’s you she desires
Secretly her heart is on fire
Waiting for you to ask her to dance
Go ahead, make your move…now’s your chance

[CHORUS] Passion:
Do it right, do it right, we ain’t got all night
Do it now, do it now, I think you know how

Pride:
Let it out, let it out, now don’t mess about
Let her in, let her in, let the party begin!

Me:
There I was, nervous and shy
Struck with awe as I caught her eye
I mustered up courage and walked her way
Figuring out what to do…what to say

Love:
Her heart sings as she sees you come near
The music fades, the crowd disappears
She weeps in silence as you pass her by
And she’s wondering why…oh why′

CHORUS: Passion and Pride

Agony:
Remember your father, well you’re just like him
Nothing but violence and fury within
Remember your mother, so lonely and sad
This will be her fate if you treat her as bad

Fear:
You’re afraid she might turn you down
All your hopes, dashed to the ground
Nobody loved you, nobody will
Why should you even try…but still…

Me: Friday night, I had a few
Wife: There was no need to talk
There she was, out of the blue
Wife: We just started to walk
Hand in hand, we took the floor
Wife: And we danced, and we danced, and we danced
I could move, I could talk…even more…

CHORUS: Passion and Pride

[Agony]

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

Me:
I can′t move, I can′t feel my body
I don′t remember anything
What place is this, how did I get here?
I don′t understand, what′s happening

Am I alone?

Fear:
You′ve been deserted, everyone has left you
You know it′s always been that way
Those frantic years, the people you′ve neglected
Now the time has come to pay

You′re alone
No one here is dancing to your tune

Me: Is this a dream or is it real?
Reason: Sometimes the dream becomes reality
Me: But I don′t know what to feel
Reason: Then I will guide you through this haze
Me: But who are you, why are you here?
Reason: I am you and you are all of us
Me: I can′t think, my mind ain′t clear
Reason: Then I will free you from this maze

Passion:
Can′t you feel it burn
Deep down inside?
Won′t you ever learn
Don′t try to hide

Can′t you feel that fire
Scorching your soul?
A wounded man′s desire
Out of control

Pride:
I can′t believe you′re giving up
That′s not your way
I can′t believe you′d pass the chance to make them pay

You′ve always had complete control
Never thinking twice
You always called the shots, a heart as cold as ice

Me: You′re all delusions of my mind
Reason: And so we are, we′re all a part of you
Me: Am I a part of some design?
Reason: The one design is in your head
Me: How can it be, you look so real
Reason: We are as real as you imagine us
Me: I can touch you, I can feel
Reason: Then take my hand and follow me

Passion: chorus 1
Pride: chorus 2

Love:
Close your eyes, listen to your heart beat
Surrender to its soothing pulse
Silence the cries, gentle and carefree
Good or bad, true or false

You′re not alone

You′ll find me here whenever they oppose you
I am the strongest of them all
No need to fear these feelings that enclose you
I′m here to catch you when you fall

You′re not alone
I am here, dancing to your tune

Passion: chorus 1
Pride: chorus 2 + ad libs

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

There must be a way to enrich our lives.
A way to awaken a nation that dies.
There must be a way to revive our past.
A way to break free from a world that won′t last.

Take me back to when we lived another life
Back to when we had no plan
Take me back to when we struggled to survive
Back to when it all began

There must be a way to reverse history
A way to resume life, return to the sea
There must be a way to went back (to) what we lost.
A way to escape this, whatever the cost

Take me back to when we lived another life
Back to when we had no plan
Take me back to when we struggled to survive
Back to when it all began

Explore the vastness of space
Discover a wonderful grace
Enter a brand new face
See the world with a a newborn race [x2]

We have no choice
Life is passing us by
We should rejoice
I say we should try

Every million cycles
shooting stars rip our sky.
We could divert them
on the day they passed us by.

And on that shining day
there is a way for our DNA to reach a world to have (world to stay!)
And on that charming day
there is a way for our DNA to reach a world to have (world to stay!)

Hmmm... Do we have the right to create life?
And do we have the right to take it? Yeah
Can we decide who lives and dies?
Do you think they would even make it

We have no choice
Life is passing us by

We all plant our seeds
And guide them to their goal
We cannot fail
We have absolute control

And on that shining day
there is a way for our DNA to reach a world to have (world to stay!)
And on that charming day
there is a way for our DNA to reach a world to have (world to stay!)

Hmmm... Do we have the right to play gods?
I strongly feel I have to make a stance
Do you think we should take the odds? Yeah.
Would they even stand chance?
I don′t think they ever will.
Ever will...
No...

Take me back to when we lived another life
Back to when we had no plan
Take me back to when we struggled to survive
Back to when it all began

Take us back to when we lived another life
Back to when we had no plan
Take us back to when we struggled to survive
Back to when it all began

Take me back to when we lived another life
Back to when we had no plan
Take me back to when we struggled to survive
Back to when it all began

Explore the vastness of space
Discover a wonderful place
Enter a brand new phase (We should rejoice!)
See the world with a newborn race (I say we should try)

Explore the vastness of space
Discover a wonderful place (Do we have the rights?!)
Enter a brand new phase
See the world with a newborn race (we cannot fail!)

We found a way to enrich our lives
A way to awaken the nation that′s died

@ Ayreon