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1. Age Of Shadows

[Tom Englund:]

We never saw this coming

Pride comes before a fall

We never heeded the warnings

Buried deep within us all

[Chorus:]

[Steve Lee:] The age of shadows has begun

[Daniel Gildenlw:] Giant machines blot out the sun

[Steve Lee:] Frozen minds becoming numb

[Daniel Gildenlw:] The age of shadows has begun

[Steve Lee:] The age of Shadows has begun

[Daniel Gildenlw:] I won't accept what we've become

[Steve Lee:] We stand to lose more than we've won

[Daniel Gildenlw:] The age of Shadows has begun

[Tom Englund:]

Our quenchless thirst for knowledge

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Our urge to change and grow

Our need to expand the nation

Made us rise from the depths below

[Chorus]

[Hansi Kursch:] No more aggression

[Floor Jansen:] No more initiative[Hansi Kursch:] No more suppression

[Floor Jansen:] No more emotions

[Hansi Kursch:] No more resection

[Floor Jansen:] No more of all the feelings that shaped our

hearts and made us who we are[Hansi Kursch:] No more possessions

[Floor Jansen:] No more suspicious

[Hansi Kursch:] No more obsessions

[Floor Jansen:] No more sensations

[Hansi Kursch:] No more depression

[Floor Jansen:] No more of all the passions that shaped our

hearts and made us who we are

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[Jonas Renkse:]

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 one...

[Anekke van Giersberg:]

Forever we yearn, forever we learn

Forever we live a lie, forever sleeping by and

Forever we flee (forever we flee), forever we will be,

Forever is but a dream, forever is but a scream and

Forever we try, forever we die,

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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)

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)

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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 (no) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)


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...

[Jorn Lande - ad libs in last chours of Age of Shadows:]

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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 madeus 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

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(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

Buried deep within us all

2. Comatose

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[Anneke van Giersbergen:]

No need [x5]No need to feel the pain

No need to feel betrayed

No need to feel inane

No need to feel afraid

[Jorn Lande:]

Wake me up before I die, hold me close

As I gaze upon to the sky, comatose

No reason to survive, I suppose

Wake us up before we die

[Anneke:] No need to feel desire

[Jorn Lande:] But I need you with me

[Anneke:] No need to feel so small

[Jorn Lande:] But I need to feel secure

[Anneke:] No need to feel the fire

[Jorn Lande:] But I need to feel free

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[Anneke:] No need to feel at all

[Jorn Lande:] But I need to know for sure

[Jorn Lande:]

Wake me up before I die, hold me close

As I gaze upon the sky, comatose

No reason to survive, I suppose

Wake us up before we die

3. Liquid Eternity

[Jonas Renkse:]

Once a world, endless and free, horizons unbroken

Now a world of bounded frontiers, the elders have spoken

(our home)

[Daniel Gildenlw:]

Once a world, eternal and blue, floating, escaping

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Now a world that's blinding my view, shadows shaping

(alone)

[Chorus:]

[Magali Luyten:]

Liquid eternity courses through our veins

Liquid eternity nourishes our brains

Liquid eternity, a world that does not liveLiquid eternity, a life that does not yield

[Bob Catley:]

Once a world of fear and dismay of fleeing and hiding

Now a world that's peaceful and safe, so caring andproviding,

our home...

[Chorus]

[Tom Englund:]

Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had?

Would you prefer to be in peril, even dead?

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Would you prefer to live the life we've learned to dread?

Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead?

[Jonas Renkse:] Our home

[Jorn Lande:] I'm losing my reason to live, the essence of life

[Floor Jansen:] But the system's got so much to give or

would you rather die?

[Jorn Lande:] I'm losing my pride and my joy, my will tobelieve

[Floor Jansen:] Why would you come back and destroy all

we have achieved?

[Chorus]

[Tom Englund:]

Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had?

Would you prefer to be in peril, even dead?

