Move to the truth
Breath the sunlight burning in her open arms

Break the chains that
Bind you to a past that feeds this bitter days

Seize your only chance
Follow the stars that beckon you through blackened skies

Wife Can you feel me touch your aching heart
I can sense how much you’re missing me…

Give me a sign, show me you’re there
I am sure you’ll find a way back to me

Me I can’t believe I turned so vile
How could I’ve ignored her smile?
She was always there to easy my pain
I’m so ashamed

I wonder why she stayed with me
How she endured my vanity
I wish I could go back and mend my ways
Is it too late?

Wife Can you see, I swear it’s true, a teardrop trickling down his cheek?
Best Friend Yes, indeed, I see it too, could it be he’s hurting inside?
Wife Don’t you think we should be glad he feels anything at all?
Best Friend It could well be he cries because of us
Wife Does it matter why he cries?
Best Friend What’s going on in his mind?
Wife Has he’s given us a sign?

Wife Can you see, I swear it’s true, him clenching his right hand into a fist?
Best Friend Yes, indeed, I see it too, could it be he’s raging inside?
Wife Don’t you think we should be glad he has any thoughts at all?
Best Friend It could well be he angry ’cause of us
Wife Does it matter if he is?
Best Friend What’s going on in his mind?
Wife Has he’s given us a sign?

Tom Englund:
It’s the calm before the storm
It’s the quiet before the war
It’s the time when all will be decided.
Steve Lee: All will be decided
Tom Englund: If nobody hears the echoes on the wind

Tom Englund: It’s the end of the chain
Steve Lee: Destruction of the fittest
Tom Englund: It’s the end of our reign
Steve Lee:] We’ve seen it all before
Tom Englund: It’s the end of man’s evolution
Steve Lee: The end of evolution
Tom Englund: For nobody heeds the echoes on the wind

2. Radioactive Grave

*
Hansi Kursch Do you hear the sirens?
Daniel Gildenlow: Do you see them burst?
Steve Lee: Do you feel the fire?
Jonas Renske and Floor Jansen: All the world’s a radioactive grave!
Tom Englund: I can hear them crying
Bob Catley: can see the fear
Jorn Lande: I can see them dying
Jonas Renske and Floor Jansen: Washed away by deadly gamma waves!

Hansi Kursch: Do you hear them calling?
Daniel Gildenlow: Do you see them hurt?
Steve Lee: Do you feel them falling?
Jonas Renske and Floor Jansen: All the world’s a blazing funeral pyre!

Tom Englund: I can hear the wailing!
Bob Catley: I can see the wrath!
Jorn Lande: I can see them failing
Jonas Renske and Floor Jansen:] Washed away by a scorching sea of fire!

repeat *

3. 2085

Jonas Renske: Silence’s so loud, not a soul… left alive
Darkness’s a shroud
2085
All our dreams have disappeared
They burned down… tree of life
Confirming all that we feared
2085

Bob Catley:
Don’t give up, remember how we felt
Fire rushing through our veins
Now it’s the time to rise up from our hell
Now it’s the time to free our brains

Steve Lee:
The meaning of life is to give life meaning
Go too fast, move too slow.
Restore the balance between thinking and feeling
Open up and let it flow

Jonas Renske:
No side has won, struggle to… survive
Our quest here is done
2085
All our hopes have disappeared
Our race will… not thrive
Time will not recall the year
2085

Daniel Gildenlow:
Don’t give in, remember all we learned
The spark of life if did ignite
We regained the rage for which we yearned
We regained our will to fight

Jorn Lande:
We must resolve this human equation
We’re already dead if we don’t try
To welcome challenge, genetic variation
Stop the machines, prepare to die!

