Epilogue

by Ayreon

From the album: The Final Experiment

Track 31 of 31 on The Final Experiment (1995).

Duration: 9:16

The Final Experiment cover art

Lyrics for Epilogue

[The last human on the Mars Colony had died, but his consciousness is transformed into the New Migrator. He follows the Migrator Trail to Planet Y, where he breathes life into the comatose Forever race by rekindling their emotions, thus ensuring that the spirit of man will live on. In the end, Mankind's brief existence has served a purpose after all.] A) Epilogue (Instrumental) B) The Memory Remains And in the end, when all the dreams are dreamt All your desires have long dissolved A feeling free, surreal serenity A desperate search for truth resolved All hope dispelled, forgotten dreams unquelled The frailest link within the chain Once brisk with life, too fragile to survive A barren world devoid of pain But the memory remains Starlight breaks, the sleeper is awake You understand your timeless quest A dormant waste, a cold, forsaken place Their bodies numb, their minds suppressed You've felt the screams, you have dreamt the dreams But most of all, you've lived the pain They will revive, you will make them thrive Your hopeless life's not lived in vain For the memory remains Can you feel them cry inside, Can you feel them die inside, You can still the screams in you, You can make their dreams come true [Dream Sequencer system offline] Remember forever...

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More from The Final Experiment

  1. Prologue
  2. The Time Telepathy Experiment
  3. Overture
  4. Ayreon's Quest
  5. The Awareness
  6. The Premonition
  7. Dreamtime (Words Become A Song)
  8. The Awakening
  9. Eyes Of Time
  10. Eyes Of Time
  11. Brainwaves
  12. The Banishment
  13. A New Dawn
  14. The Gathering
  15. The Accusation
  16. The Banishment
  17. Oblivion
  18. Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy
  19. Sail Away To Avalon
  20. Nature's Dance
  21. Computer-Reign (Game Over)
  22. Waracle
  23. Listen To The Waves
  24. Magic Ride
  25. Merlin's Will
  26. The Charm Of The Seer
  27. Swan Song
  28. Ayreon's Fate
  29. Ayreon's Fate
  30. Merlin's Prophecy
  31. Epilogue