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Ayreon - Age of Shadows
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Ayreon - The Sixth Extinction
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Ayreon - Valley Of The Queens
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Ayreon - Day Three: Pain
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Ayreon - The Fifth Extinction
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Ayreon - Amazing Flight
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Ayreon - Connect The Dots
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Ayreon - Day Two: Isolation
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Ayreon - Into The Black Hole
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Ayreon - Newborn Race
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Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down
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Ayreon - The Source Will Flow
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Ayreon - The Truth is Here
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Ayreon - Beneath the waves
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Ayreon - Comatose
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Ayreon - Everybody Dies
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Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down
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Ayreon - The First Man On Earth
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Ayreon - 2084
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Ayreon - And The Druids Turn To Stone
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Ayreon - Another Time, Another Space
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Ayreon - Collision
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Ayreon - Cosmic Fusion
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Ayreon - Day Eleven: Love
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Ayreon - Day Six: Childhood
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Ayreon - E=MC2
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Ayreon - Intergalactic Space Crusaders
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Ayreon - Isis And Osiris
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Ayreon - Journey To Forever
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Ayreon - Liquid Eternity
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Ayreon - Magic Ride
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Ayreon - My House On Mars
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Ayreon - Planet Y Is Alive!
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Ayreon - Ride The Comet
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Ayreon - River of Time
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Ayreon - Star of Sirrah
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Ayreon - The Castle Hall
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Ayreon - The Rival's Dilemma
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Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything
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Ayreon - The Two Gates
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Ayreon - This Human Equation
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Ayreon - Tunnel Of Light
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Ayreon - Welcome To The New Dimension
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Ayreon - Your Story Is Over!
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Ayreon - "Forever" Of The Stars
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Ayreon - A Reason To Live
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Ayreon - Abbey Of Synn
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Ayreon - Abby In Transitus
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Ayreon - Across The Rainbow Bridge
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Ayreon - Actual Fantasy
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Ayreon - Alive!
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Ayreon - All That Was
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Ayreon - Aquatic Race
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Ayreon - Ashes
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Ayreon - Ayreon's Fate
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Ayreon - Back On Planet Earth
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Ayreon - Back On The Planet Earth
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Ayreon - Bay Of Dreams
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Ayreon - Beyond The Last Horizon
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Ayreon - Carried By The Wind
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Ayreon - Chaos
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Ayreon - Cold Metal
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Ayreon - Come Back To Me
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Ayreon - Computer Eyes
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Ayreon - Computer Reign (Game Over)
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Ayreon - Condemned To Live
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Ayreon - Condemned Without A Trial
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Ayreon - Crescendo
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Ayreon - Daniel’s Descent Into Transitus
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Ayreon - Daniel’s Funeral
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Ayreon - Dark Energy
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Ayreon - Dark Medicine
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Ayreon - Dawn Of A Million Souls
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Ayreon - Day Eight: School
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Ayreon - Day Eighteen: Realization
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Ayreon - Day Eleven: Love - Tradução
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Ayreon - Day Fifteen: Betrayal
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Ayreon - Day Five: Voices
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Ayreon - Day Four: Mystery
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Ayreon - Day Fourteen: Pride
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Ayreon - Day Nine: Playground [instrumental]
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Ayreon - Day Nineteen: Disclosure
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Ayreon - Day One: Vigil
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Ayreon - Day Seven: Hope
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Ayreon - Day Seventeen: Accident?
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Ayreon - Day Sixteen: Loser
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Ayreon - Day Ten: Memories
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Ayreon - Day Thirteen: Sign
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Ayreon - Day Twelve: Trauma
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Ayreon - Day Twenty: Confrontation
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Ayreon - Deathcry Of A Race
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Ayreon - Diagnosis
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Ayreon - Dragon On The Sea
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Ayreon - Dreamtime
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Ayreon - Dumb Piece Of Rock
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Ayreon - Elected
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Ayreon - Epilogue: The Memory Remains
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Ayreon - Evil Devolution
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Ayreon - Eyes Of Time
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Ayreon - Farside Of The World
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Ayreon - Fatum Horrificum: 1884
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Ayreon - Fatum Horrificum: Daniel And Abby
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Ayreon - Fatum Horrificum: Fatum
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Ayreon - Fatum Horrificum: Graveyard
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Ayreon - Fatum Horrificum: Guilty
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Ayreon - Fatum Horrificum: Why?!
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Ayreon - Forevermore
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Ayreon - Fortune?
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Ayreon - Get Out! Now!
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Ayreon - Henry’s Plot
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Ayreon - Hopelessly Slipping Away
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Ayreon - How You Gonna See Me Now?
