Ayreon Age Of Shadows (incl. We Are Forever) Lyrics

[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 Gildenlow] Giant machines blot out our sun
[Steve Lee] Frozen minds becoming numb
[Daniel Gildenlow] The age of shadows has begun

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

[Steve Lee] The age of Shadows has begun
[Daniel Gildenlow] I won't accept what we've become
[Steve Lee] We stand to lose more than we've won
[Daniel Gildenlow] The age of Shadows has begun

[Hansi Kursch] No more aggression
[Floor Jansen] No more initiative
[Hansi Kursch] No more suppression
[Floor Jansen] no more emotions
[Hansi Kursch] No more recession
[Floor Jansen] No more of all the feelings we shared that made us who we really 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

[We Are Forever]:

[Jonas Renkse]
Time, but a passageway
The beginning of the end
An end that never was
Time, but a curve in s___e

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 life wore off
The zest for life not enough

Longing... hoping... waiting... for no one

(Never enough)

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

Longing... hoping... waiting... for no one

([Jorn Lande] - ad libs])

[Steve Lee] The age of shadows has begun
[Daniel Gildenlow] Giant machines blot out our sun
[Steve Lee] Frozen minds becoming numb
[Daniel Gildenlow] The age of shadows has begun

[Steve Lee] The age of Shadows has begun
[Daniel Gildenlow] I won't accept what we've become
[Steve Lee] We stand to lose more than we've won
[Daniel Gildenlow] The age of Shadows has begun

[Steve Lee] The age of shadows has begun
[Daniel Gildenlow] Giant machines blot out our sun
[Steve Lee] Frozen minds becoming numb
[Daniel Gildenlow] The age of shadows has begun

[Steve Lee] The age of Shadows has begun
[Daniel Gildenlow] I won't accept what we've become
[Steve Lee] We stand to lose more than we've won
[Daniel Gildenlow] The age of Shadows has begun

[Tom Englun]
We never heeded the warnings
Buried deep within us all