Would you prefer to live the life we've loved to play?


[Chorus]

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[Tom Englund:]

Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had?Would you prefer to be in peril, even dead?

Would you prefer to live the life we've learned to dread?


[Jonas Renkse:] Our home

4. Connect The Dots

[Ty Tabor:]

I hugged the wife and drove to work today

It was only a few miles

Was in no hurry but the lights were changing up ahead

So I stepped on the gas

I checked the web and left it on over night

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Downloading all the latest files

Peer to peer, the torrent flows into my life

And I disconnect

[Chorus:]

[Ty Tabor:] We all know

[Arjen Lucassen:] We all know, no need to remind us

[Ty Tabor:] We all know[Arjen Lucassen:] We all know but won't connect the dots


[Arjen Lucassen:] We all know, locked away inside us

[Ty Tabor, Arjen Lucassen:]

We are dying for tomorrowWe are living for today

[Ty Tabor:]

I rushed back home to my family

I got my son a brand new game

No need to cook,

I picked up fast food on the way

And it's finger-licking good

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Have you seen little Steve today?

Guess he's still up there in his roomBut if he comes down to

I'll be right here just staring at the tube

Playing his game

[Chorus]

[Ty Tabor:]

Don't you think it's rather warm tonight

Especially for the time of year

I turn up the airPull the sheets up to my chin

And I close my eyes

Can't relax, can't fall asleep

Should I take another pill?

I turn up the lights, light up a cigarette and smile

I've got it made

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[Chorus:]


[Arjen Lucassen:] We all know, no need to remind us[Ty Tabor:] We all know

[Arjen Lucassen:] We all know, but won't connect the dots



[Ty Tabor, Arjen Lucassen:]We are dying for tomorrow


[Arjen Lucassen:] We all know, no need to remind us


[Arjen Lucassen:] We all know, but won't connect the dots[Ty Tabor:] We all know


[Ty Tabor, Arjen Lucassen:]

We are dying for tomorrow

We are living for today

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5. Beneath The Waves

[Beneath The Waves]

[Daniel Gildenlw:]

The water breaks the golden sunrays

Silver dances on the wave

But a memory...

I often dream about the old days

Playing hide and seek within the caves

But a memory...

[Bob Catley:]

I still feel the rising tides embrace me

Carrying me to a place unknown

But a memory...

I remember all the love they gave me

In this fluid world we call our home

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But a memory...

[Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen:] Beneath the waveswe were invincible

[Floor Jansen:] In a world without frontiers

[Anneke van Giersbergen:] World without walls

[Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen:] Beneath the waves

we were inseparable[Floor Jansen:] In a world without walls

[Steve Lee:]

Faces of cerulean oceans

Mirroring stars and sable skiesBut a memory...

How I miss the sense of sweet emotions

Of a world so pure, devoid of cries

Blind a memory...

[Jorn Lande:] Beneath the waves we were unbeatable

[Floor Jansen:] In the silence of the sea;

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[Jorn Lande:] In a world without frontiers

[Floor Jansen:] World without walls

[Jorn Lande:] Beneath the waves we were untouchable[Floor Jansen:] In the kingdom of the free;

[Jorn Lande:] In a world without walls

[Steve Lee:] Beneath the waves we were invincible

[Floor Jansen:] In the silence of the sea;[Steve Lee:] In a world without frontiers


[Steve Lee:] Beneath the waves we were inseparable

[Floor Jansen:] In the kingdom of the free;

[Steve Lee:] In a world without walls

[Face The Facts]

[Hansi Kursch, Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen:]

Face the facts, there is no way back

Arise! It's time to act

Face the acts, our future is black

Our eyes were on the wrong track [x3]

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[But A Memory...]

[Tom Englund:]

Water breaks the golden sunrays

Silver dances on the wave

But a memory...

I often dream about the old days

Playing hide and seek within the caves

But a memory...

