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Текст песни:

Sit back and relax
Crawl into the maze
Within your mind
Leave it all behind
Now allow yourself to
Slide into a world
As real as you want it to be
Actual fantasy

@ Ayreon

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"The Big Bang has created one soul, the Universal Migrator. The Universal Migrator
divides itself, and each Migrator flies off independently in search of a habitable planet
in order to breathe life into it. I follow the migrator that will eventually reach our
planet Earth."

At the birth of time, the beginning of beginnings
One cosmic soul was created
A bringer of life, a universal migrator
Born to sow its seeds in all the galaxies

Like a cell dividing, it spreads in all directions
Creating life among the stars
I′m struck with awe as I join the great migrator
Now it takes flight to the brightest star of all

On a quest for life, through the sable skies
What a show! behold!
The dawn of a million souls

On a bold crusade, in the realm of shade
What a show! behold!
The dawn of a million souls

Through the glowing mist, like a fog of radiation
I can see the forming of new planets
I′ve been struck by thunder as I witness all the splendor
And I realize how small we really are

Ooh, I can see forever
On the wings of dreams I fly
Is this real or is it just a fantasy?
What awaits me now at the end of this ride?

@ Ayreon

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Agony:
I am pain
I am real, I’m not a dream
I’m the chain
around your neck as you scream

Surrender now
You can’t beat death at his ruthless game
Make your bow
hang your head in shame

Me: I can’t believe there is no way out…
Agony: You’ll find you are wrong
Me: You fill me with doubt…
Agony: You were never that strong

Agony:
I am pain
I am the wound that never heals
It’s all in vain
No compromise, no deals…

Me: I can’t believe this is the end
Agony: It’s written in stone
Me: Where are my friends?
Agony: You have always been alone!

Rage:
(pain!) we lead, we hide as the pain leaves the rage inside
(motion personified alpha)
being here, welcomed by…a sane mind
a travelled lie

Agony:
I am pain
I am the end, I am your wraith
Nothing remains
I’m the loss of hope and faith

CHORUS : Me and Agony

Rage:
we lead, we hide as the pain leaves the rage inside
(motion personified alpha)
being here, welcomed by…a sane mind
a travelled lie
all the time, I had waited with rage
all the time, I was promised my salvation

Love:
I can’t accept this, we will find a way
Out of this cesspool of doom and dismay
Beyond this dejection there’s beauty and grace
A glorious future we long to embrace

Rage:
(pain!) all the time, I had waited with rage
(motion personified alpha)
all the time, I was promised my salvation

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

MERLIN, WHO IS UNAFFECTED BY -AND THEREFORE IGNORANT
OF- THE ′TIME TELEPATHY′ EXPERIMENT,
ASSUMES THAT AYREON′S PROPHECIES ARE DECEPTIVE,
AND SO AYREON MUST BE SILENCED.
OR COULD THERE BE AN UNDERTONE OF ENVY IN HIS WORDS?

[MERLIN:]
Ayreon, don′t you know who I am
Ayreon, I′ll have you know that I can
charm you with a wave of my hand
you bow to my command

Ayreon, you′re an evil stranger
Ayreon, you′ve become a danger
your words are all but a lie
I vow that ye shall die

[KNIGHTS:]
it′s Merlin′s will, his will be done
the end has come for Ayreon
it′s Merlin′s will
and his will be done

[MERLIN:]
Ayreon, you′re in my domain now
Ayreon, I renounce your name now
no one will know who you are
you′ll fade out like a star

@ Ayreon

Текст песни:

At last! you enter the Electric Castle! Here in this vast hall where even shadows fear the
light - here you must confront your past. If you have killed, beware of the Gathering of Spirits
for they do fish for men. Here, the disembodied Astral World becomes flesh once more. I pity the
men of swords.
For here blood runs cold...

[barbarian]
cries from the grave resound in my ears
they hail from beyond my darkest fears
faces of the past are etched in my brain
the women I raped, the men I′ve slain

shades of the dead are sliding on the wall
demons dance in the castle hall

[knight]
I call upon the sword, the mighty Excalibur
grant me the skill to fulfill my quest

I call upon my king and the knights of the table round
grant me the courage to stand to this test

I call upon the seer, Merlin the sorcerer
grant me the magic to end my pain

I call upon the spirit that lives in a noble heart
grant me the passion that′s within my veins

shades of the dead are sliding on the wall
demons dance in the castle hall

[repeat hall]

@ Ayreon

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From the wind-torn ramparts of the Tower of Hope we survey a thousand futures. Release your
dreams from this electric pinnacle. You must have hope...

[hippie]
we′re climbing up the stairs
and hope is flowing through our veins

[futureman]
there′s magic everywhere
we′ve been released of all our chains

[hippie]
we′re taking in the view oceans of blue,
fields of green

[futureman]
I fear this can′t be true
we′re still inside this dream machine

[chorus]
[hippie] I only felt what I wanted to feel
[futureman] I only saw what I wanted to see
[hippie] I′m at the end of my rope
[both] lost in the tower of hope

[hippie]
I see a brand new age
where peace and harmony prevail

[futureman]
but we′re still in this cage
destined to die here if we fail

[chorus & repeat second verse]

[hippie] I only felt what I wanted to feel
[futureman] I only saw what I wanted to see
[hippie] I only went where I wanted to go
[futureman] I only knew what I wanted to know
[both] and we became who we wanted to be
[hippie] I only felt what I wanted to feel
[futureman] I only saw what I wanted to see
[hippie] I′m at the end of my rope
[both] lost in the tower of hope

@ Ayreon

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

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

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

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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