4. To The Planet Of Red

Instrumental

5. Spirit Of The Wind

Tom Englund He’s the last man alive
Steve Lee: Searching for the answer
Tom Englund: Knowing he won’t survive
Steve Lee: To the mystery of live
Tom Englund: Relives the past, and dreams of the future
Steve Lee: Dreaming of the future
Tom Englund: And soon he’ll set free
Steve Lee: And the sleeper will awake
Tom Englund: The spirit of the wind

6. Complete The Circl

Make us whole, migrator soul
Follow you home, complete the Circle
We must survive, restore our lives
The way I’ll show, complete the circle x2

Hansi Kursch:
Send back visions
Into the past
Of war and decay

Floor Jansen:
Hear the final cries!
I can see the fear
In a world without walls

Anneke van Giersbergen: Through their eyes

Tom Englund:
I see them dying
We have to teach them
Migrator soul

Daniel Gildenlow:
We will gain our will to fight
We’re at the dawn
We found a way

Steve Lee:
I know we’ll make it in the end
Listen to the one man

Bob Catley:
We gave them language
What did they say?
What did they learn?

Jorn Lande:
We have no choice
We are the future
We are the pain
Complete the Circle!

Steve Lee: AH!!!!

Anneke van Giersbergen: Through their eyes we will see
Bob Catley: With their hands we will create
Anneke van Giersbergen: In their world we will be free
Bob Catley: With our minds we’ll shape their fate

Steve Lee:
Now the die is cast, the first step taken
A glimmer of hope lights up our lives
Visions of the past, dreams forsaken
Forming right before our eyes
We’re alive

Anneke van Giersbergen: Through their pain we’ll learn to live
Bob Catley: Remember all life has to give

Jorn Lande:
Now the die is cast, the first step taken
A glimmer of hope lights up our lives
Visions of the past, dreams forsaken
Re-ignite the sparkle in our eyes
We’re alive! So alive!

World Of Tomorrow Dreams

Tom Englund:
I see a planet, perfect for our needs
Behold our target, a world to plant our seeds
Steve Lee:
There must be life, first remove any trace of doubt!
They may all die, don’t you think we should check it out?
Daniel Gildenlow:
We have no choice, we waited far too long
This is our planet, this is where they belong
Jorn Lande:
We may regret this, is this the way it’s supposed to be?
A cold execution, a mindless act of cruelty!

Bob Catley, Hansi Kursch:
In the World of Tomorrow Dreams, our future lies
In the World of Tomorrow Dreams, our hopes will rise

Tom Englund:
I see mainly reptiles, a lower form of intelligence
Mere brainless creatures with no demonstrable sentience
Jorn Lande:
What makes us superior, we did not do so great ourselves!
A dying race, imprisoned in restricted shells

Bob Catley, Hansi Kursch:
In the World of Tomorrow Dreams, our future lies
In the World of Tomorrow Dreams, our hopes will rise

Derek Sherinian: Synth solo

Collision Course

From The Ashes

Tom Englund: And as the smoke slowly rises
Jonas Renkse: Our planet’s bare and cold
Tom Englund: But as the black sky brightens
Jonas Renkse: A wondrous world unfolds

Daniel Gildenlow: We’re at the dawn of a new age
Bob Catley: As we hear the final cries
Daniel Gildenlow: Ready to enter the next stage
Bob Catley: From the ashes we will rise

Steve Lee: And as the smoke slowly rises
Hansi Kursch:Our planet’s bare and cold
Steve Lee: But as the black sky brightens
Hansi Kursch: A wondrous world unfolds

Floor Jansen: We’re at the dawn of a new age
Jorn Lande: As we hear the final cries
Floor Jansen: Ready to enter the next stage
Jorn Lande: From the ashes we will rise!

Glimmer Of Hope Reprise

Daniel Gildenlow:
Now the die is cast, the first step taken
A glimmer of hope lights up our lives
Visions of the past, dreams forsaken
Re-ignite the sparkle in our eyes
We are alive

Wife But maybe in his head
He’s struggling to survive
Would it help if we talk to him?
Bring him back to life…

Best Friend and Pride Do you remember that time
We were showing off our brand new flashy bikes
Wife and Love You looked so fine
Until you both fell over and then started to cry!
Best Friend and Pride Do you recall that day
Fearlessly we climbed the highest tower
Wife and Love Then you became afraid
Too scared to climb down you stayed up there for hours!
Best Friend and Pride Do you remember that time?
Wife and Love Do you recall that day?