[World Without Walls]

[Jorn Lande:] Beneath the waves we were unbeatable

[Floor Jansen:] In the silence of the sea

[Jorn Lande:] In a world without frontiers


[Jorn Lande:] Beneath the waves we were untouchable

[Floor Jansen:] In our kingdom of the free


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[Jorn Lande:] Beneath the waves we were invincible

[Floor Jansen:] In the silence of the sea[Jorn Lande:] In a world without frontiers

Beneath the waves we were inseparable

[Floor Jansen:] In our kingdom of the free


[Reality Bleeds]

6. Newborn Race

[The Incentive]

[Daniel Gildenlw:]

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.

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A way to break free from a world that won't last.

[Floor Jansen:]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

[Daniel Gildenlw:]

There must be a way to reverse history

A way to resume life, return to the sea

There must be a way to win back what we lost.

A way to escape this, whatever the cost

[Floor Jansen:]

Take me back to when we lived another life




[The Vision]

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[Tom Englund:]

Explore the vastness of spaceDiscover a wonderful place

Enter a brand new phase

Seed the world with a newborn race [x2]

[The Procedure]

[Jonas Renkse:]

We have no choice

Life is passing us by

We should rejoiceI say we should try

[Bob Catley:]

Every million cycles

shooting stars rip our sky.

We could divert them

on the day they pass us by.

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[Hansi Kursch:]

And on that shining day there is a way

For our DNA to reach a world to stay (world to stay!)

[Jorn Lande:]

Hmmm...

Do we have the right to create life?

And do we have the right to take it? YeahCan we decide who lives and dies?

Do you think they would even make it

[Jonas Renkse:] We have no choice, life is passing us by

[Bob Catley:]

We all plant our seeds

And guide them to their goal

We cannot fail

We have absolute control

[Hansi Kursch:]

And on that shining day there is a way

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For our DNA to reach a world to stay (world to stay!)

[Jorn Lande:]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...

[Another Life]

[Daniel Gildenlow:]





[Bob Catley:]

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Take us back to when we lived another life


Take us back to when we struggled to surviveBack to when it all began

[Floor Jansen:]


Back to when we had no planTake me back to when we struggled to survive


[Newborn Race]

[Jorn Lande:]

Explore the vastness of space

Discover a wonderful place

Enter a brand new phase

[Jonas Renkse:] We should rejoice!

[Jorn Lande:] Seed the world with a newborn race

[Jonas Renkse:] I say we should try

[Jorn Lande:]

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Explore the vastness of space

Discover a wonderful place (do we have the rights?!)

Enter a brand new phaseSeed the world with a newborn race (we cannot fail!)

[The Conclusion]

[Daniel Gildenlw:]We found a way to enrich our lives

A way to awaken the nation that's died

7. Ride The Comet

[Jorn Lande:] Find your way home, little extremophiles

[Floor Jansen:] Fly, beloved sons

[Tom Englund:] Find your way home, donors of life

[Floor Jansen:] Fly, my chosen ones

[Jonas P. Renkse:] You're on your own, little extremophiles

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[Floor Jansen:] Ride your frozen ark

[Bob Catley:] You're on your own, cleaving the skies

[Floor Jansen:] Ride into the dark

[Chorus]:

[Magali Luyten:]

Carry out your dangerous task, sail uncharted spheres

Live out our dreams, ride the cometJourney on the Migrator trail, cross the new frontiers

Pass on our genes, ride the comet

[Jorn Lande:] You are the future, little extremophiles

[Floor Jansen:] Fly towards the sun[Tom Englund:] You are the future, you know what to do

[Floor Jansen:] Fly, it has begun

[Chorus]

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8. Web Of Lies

[Simone Simons]:

Dear PX, I feel you are the one

What's your name? Where are you from?

I'm in love, though we never met

Looking for clues, I search the net

Dear PX, I'm waiting for your mail

Check every hour, to no avail

Been up all night, couldn't get to sleep

No way out, I'm in too deep

Dear PX, it's been 11 days

I'm kind of lost within this maze

Are you there? Give me but a sign

Are you at home? Are you on-line?

