Father: Look at you, lying there, defenceless and alone See I'm no fool, I always knew you wouldn't make it on your own Cos you're just like your mother, well where is she now? You'll end up ...

Best friend: It’s been 10 days It shouldn’t last this long The doctor’s mystified Nothing’s physically wrong… Wife: But maybe in his head He’s struggling to survive Would it help if we...

Love: Fate has come to warn that you’ve far too long forsaken her heart Move to the truth breathe the sunlight burning in her open arms Break the chains that bind you to a past that fee...

Agony: I am pain I am real, I’m not a dream I’m the chain around your neck as you scream Surrender now You can’t beat death at his ruthless game Make your bow hang your head in shame ...

Reason: Think hard, you’re lying here in a hospital bed Disregard the emotions inside your head Concentrate on the real world beyond your mind It’s not too late to leave your burdens behind ...

Best friend: See his mouth, he tries to speak He cannot move, his voice is weak… Me: My dear friend can you hear me now? I’ll try to tell you how I feel Best friend: I feel the pain i...

Me: I can't move, I can't feel my body I don't remember anything What place is this, how did I get here? I don't understand, what's happening Am I alone? Fear: You've been deserted, ev...

"It is the 16th century. I am Queen Elizabeth sending out the brave Sir Francis Drake to defend the English realm against the invading armada." [Lana Lane] Times are dark now, our empire's g...

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 projec...

The future's doored ingress! What lies beyond? One of you - ah, survived so much! - are you man enough to force this door upon its golden hinge? You craved the answer - but can you bear the truth...

[A. Eyes of time] IT SLOWLY DAWNS ON AYREON THAT THESE VISIONS HE IS EXPERIENCING ARE VISIONS OF THE FUTURE BUT HE DOES NOT FULLY COMPREHEND THEIR IMPORTANCE YET. [AYREON:] I cannot see wi...

A black shadow is crawling like a Deadly spider we're all waiting in Silence for the lonely rider fore he will Lead the way for he will save the town We have to leave today before the Moon is dow...

I am of the stars. I am called "forever". Eternity courses through my veins. It is cold beyond your sun where we come from. We seed the universe with the milk of a million moons. You are that see...

In a dusty room on a stormy night Away from all the crowds I rise above The clouds Into a world once so bright where now The shadows fall and a thousand Voices call Dream on forevermore our futur...

"We have reached our first destination: the black hole in the Virgo cluster of galaxies. But what will we find inside? Its power is immeasurable. Our hopes and fears intermingle as we stand at th...

[A. LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN] [highlander] what heathen place is this that I've arrived in is now the time I pay for all my sins I can't believe that this is God's creation this realm was fashi...

"I join the Migrator on its long journey through time and space in search of the planet Earth. On my journey I encounter many fantastic astronomical phenomena." Fly me across the sky Fly me to...

Once a world, endless and free Horizons unbroken Now a world of bounded frontiers The elders have spoken (our home) Once a world, eternal and blue Floating, escaping Now a world that's blin...

AYREON WARNS THE PEOPLE THAT IF MAN DOES NOT MEND HIS WAYS, MAN WILL CONTAMINATE THE SKIES, SO THERE WILL BE NO MORE AIR TO BREATHE, HE WILL POISON THE SEAS, SO THERE WILL BE NO MORE WATER TO DR...

SOMEHOW AYREON SENSES THAT HIS FATE IS UPON HIM, AND HE IMPLORES, NO HE COMMANDS HIS FUTURE TORMENTORS TO GRANT HIM ONE LAST MOMENT OF SPLENDOUR IN PLACE OF ALL THE MISERY THAT HAUNTS HIS MIND....