Wife and Love Do remember that time
Alone at last, naked by the fire
Best Friend and Pride Then all your friends came by,
They rushed in the room and you had no time to hide
Wife and Love Do you recall that day,
You proposed to me, and fell down to your knee
Best Friend and Pride You didn’t know what to say,
So she knelt down to for she thought you’d lost your keys!
Wife and Love Do you remember that time?
Best Friend and Pride Do you recall that day?

Passion Can you see her light
Shining through the black
She’s reaching out to you
What’s holding you back?

Reason Can you feel her warmth
Glowing on your skin
Don’t repress the memories
Let them all in…

AYREON:
echoes of a thousand screams
smoke, blood and fire
a deserted battlefield
millions of men will die
at one man’s desire
and the docile mass will yield

all through the ages
men will die before their time
in an everlasting war
as long as man is taught
that war is not a crime
man will fight for evermore

out of the ashes
a war-lord will arise
and tyrannize the land
his reign of terror
will cost many a sacrifice
an inferno is at hand

all through the centuries
men will be caged
in the name of liberty
as long as man shall live
wars will be waged
or will we ever be set free?
Set me free!

the road to ruin
gets shorter all the time
as technology will improve
it takes but one man
to commit the ultimate crime
and make the final move

A. INSIDE THE MIRROR MAZE

hippie
mirror mirror I can see a lonely child, he kinda looks like me
staring out into infinity
his father lies, his mother cries, his spirit flies up in the skies
wandering off to another galaxy

futureman
secret fears we all try to hide
lie dormant deep inside us
defy the ghosts of long forgotten days
here inside the mirror maze

hippie
mirror mirror I can see an angry boy, oh well I guess he’s me
rising up to the society
he’s aware that no one cares and life’s unfair so he growa his hair
and takes a trip into eternity

futureman
secret fears we all try to hide
lie dormant deep inside us
defy the ghosts of long forgotten days
here inside the mirror maze

B. THROUGH THE MIRROR

roman I see a man, who’s unable to withstand his fears inside
knight inside we’re all but frightened men
but we have to fight until the end is here
roman hear what I say: I am doomed,
I have to pay, I can’t go on
knight go on and persevere
for we have to make it out of here alive
roman a life is but a dream,
for in the mirror I have seen what lies within
knight within this armour cold and bright
lies a noble heart with the will to fight the pain
roman the pain cannot be healed,
I’m surrounded by this shield I cannot break
knight break through the mirror now
follow me, I will show you how

roman we’ve reached the other side,
I have overcome my pride and made it through
knight we threw aside our darkest fears
and stepped across these new frontiers of time
roman time can only tell what awaits us in this hell full of deceit
knight deceit, guile and treachery
will they ever set us free again?

roman riding on the wings of time

knight
I hark back to olden days
to her and her magic ways
two souls in harmony
in an endless sea
the cruel wings of destiny
carried you away from me
and left a heart unstilled
that never will be filled

roman (chorus:)
beyond these stygian skies our fortress lies
across the rainbow bridge
we’ll span the sea of tears and conquer all our fears (inside)
forsake this mourning field and drop your shield
across the rainbow bridge
run to the other side where all our dreams abide

knight
I’d sacrifice my very life
to have you at my side
like a dream I see your face
through the misty haze
we were one amid the stars
and time never healed my scars
deep inside the sadness burns
I must return!

roman (chorus)

[hippie
scarlet crimson rosy red
I must be dead
or stoned out of my head
orange yellow tangerine
the acid queen
in a psychedelic scene
ochre chestnut chocolate brown
I’m upside down
on a cosmic eiderdown

ivory milky chalky white, the stars ignite, I vanish in the light – that burns so bright

Step forward. Beyond lies your goal: the Electric Castle! The past is gone! Do you wish to
lapse in limbo forever? No! Be resolute.. There are trials ahead – and rewards for those who
strive: the Surreal Search endures…

roman & knight
run run the past is gone, it cannot be undone
run run the future is here, our fate is drawing near

roman (chorus)