- 24 Hours
[Damian Wilson:]
A crime-ridden city
confined within these walls
a place without pity
a place of sin...
No rules apply here
among this desperate crowd
- As The Crow Dies
[Mike Andersson:]
Time stopped that morning, the world started shaking
It struck without warning, a blinding flare of light
Now the sun is fading, the moon is but a shadow
The land is changing to a cold and barren waste
Try to remember her smile framed by sunlight
Never forget her, the gift she gave to us
- Cassandra Complex
[Russell Allen:]
You are a beautiful woman in a beautiful world
but your world is gonna die
I have seen the human race
drop dead in the blink of an eye
[Floor Jansen:]
You created this dream out of bits and pieces
- Closer To The Stars
[Tony Martin:]
I was born with no future
Born to die without a chance
Well, I refuse to play the hand that life has dealt
I'm as good as anyone, maybe better than most
All they see is imperfections, not the strength I hold inside
I challenge all who reject the force of will
- Digital Rain
[Dan Swanö:]
Something is not right here
is racking my mind
it's all around me, I feel it inside
like I'm locked in some prison
and my world is a lie
chills my emotion, blinding in my eyes
- High Moon
[Storyteller]
Memories come back to me, it’s the 22nd century
Unthinkable events occur on the 3rd moon of Jupiter
[Worker]
I’d leave this hellhole if I could
The mining’s hard but the pay is good
There is only one way to survive
- Human See, Human Do
[Dan Swanö:]
Where do you come from, where is your tribe?
you should not be here, you can't be alive
a vicious killer, you'll never be tamed
you belong in this cage
[Damian Wilson:]
Why do you fear me, what have I done?
- It All Ends Here
[Dan Swanö:]
Lies - fictitious dreams - false illusions
[Russell Allen:]
living life with nothing to gain
[Dan Swanö:]
Eyes - synthetic tears - hollow visions
[Russell Allen:]
Moments lost, like tears in the rain
- It's Alive, She's Alive, We're Alive
[Dan Swanö:]
Man is declining, man is dying out
generation of despair
man has no future, man is crying out
echoes in the empty air
[Russell Allen:]
Mother Nature's striking back, protecting her domain
- Knife Edge
[Damian Wilson:]
Just a step cried the sad man
Take a look down at the madman
Hear the king's son
Silver wings fly beyond reason
From the plight of the seagull
[Damian Wilson and Arjen Lucassen:]
- Master Of Darkness
[Apprentice:]
Will you teach me the skills of the old ways
Lying dormant in me
Help me evolve and enter a new phase
Where my spirit runs free
[Teacher:]
I cannot teach you, I feel too much violence
And it's clouding your view
- Perfect Survivor
We wake up in our spaceship from a year in hypersleep. On our way back to our system we receive a message from an uncharted planet. We decide to go in. We see a giant spacecraft whose crew has been hideously killed.
[android]
Absolute perfection
I find it hard to escape its attraction
Its strength and genius unhampered by morality
My secret mission brings me back to reality
I have to bring it back alive
- Songs of the ocean
[Science officer:]
As we return to earth, memories are haunting me
My strange rebirth, coming back to life
I remember the dark and how my friends set me free
I sacrificed my life so they could survive
[Communications officer:]
There's something wrong on planet Earth
We can not reach our world
- Two Plus Two Equals Five
[Rodney Blaze:]
You are deranged, you don't exist
Reality's all in your mind
Give it up, you'll never resist
You'll confess, then you die
We are the law, we control your pain
Telling you how to behave