Evil Devolution

by Ayreon

From the album: Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera

Track 14 of 17 on Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (1998).

Duration: 6:30

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Lyrics for Evil Devolution

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 crave the answer, but can you bear the truth? The door... The future... Our hope's dissolved for man's evolved into another state of being Have we 'progressed' beyond the need of feeling? Have we become the victims of our science? Evil devolution! Is this an illusion out here in space? Human humiliation! This mutation of our human race Is this the end? Will we transcend the need for human pleasures? Will we abandon all our earthly treasures? Will mankind yield on the battlefield of natural selection To an inorganic, digital perfection? Evil devolution! Is this an illusion out here in space? Human humiliation! This mutation of our human race (Evil devolution!) (Is this an illusion out here in space?) (Human humiliation!) (This mutation of our human race) (Evil devolution!) (Is this an illusion out here in space?)

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More from Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera

  1. Welcome To The New Dimension
  2. Isis And Osiris
  3. Amazing Flight
  4. Time Beyond Time
  5. The Decision Tree (We're Alive)
  6. Tunnel Of Light
  7. Across The Rainbow Bridge
  8. The Garden Of Emotions
  9. Valley Of The Queens
  10. The Castle Hall
  11. Tower Of Hope
  12. Cosmic Fusion
  13. The Mirror Maze
  14. Evil Devolution
  15. The Two Gates
  16. Forever Of The Stars
  17. Another Time, Another Space