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Ayreon - Inertia
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Ayreon - Inferno
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Ayreon - Into The Ocean
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Ayreon - Journey On The Waves Of Time
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Ayreon - Lavinia’s Confession
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Ayreon - Listen To My Story
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Ayreon - Listen To The Waves
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Ayreon - Loser
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Ayreon - Losing You
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Ayreon - Love and Envy
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Ayreon - Magnetism
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Ayreon - March Of The Machines
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Ayreon - Master Of Darkness
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Ayreon - Merlin's Will
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Ayreon - Message From Beyond
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Ayreon - Mirror Of Dreams
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Ayreon - Nature's Dance
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Ayreon - No Quarter
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Ayreon - Old Friend
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Ayreon - One Small Step
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Ayreon - Original Hippie's Amazing Trip
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Ayreon - Out Of The White Hole
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Ayreon - Patterns
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Ayreon - Perfect Survivor
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Ayreon - Phase II: Symmetry
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Ayreon - Phase III: Entanglement
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Ayreon - Phase IV: Unification
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Ayreon - Potential
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Ayreon - Progressive Waves
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Ayreon - Prologue
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Ayreon - Prologue: The Blackboard
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Ayreon - Quid Pro Quo
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Ayreon - Run! Apocalypse! Run!
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Ayreon - Sail Away To Avalon
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Ayreon - Sandrider
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Ayreon - Sea Of Machines
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Ayreon - Seven Days, Seven Nights
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Ayreon - She Is Innocent
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Ayreon - Side Effects
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Ayreon - Sleeper Awake
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Ayreon - Spaced Out
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Ayreon - String Theory
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Ayreon - Surface Tension
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Ayreon - Swan Song
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Ayreon - Talk of the Town
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Ayreon - Temple Of The Cat
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Ayreon - The Accusation
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Ayreon - The Argument 1
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Ayreon - The Awareness
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Ayreon - The Banishment
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Ayreon - The Blackboard (Reprise)
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Ayreon - The Breaktrough
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Ayreon - The Charm Of The Seer
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Ayreon - The Conclusion
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Ayreon - The Consultation
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Ayreon - The Dawn Of Man
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Ayreon - The Decision Tree (We're Alive)
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Ayreon - The Dream Dissolves
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Ayreon - The Dream Sequencer
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Ayreon - The Earth Extinction
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Ayreon - The Eleventh Dimension
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Ayreon - The Eye Of Ra
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Ayreon - The Final Expiriment
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Ayreon - The Garden Of Emotions
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Ayreon - The Gift
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Ayreon - The Great Beyond
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Ayreon - The Human Compulsion
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Ayreon - The Intergalactic Laxative
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Ayreon - The Lighthouse
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Ayreon - The Mirror Maze
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Ayreon - The New Migrator
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Ayreon - The Note
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Ayreon - The Parting
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Ayreon - The Prediction
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Ayreon - The Prodigy's World
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Ayreon - The Shooting Company Of Captain Frans B. Coco
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Ayreon - The Shooting Company Of Captain Frans B. Cocq
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Ayreon - The Stranger From Within
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Ayreon - The Teacher's Discovery
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Ayreon - The Teory of Everything Phase I: Singularity
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Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything (Part 2)
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Ayreon - The Truth Is In Here
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Ayreon - The Uncertainty Principle
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Ayreon - The Visitation
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Ayreon - Through The Wormhole
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Ayreon - Time Beyond Time
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Ayreon - To The Quasar
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Ayreon - To The Solar System
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Ayreon - Tower Of Hope
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Ayreon - Transformations
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Ayreon - Two Worlds Now One
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Ayreon - Unnatural Selection
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Ayreon - Waking Dreams
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Ayreon - Waracle
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Ayreon - Web of Lies
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Ayreon - Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy
The Teory of Everything Phase I: Singularity
Ayreon
That grows along the foundation of the old lighthouse
I isn't in active service anymore, but has been renovated
To serve as a private dwelling
High in the tower inside, a young man is slumped
On the floor in the corner of the room, apparently
In some kind of trance. Somebody has put
A blanked over him. He is deadly pale, but the steady
Almost imperceptible rise and fall of his chest shows
That he still clings to life. Standing next to him are young
Woman and an older man
Both are obviously shocked and distressed
Their frequent glances toward the door
Give the impression that they're waiting for someone
Who is yet to arrive. On the wall next to them is a blackboard
Covered with impenetrable mathematical equations
The older man is holding a crumpled piece of paper
It appears to be a note scribbled in haste
By an unsteady hand. What follows here is the story of what happened."
Will we ever understand
This complex genius
This visionary thinker
Will we ever get this close again
Uniting the forces
Of our universe
Will we ever understand
His isolation
Or his sense of wonder
We will never get this close again
It’s been too long…
I think he’s gone
The father, a brilliant scientist, has devoted
his life to finding the theory of everything
the equation that will fully explain and unite
all physical forces of the universe
He's obsessively working day and night
unaware that his wife and introverted son
need far more attention that he has been
giving them. The mother has always supported
her husband's scientific pursuits, but the strain
of dealing with their asocial child's special needs
has worn her down to the point of desperation."
