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TRACKLIST
Disc 1 - Y
1.
Age
of
Shadows
incl. We Are Forever
10:47
2.
Comatose
4:26
3.
Liquid Eternity
8:10
4.
4:13
5.
8:26
6.
Newborn Race
7:49
7.
3:29
8.
Web of Lies
2:50
Disc 2 - EARTH
1.
10:29
2.
Waking Dreams
6:31
3.
5:12
4.
Unnatural Selection
7:15
5.
River of Time
4:24
6.
E=MC2
5:50
7.
12:18
Vocals - Forever:
Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian)
Daniel Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation)
Thomas Englund (Evergrey)
Jonas Renkse (Katatonia)
Jorn Lande (ex-Masterplan, Ark)
Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering, Agua de Annique)
Steve Lee (Gotthard)
Bob Catley (Magnum)
Floor Jansen (After Forever)
Magali Luyten (Virus IV)
Vocals - Man:
Simone Simons (Epica)
Phideaux Xavier
Wudstik
Marjan Welman (Elister)
Liselotte Hegt (Dial)
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Ty Tabor (King's X)
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 Gindelow:] Giant machines blot out the sun
[Steve Lee:] Frozen minds becoming numb
[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
Zero
off
no (yeah)
Longing, hoping, waiting, for no one
Forever we try, forever we die,
[Jonas Renkse:] Longing... hoping... waiting... for no one...
[Jorn Lande - ad libs in last chours of Age of Shadows:]
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 made us 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
(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
[Magali Luyten:]
Liquid eternity crosses through our veins
Liquid eternity nourishes our brains
Liquid eternity, a world that does not live
Liquid 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 and providing,
our home...
[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 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 to believe
[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?
Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead?
[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 learned to dread?
Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead?
[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
[Another Life]
[Daniel Gildenlow:]
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
[Bob Catley:]
Take us back to when we lived another life
Back to when we had no plan
Take us back to when we struggled to survive
Back to when it all began
[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
[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:] See the world with a newborn race
[Jonas Renkse:] I say we should try
[Jorn Lande:]
Explore the vastness of space
Discover a wonderful place (do we have the rights?!)
Enter a brand new phase
See the world with a newborn race (we cannot fail!)
[The Conclusion]
[Daniel Gindenlow:]
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
[Tom Englund:]
I see mainly reptiles, a lower form of intelligence
Mere brainless creatures with no demonstrable sentience
[Jorn Lande:]
What makes us superior, we did not do so great ourselves!
A dying race, imprisoned in restricted shells
[Bob Catley, Hansi Kursch:]
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 Gildenlow:] We're at the dawn of a new age
[Bob Catley:] As we hear the final cries
[Daniel Gildenlow:] Ready to enter the next stage
[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 Gildenlow:]
Now the die is cast, the first step taken
A glimmer of hope lights up our lives
Visions of the past, dreams forsaken
Re-ignite the sparkle in our eyes
We are alive
[Hansi Kursch:]
Send back visions
Into 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 Gildenlow:]
We will gain our will to fight
We're at the dawn
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 language
What did they say?
What did they learn?
[Jorn Lande:]
We have no choice
We are the future
We are the pain
Complete the Circle!
[Steve Lee:] AH!!!!