Ayreon - Aquatic Race lyrics

[Ship’s Crew] Get ready for takeoff and forget the ‘Frame Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains Our ship is departing to a far-off place Our saga is starting, an aquatic race [Historian] Our world is ruined [Captain] No turning back [Historian] Their fate is cruel [Captain] Their future black [Historian] Last Day is here [Captain] They lost all power [Historian] The end is near [Captain] It’s zero hour [Historian] Our time is short [Captain] We need to leave [Historian] We’re all aboard [Captain] We’re all complete [Historian] All set to go [Captain] Switch engines on [Historian] Set your controls [Captain] We leave at dawn [Opposition Leader] This time we won’t depend on cold machinery I always knew where that would lead This time we plan ahead and form our strategy No computers, no machines [Diplomat] Hibernation now begins, our minds allowed to dream Eternity will course through our veins Transformation will set in, the Source is flowing free Augmenting our brains, forever… forever! [Historian] Our final chance [Captain] Our final leap [Historian] We’ll be in trance [Captain] We’ll be asleep [Historian] What will we dream? [Captain] Will it seem real? [Historian] What will we see? [Captain] How will we feel? [President] I say we change our ways and learn from the past We cannot make the same mistakes I say we start today, this chance may be our last Our people’s futures are at stake [Counselor] Rejuvenation will begin, our thoughts allowed to stray Infinity will liberate our minds Immortality sets in, wash our fears away Leave all our doubts behind, forever [Chemist] Let the fluid in, wash away Immerse yourself into this realm of liquid dreams Everlasting life, drown away your past Allow yourself to drift beyond the bounds of d**h and reach out for infinity [Biologist] Get ready for takeoff [Astronomer] and forget the ‘Frame [Biologist] Get ready to shake off [Astronomer] all the guilty chains [Biologist] Our ship is departing [Astronomer] to a far-off place [Biologist] Our saga is starting [Astronomer] an aquatic race [Ship’s Crew] Get ready for takeoff and forget the ‘Frame Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains Our ship is departing to a far-off place Our saga is starting, an aquatic race [Chemist] Embrace our future home beneath the tides Soon we will be one with our new ocean world Time without an end, life without a care Allow yourself to sail beyond the fringe of time and reach out for eternity [x2] [Ship’s Crew] Get ready for takeoff and forget the ‘Frame Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains Our ship is departing to a far-off place Our saga is starting, an aquatic race