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Artist: Ayreon
Canonical path: /ayreon/the-awareness
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The Awareness
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Awareness
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[a. the premonition]
a strange sensation comes over ayreon,
as if something mysterious is about to occur.
[b. dreamtime (words become a song)]
suddenly a vision emerges in ayreon's ever-black world
and he finds himself singing about the horrid projections
etched into his brain.
[ayreon:]
a cry in the silence
a shine in the dark
like a rising star
the dream is coming
images of violence a flight through time and pace
it's such a lonely place
the dream has started
the smoke is rising
the vision's getting clearer
and words become a song
in the dreamtime
i've lost control
marooned and cold
i suffer the fears
of a future untold
i cannot change
the shape of things to come
the smoke is rising
the vision's getting clearer
and words become a song
in the dreamtime
the smoke is rising
the vision's getting clearer
the hands of time are whirling around
i'm realising
the future's getting nearer
and words become a song
[c. the awakening]
abruptly the vision ends and ayreon recedes into his darkness
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