[Phideaux Xavier]:

Dear Simone, sorry for the wait

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I've seen your pics, you're looking great

I'm all alone, dying for a date

I think we match, it must be fate

[Simone Simons]:

Dear OL, I feel you are the one

what's your name? where are you from?

I'm in love, though we never metLooking for clues, I search the net

9. The Fifth Extinction

[Glimmer Of Hope]

[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

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[Steve Lee:]

Now the die is cast, the first step takenA 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


Re-ignite the sparkle in our eyes

We're alive! So alive!

[World Of Tomorrow Dreams]

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[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 Gildenlw:]

We have no choice, we waited far too longThis 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:]

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What makes us superior, we did not do so great ourselves!

A dying race, imprisoned in restricted shells


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 Gildenlw:] We're at the dawn of a new age

[Bob Catley:] As we hear the final cries

[Daniel Gildenlw:] Ready to enter the next stage

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[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 Gildenlw:]

Now the die is cast, the first step taken

A glimmer of hope lights up our lives


Re-ignite the sparkle in our eyes

We are alive

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10. Waking Dreams

[Jonas Renkse:]

Life, imagination

Missing link in the chain

We'll fuel your minds

Color your thoughts

Come to you waking dreams

Fire, inspiration

Missing branch on the tree

We are your roots, we are your blood

Come to you in waking dreams

[Anneke:]

Sail the stream as I dance upon the waves of a waking dream

As it passes you by.

Ride the beam as I rise upon the wings of a waking dream

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As it fades in the sky.

[Jonas:]Mind transformation

You were chosen

Live the the dream that we have been dreaming

Now is a time to come together and make it come true

Oh me and you

[Anneke:]


as it passes you by.

(Dancing on the waves)Ride the beam as I rise upon the wings of a waking dream as

it fades in the sky.

[solo keyboard: Tomas Bodin]

[solo guitar: Arjen]

[Anneke:]


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as it passes you by.

(Dancing on the waves)

Ride the beam as I rise upon the wings of a waking dream asit fades in the sky.

11. The Truth Is In Here

[Arjen Lucassen:]

Last night I had that dream again

My world was black as night

Plagued by visions of a future world

[Liselotte Hegt:] Mr L, did you take your meds?

[Arjen Lucassen:]

I sang about these dreams

Warning man of his demise

Wasted words that no one heard

[Liselotte Hegt:] Won't you please relax? I'll make your bed

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[Arjen Lucassen:]

Today I had that dream againI roamed among the stars

On the wings of an amazing flight

[Liselotte Hegt:] Mr L, do you feel OK?

[Arjen Lucassen:]To a place beyond our time

Where the sunlight doesn't warm

And colour bleeds into the night

[Liselotte Hegt:] We may have to increase your dose today

[Arjen Lucassen:]

I know the truth is out there

Didn't you want to see?

I know the truth is in here

[Liselotte Hegt:] Why should we believe you?

[Arjen Lucassen:] If you want to feel

[Arjen Lucassen:]

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Now I have that dream again

I live beneath the waves

In a realm of grace and majesty[Liselotte Hegt:] Mr L, can I ease your mind?

[Arjen Lucassen:]

In the distant shadows loom

Cold machines rise from the deepIn a world once proud and free

[Liselotte Hegt:] Would you free your thoughts, let it all

abide

[Arjen Lucassen:]I hate to have that dream again

They live inside my head

Feeling everything I feel inside

[Liselotte Hegt:] Mr L can you please be still?

[Arjen Lucassen:]

They speak to me in dreams

They can see all I can see

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They have always been my guide

[Liselotte Hegt:] Gotta hush now, please have another pill!

