Ayreon: 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

[Steve Lee] The Age of Shadows has begun
[Daniel Gildenlw] Giant machines blot out our 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
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 Gildenlw] Giant machines blot out our 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

[Hansi Krsch] No more aggression
[Floor Jansen] No more initiative
[Hansi Krsch] No more suppression
[Floor Jansen] No more emotions
[Hansi Krsch] No more recession
[Floor Jansen] No more of all the feelings we shared that made us who we really are
[Hansi Krsch] No more possessions
[Floor Jansen] No more euphoria
[Hansi Krsch] No more obsessions
[Floor Jansen] No more sensations
[Hansi Krsch] 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 Krsch] No more aggression
[Floor Jansen] No more initiative
[Hansi Krsch] No more suppression
[Floor Jansen] No more emotions
[Hansi Krsch] No more recession
[Floor Jansen] No more of all the feelings we shared that made us who we really are
[Hansi Krsch] No more possessions
[Floor Jansen] No more euphoria
[Hansi Krsch] No more obsessions
[Floor Jansen] No more sensations
[Hansi Krsch] 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
[Jrn Lande] The Age of Shadows!
[Daniel Gildenlw] Giant machines blot out our sun
[Steve Lee] Frozen minds becoming numb
[Jrn Lande] Blot out our sun! Yeah yeah!
[Daniel Gildenlw] The Age of Shadows has begun
[Steve Lee] The Age of Shadows has begun
[Jrn Lande] Frozen minds becoming numb
[Daniel Gildenlw] I won't accept what we've become
[Steve Lee] We stand to lose more than we've won
[Jrn Lande] More than we've won
[Daniel Gildenlw] The Age of Shadows has begun

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

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