Day 8: A Song That I Know All The Words To
Age of Shadows by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Ayreon from 01011001 (2008) Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a genius. He's created an entire world through his music. Literally! Ayreonauts on Planet Y and all of the intricacies involved in living on an alien planet, trying to find oneself, expanding and exploring new horizons, even finding a new home (on earth). It's like reading a science fiction novel, except it's being sung to you with perfect space sounds! I love all of the singers that have contributed to this project, each of them unique in sound. I may have listened to this song a total of 10 times before I learned the lyrics, and no I did not cheat and look it up online! I was quite proud of having done that, and while I know the lyrics to almost every song I listen to this was the first one that popped in my head. [Tom Englund:] We never saw this coming, pride comes before a fall We never heeded the warnings, buried deep within us all [Chorus:] ...