[Arjen Lucassen:] I know the truth is out there


[Arjen Lucassen:]

If you want to see

I know the truth is here[Liselotte Hegt:] Why should we deceive you?

[Arjen Lucassen:] If you want to feel?

[Liselotte Hegt:]

We are all aloneThere's no one there

You don't have to be afraid

[x2]

[Arjen Lucassen:] Can't you see through this masquerade?

[Liselotte Hegt:] We are all alone

[Arjen Lucassen:] We are all clones

[Liselotte Hegt:] There's no one there

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[Arjen Lucassen:] I am so scared

[Liselotte Hegt:] You don't have to be afraid

[Arjen Lucassen:]

Last night I had that dream again

My world was black as night

Plagued by visions of a future world

[Liselotte Hegt:] Mr L, would you take your rest?

[Arjen Lucassen:]

They speak to me in dreams

They could see all I can see

They have always been my guide[Liselotte Hegt:] Won't you please relax? I'll make your bed

[Arjen Lucassen:] I know the truth is out there


[Arjen Lucassen:] If you want to see

[Liselotte Hegt:] Why should we deceive you?

[Arjen Lucassen:] I know the truth is in here


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[Arjen Lucassen:] If you want to feel?

12. Unnatural Selection

[Tom Englund:]

We have to teach them all that we know

Their evolution moves far too slow

Expand their minds and reject compliance

Upgrade their knowledge, upload our science

[Steve Lee:]

This revolution will lead to their demise,

We should not make the same mistake twice

We're kept alive by artificial means

We've lost our souls to a world of machines

[Jorn Lande:] Listen to the warning [8X]

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[Tom Englund:]

We need to teach them to fight disease

They seem so helpless and need our expertiseI see them dying all across the globe

Their greatest foe is but a small microbe

[Steve Lee:]

The sudden change leads to overpopulationShifting the balance, destructive habitation

Killing a live biological invasion

Consuming it by ruthless exploitation

[Jorn Lande:] Can you see the fire in their eyes?[Bob Catley:] Can you hear the anguish in their cries?

[Jorn Lande:] Can you see the beauty in their eyes?

[Bob Catley:] Can you sense the love within their hearts?

[Jorn Lande:] I can taste the freedom we once had

[Bob Catley:] I can touch their pain when they feel sad

[Jorn Lande:] I can smell the fragrance of the air

[Bob Catley:] I remember times we used to share

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[Hansi Kursch:]

Don't want to live in a world that's dying

I want to die in a world that's living! [2X]


(Before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science

engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.- JFK)

(Humankind has acquired a collective power and ability to

dramatically alter the environment of the entire planet -

Gore)

(This will not be another Vietnam - Bush)

(The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - Roosevelt)

(Our task is not only to win the battle, but to win the war -

Churchill))

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[Bob Catley:] We gave them feelings - what did they sense?

[Steve Lee:] Shout out the world and put up a fence!

[Bob Catley:] We gave them science - what did they do?[Steve Lee:] They built a bomb and they used it too.

[Bob Catley:] We gave them reason - what did they learn?

[Steve Lee:] Warmed up the planet and made it burn!

[Bob Catley:] We gave them art - what did they make?

[Steve Lee:] Nuclear weapons for their own sake![Bob Catley:] We gave them insight - what did they see?

[Steve Lee:] Degrade the noble, enslave the free!

[Bob Catley:] We gave them wisdom - what did they teach?

[Steve Lee:] Destroying all that's within their reach!

[Bob Catley:] We gave them language - what did they say?[Steve Lee:] They put the planet in disarray!

[Bob Catley, Steve Lee:] We gave them dreams - and what

did they dream?

[Hansi Kursch:]

Don't want to live in a world that's dying.

I want to die in a world that's living!

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[Jonas Renkse:]A chain on guilt around our neck

A planet straying in darkness

Can we save the lives we wrecked?

I say we should find a way

I say stop this decay

[Jorn Lande:] Can you see the fire in their eyes?

