Ayreon Age Of Shadows Lyrics

(Tom Englund)

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

(Chorus)

(Steve Lee) The age of shadows has begun
(Daniel Gindelow) Giant machines blot out the sun
(Steve Lee) Frozen lands becoming known
(Daniel Gindelow) The age of shadows has begun
(Steve Lee) The age of Shadows has begun
(Daniel Gindelow) I won't accept what we've become
(Steve Lee) We stand to lose more than we've won
(Daniel Gindelow) The age of Shadows has begun

(Tom Englund)

Our quenchless thirst for knowledge
Our urge to change and grow
Our need to experimentation
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 euphoria,
(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.

(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)...
Time (time,time) but a curve in s___e (curve in s___e,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...

(Anneke van Giersbergen)

Forever we yearn,
Forever we learn.
Forever we live a lie,
Forever sleeping 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)

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)

no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah)
no (yeah) yeah (no) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
no (yeah) yeah (yeah) no (no) yeah (yeah)

[these are binary for ASCII 'help help forever 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...

(Jorn Lande - Ad libs in last chours of Age Of Shadows)

(Tom Englund)

We never heeded the warning
Buried deep within us all