Condemned To Live

by Ayreon

From the album: The Source

Track 7 of 17 on The Source (2017).

Duration: 6:13

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Lyrics for Condemned To Live

I can't believe it really happened, it's all slowly sinking in I left behind a hopeless race to fight a war they cannot win My petty life, it seems so trivial, a whole world is about to die If all those billions fade away, then who am I... to stay alive Condemned to live, doomed to leave my world to die The guilt weighs heavy on my mind Trapped in this void, deprived of dignity and joy Their secret hopes and dreams destroyed We're about to start our journey, so focus on what lies ahead Liquid Eternity We have the chance to save our future, we're alive, the past is dead The Source will set us free We need to find a way to thrive there, preservation of our race Liquid Eternity An alteration, gene mutation, transformation of our strain The Source will set us free Condemned to live, doomed to leave our world to die The guilt weighs heavy on our mind Trapped in this void, deprived of dignity and joy Their secret hopes and dreams destroyed Condemned to live, doomed to leave our world to die A fate we could not avoid The guilt weighs heavy on our minds But we had no other choice Trapped in this void, deprived of joy Now we need to think of ourselves Their secret hopes and dreams destroyed We need to break out of this hell!

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  1. The Day That The World Breaks Down
  2. Sea Of Machines
  3. Everybody Dies
  4. Star Of Sirrah
  5. All That Was
  6. Run! Apocalypse! Run!
  7. Condemned To Live
  8. Aquatic Race
  9. The Dream Dissolves
  10. Deathcry Of A Race
  11. Into The Ocean
  12. Bay Of Dreams
  13. Planet Y Is Alive!
  14. The Source Will Flow
  15. Journey To Forever
  16. The Human Compulsion
  17. March Of The Machines