[Bob Catley:] Can you hear the anguish in their cries?

[Jorn Lande:] Can you see the beauty in their art?

[Bob Catley:] Can you sense the love within their hearts?[Jorn Lande:] I can taste the freedom we once had (freedom,

freedom)

[Bob Catley:] I can touch their pain (oh, can you feel the

fire?)

[Jorn Lande:] I can smell the fragrance of the air.

[Bob Catley:] I relive the times we used to share (yeah).

[Jorn Lande:] Can you see the fire in their eyes? (Oh!)

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[Bob Catley:] Can you hear the anguish in their cries? (Can

you feel the fire?)

[Jorn Lande:] Can you see the beauty in their art?[Bob Catley:] Can you sense the love within their hearts?

(Can you feel the beauty?)

[Hansi Kursch:] Don't want to live in a world that's dying!

[Jorn Lande:] Oh yeah, so beautiful![Hansi Kursch:] I want to die in a world that's living! (Yeah,

yeah!)

13. River Of Time

[Hansi Kursch:] Is it too late to prevent their fall?

[Bob Catley:] Are they ready for the key to it all?

[Hansi Kursch:] The mystery solved, the answer to life

[Bob Catley:] The final solution, a chance to survive

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We can save this ill-fated race

Who are lost in the ocean of spaceShow them the way to reverse their decline

Guide them back on a river of time

[Hansi Kursch:] Follow the wave, speed up the flight

[Bob Catley:] Slow down time, faster than light[Hansi Kursch:] You might let the forces take a giant leap

[Bob Catley:] And the stream dive into the deep


We can save this ill-fated raceWho are lost in the ocean of space

Show them the way to reverse their decline


[Hansi Kursch:] Send back visions of war and decay.

[Bob Catley:] Paradigms of fear in a world of dismay.

[Hansi Kursch:] Shape the present, alter the past.

[Bob Catley:] Create a new future, one that would last

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We can save this ill-fated raceWho are lost in the ocean of space

Show them the way to reverse their decline


14. E=mc2

[Wudstik:]

It all came to me in the wake of a dream

Bending space and reversing the stream

The knowledge is mine to influence time

And avert our decline

We could use this to salvage mankind

Send projections into the past

As humanity fades in their minds

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Let them know man won't last


[Chorus:]

[Marjan Welman:]

This may be our last chance if we want man to survive

A mirror reflectionShow them our world as it dies

Cut through the barrier and do what no one has dared

Let's break the equation

E=mc2

[Wudstik:]

Our first try was a minor success

No control, I can but guess

We have to move now; don't know just how

No mistakes are allowed

We can make no mistakes

I have sent it but nothing changes

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Just a line in some nation lore

I don't know just how far it reaches

Everything's like before


[Chorus]

(The outcome of the final experiment has now been placed in

your hands)

15. The Sixth Extinction

[1. Echoes On The Wind]

[Tom Englund:]

It's the calm before the storm

It's the quiet before the war

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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 Gildenlw:] 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

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[Bob Catley:] I can see the fear

[Jorn Lande:] I can see them dying

[Jonas Renske and Floor Jansen:] Washed away by deadlygamma waves!

[Hansi Kursch:] Do you hear them calling?

[Daniel Gildenlw:] 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]

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[Jonas Renske:] Silence's so loud, not a soul... left alive

Darkness's a shroud

2085All 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:]

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No side has won, struggle to... survive

Our quest here is done

2085All our hopes have disappeared

Our race will... not thrive

Time will not recall the year

2085

[Daniel Gildenlw:]

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]

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[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 Circle]

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]

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[Hansi Kursch:]

Send back visionsInto 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 Gildenlw:]

We will gain our will to fight

We're at the dawn

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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 languageWhat did they say?

What did they learn?

[Jorn Lande:]

We have no choiceWe are the future

We are the pain

Complete the Circle!

[Steve Lee:] AH!!!!

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