I'm so close to the answer
A dazzling symphony of cosmic strings
I feel the pulse, vibrating just out of reach
The music of space
One single master equation
Unification of the great and small
I hear the notes but the arrangement is wrong
And I'm starting to doubt, but I can't give up now I'm so near
Can't you see that I need you out here?
And what about our boy?
I think he's got something to give
What secrets lie... Beyond these hollow eyes?
I'm sorry you feel neglected
But it's clear that you don't understand
I'm aware, and I want to be there
I just need some more time, for the answer is blindingly near
Are you trying to drive us away
Just when we need you most?
You might find he's got something to give
What secrets lie... Beyond these eyes?
"The son is so withdrawn because his mind
is overwhelmed by analyzing the chaotic stimuli
of the world around him, and the mathematical
patterns he sees in everything - even in nature
His brain seems to operate on a completely different
level than other people's. There is something
very special about him, indeed."
"The mother is determined to connect
with the prodigy, but he is completely unresponsive
He is simply incapable of relating to her emotionally
even though on some level he wants to."
Talk to me
I know you’re there, but I won’t see you
I hear your voice but it can’t reach me
Let me in
It all seems so trivial
In the scheme of things
Talk to me
I feel your touch but it can’t move me
I hear your words but they confuse me
Let me in
It all comes to nothing
In the scheme of things
Patterns emerge in nature’s dance
Numbers are born in the wheel of chance
Why do I see this?
What does it mean to me?
A grand design in all its majesty
Vibrating strings, quantum gravity
Why was I chosen?
What does it mean to me?
Tell me why!
"7 Years ago
As the students work on a test in science class
a gust of wind from the open window blows
a paper full of math equations off the teacher's desk
Unnoticed by the teacher, it lands at the prodigy's feet
Already having finished the test, he picks up the paper
His face lights up as he begins writing."
I can’t believe… this can’t be true.
How could you know?
I’ve tried to solve this
For as long as I recall
Is this your work? Be honest now
How did you do it?
I’m not angry, boy
But I really need to know
I’m sorry, sir, I can’t explain
It’s the way I’ve always been
You see, the numbers just appear
Before my eyes
Don’t believe hi, no! He is envious!
I’ve felt it from the start
In every class, I’ve always been the genius
And he just wants to be like me
Don’t let him deceive you
He’s nothing but a fake
A sad pretender
Trying to take my place
Don’t let him deceive you
He’s nothing but a fake
A sad pretender
A total waste of space
"Why is the rival constantly bulliying the prodigy?
And why is the girl compelled to protect him?"
Why do you torment him, are you jealous?
There must be a reason you’re so cruel
What have you got against him?
Does he scare you?
What did he ever do to you?
Oh no, I can’t believe
You’re falling for this loser
Oh no, I thought you knew
That I am so much cooler!
Why do you despise him, are you frightened?
Are you being driven by your pride?
I think you feel threatened by his brilliance
But still you admire him, deep inside
Oh no, I can’t believe
You’re falling for this loser
Oh no, I thought you know
That I am so much cooler!
Oh no, I always thought
That we should be together
Oh no, I really think
That you can do so much better
[Uilleann pipes: Troy donockley
Violin: Ben mathot
Modular moog solo: Keith emerson
Synthesizer solo: Jordan rudess
Low whistle: Troy donockley]
"The teacher visits the father
bringing him surprising news about his son."
I’m glad you could meet me
I’m here about your son
I’ve never seen a mind like his
Especially so young
He’s got a gift for numbers
Never known before
An outstanding genius
Who shouldn’t be ignored
You must be mistaken
He’s useless and he’s weak
I see no sign of genius
The boy can hardly speak
He just sits there, lifeless
For hours at a time
No expression on his face
His eyes staring into space!
How can you be so heartless
There must be so much more that we can do
Who are you to judge me,
You don’t even know what we’ve been through!
Just give him more attention
You’ll see there’s more to him than meets the eye
Fine! I’ll try to help the child
Better not wasting my time!
"5 Years ago
The prodigy wants to improve his relationship
with his father, but doesn't know how to reach out."
Are you trying to drive me away?
Just when I need you most.
I think… I’ve got something to give
I just don’t know… how…
"The mother and the father agree
to enlist and outside expert to help
with their son, but their motivations to do so couldn't be more different."
We need to take him to therapy
Help him function in society
It's worth a try, who knows...
He could help me complete
The theory of everything
A future to build
A role to fulfill
Something to give
A reason to live