Age Of Shadows by Ayreon

Music In Progress, Vol. 1 by Various Artists

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Age Of Shadows
by Ayreon

Album: Music In Progress, Vol. 1

Tom Englund
We never saw this coming
Pride comes before a fall
We never heeded the warnings
Buried deep within us all

Steve Lee The Age of Shadows has begun
Daniel Gildenlöw Giant machines blot out our sun
Steve Lee Frozen minds becoming numb
Daniel Gildenlöw The Age of Shadows has begun
Steve Lee The Age of Shadows has begun
Daniel Gildenlöw I won't accept what we've become
Steve Lee We stand to lose more than we've won
Daniel Gildenlöw The Age of Shadows has begun

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

Steve Lee The Age of Shadows has begun
Daniel Gildenlöw Giant machines blot out our sun
Steve Lee Frozen minds becoming numb
Daniel Gildenlöw The Age of Shadows has begun
Steve Lee The Age of Shadows has begun
Daniel Gildenlöw I won't accept what we've become
Steve Lee We stand to lose more than we've won
Daniel Gildenlöw The Age of Shadows has begun

Hansi Kürsch No more aggression
Floor Jansen No more initiative
Hansi Kürsch No more suppression
Floor Jansen No more emotions
Hansi Kürsch No more recession
Floor Jansen No more of all the feelings we shared that made us who we really are
Hansi Kürsch No more possessions
Floor Jansen No more euphoria
Hansi Kürsch No more obsessions
Floor Jansen No more sensations
Hansi Kürsch No more depression
Floor Jansen No more of all the passions that shaped our hearts and made us who we are

We Are Forever

Jonas Renkse
Time… but a passageway…
The beginning of the end…
An end that never was…
Time… but a curve in space…

We are forever
Eternal prisoners in time…
We are forever
Caught in our cold inertia
Longing, hoping, waiting, for no one…

Anneke Van Giersbergen
Forever we yearn, forever we learn
Forever we live a lie, forever slipping by and
Forever we flee, forever we will be,
Forever is but a dream, forever is but a scream and
Forever we try, forever we die

The spell of love wore off
The zest 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)

above translates to 'help help'

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

above translates to 'forever'

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)

above translates to 'sos sos'

Longing, hoping, waiting, for no one

Forever we try, forever we die, forever, forever
Forever we try, forever we die, forever, forever
Forever we tie, forever we die, forever, forever

Jonas Renkse Longing… hoping… waiting… for no one…

Hansi Kürsch No more aggression
Floor Jansen No more initiative
Hansi Kürsch No more suppression
Floor Jansen No more emotions
Hansi Kürsch No more recession
Floor Jansen No more of all the feelings we shared that made us who we really are
Hansi Kürsch No more possessions
Floor Jansen No more euphoria
Hansi Kürsch No more obsessions
Floor Jansen No more sensations
Hansi Kürsch No more depression
Floor Jansen No more of all the passions that shaped our hearts and made us who we are

Steve Lee The Age of Shadows has begun
Jørn Lande The Age of Shadows!
Daniel Gildenlöw Giant machines blot out our sun
Steve Lee Frozen minds becoming numb
Jørn Lande Blot out our sun! Yeah yeah!
Daniel Gildenlöw The Age of Shadows has begun
Steve Lee The Age of Shadows has begun
Jørn Lande Frozen minds becoming numb
Daniel Gildenlöw I won't accept what we've become
Steve Lee We stand to lose more than we've won
Jørn Lande More than we've won
Daniel Gildenlöw The Age of Shadows has begun

Steve Lee The Age of Shadows has begun
Jørn Lande The Age of Shadows!
Daniel Gildenlöw Giant machines blot out our sun
Steve Lee Frozen minds becoming numb
Jørn Lande Giant machines blot out the sun
Daniel Gildenlöw The Age of Shadows has begun
Steve Lee The Age of Shadows has begun
Jørn Lande The Age of Shadows! Yeah!
Daniel Gildenlöw I won't accept what we've become
Steve Lee We stand to lose more than we've won
Daniel Gildenlöw and Jørn Lande The Age of Shadows has begun

Tom Englund
We never heeded the warning
Buried deep within us all