Long Road Out Of Eden

This song is ideal for those times when you want to take a break from your routine, just sit down and get some really good headphones ... Think about what you've lost and what you really love in this life.

I had the great opportunity to hear this song live, I'm not a big fan of Eagles and had never heard this tune before, but when I first heard this song I fell in love.

Moon shining down through the palms
shadows moving on the sand
somebody whispering the twenty-third psalm
dusty rifle in his trembling hands

somebody trying just to stay alive
he got promises to keep
over the ocean in america
far away and fast asleep

silent stars blinking in the blackness of an endless sky
cold silver satellites, ghostly caravans passing by
galaxies unfolding, new worlds being born
pilgrims and prodigals creeping toward the dawn
but it's a long road out of eden

music blasting from an suv
on a bright and sunny day
rolling down the interstate
in the good ol' usa

having lunch at the petroleum club
smokin' fine cigars and swappin' lives
he said: "gimme 'nother slice o' that barbecued brisket!"
"gimme ‘nother piece o' that pecan pie!"

freeways flickering, cell phones chiming a tune
we're riding to utopia, road map says we'll be arriving soon
captains of the old order clinging to the reins
assuring us these aches inside are only growing pains
but it's a long road out of eden

back home i was so certain
the path was very clear
but now i have to wonder: “what are we doing here?”
I'm not counting on tomorrow
and i can't tell wrong from right
but i'd give anything to be there in your arms tonight

weaving down the american highway
through the litter and the wreckage and the cultural junk
bloated with entitlement, loaded on propaganda
and now we're driving dazed and drunk

been down the road to damascus,
the road to mandalay
met the ghost of caesar on the appian way
he said, "it's hard to stop this bingeing, once you get a taste."
"but the road to empire is a bloody stupid waste."

behold the bitten apple - the power of the tools
but all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools
and it's a long road out of eden....

Artist: The Eagles

Album: Long Road Out Of Eden

Year: 2007

Death Is Just A Feeling

I'm posting this song for 2 reasons, the first one and the most important, is because this song is AMAZING!!, I'm just love it, the second reason, is because maybe and just maybe compa will listen this song, I hope he can take a 3 minutes of his busy schedule and take a look to this post :)

Living in the darkness
What a cold and lonely night
Voices in the darkness
Sing a sweet sweet lullaby

Something's coming nearer
Anyone to join in game? A game
Welcome to the attic
Hospitality is my name

Eyes so alive
I've been feeling pretty dead
For quite a while
Gimme a smile

Dead-and-alive
Come a little closer
You and I:
Affiliates forevermore and I'm alive
Death is just a feeling
You and I swapping finitude
And love for diamonds
I'm just a little pale

Don't hesitate to sign right here
Don't be afraid to come with me
Specialized in temporizing
Dead to faulty love and time

Faulty time
We'll be dancing right here
Forever and a while
Day by day

Dead-and-alive
Come a little closer
You and I:
Affiliates forevermore and I'm alive
Death is just a feeling
You and I swapping finitude
And love for diamonds

Value by value
I'm gonna turn into breath after breath
Love we trade in for silver
Defy what they use to call death
And dust covered treasures will shine again
An unseen accolade
Larger than life, a memory
Death will be just a charade

Dead-and-alive
Come a little closer
You and I:
Affiliates forevermore and I'm alive
Death is just a feeling
You and I swapping finitude
And love for diamonds
I'm just a little pale

Artist: Avantasia
Album: Angel of Babylon
Year: 2010

Ayreon - The Truth Is Here

I don't like the 90% of Ayeron's songs, but I love this one, When I'm listening to a random playlist and this song shows up, I'm just press the replay button like a mad, the lyrics are wear-strange, and I'm not sure what kind of metal it is, but who cares! \m/

Something that I find very amusing (when we take the time to listen to the lyrics), is the way it gives the dialogue between the protagonist and the nurse, I find it very entertaining :D

Last night I had a dream again
My world was black as night
Plagued by visions of a future world
(Mr. L. did you take your meds?)

I sang about these dreams
Warning men of his demise
Wasted words that no one heard
(Won't you please relax, I'll make your bed)

Today I had that dream again
I roamed among the stars
On the wings of an amazing flight
(Mister L do you feel O.K.?)

To a place place beyond the time
Where the sunlight doesn't warm
and color bleeds into the night!
(We may have to increase your dose today)

I know the truth is out there
If you want to see
I know the truth is in here
(Why should we believe you?)
If you want to feel

Now I have that dream again
I live beneath the waves
in a ground of grace and majesty
(Mr. L. can I ease your mind?)

In the distance shadows loom
Cold machines rise from the deep
In a world once proud and free
(Would you free your thoughts, let it all abide)

I hate to have that dream again
They live inside my head
Feeling everything I feel inside
(Mr. L. can you please be still?)

They speak to me in dreams
They can see all I can see
They have always been my guide
(We gota hush now please have another pill)

I know the truth is out there
(Why should we believe you?)
If you want to see
I know the truth is in here
(Why should we deceive you?)
If you want to feel

We are all alone
There is no one there
You don't have to be afraid
(Can't you see through this masquerade?)

We are alone
(We are all close)
There is no one there
(I am so scared)
You don't have to be afraid
(Can't you see through this masquerade?)
(2x)

We are alone
(We are all close)
There is no one there
(I am so scared)
You don't have to be afraid

Last night I had that dream again
My world was black as night
Plagued by visions of a future world
(Mr. L. did you take your meds?)

They speak to me in dreams
They can see all I can see
They have always been my guide
(Won't you please relax, I'll make your bed)

I know the truth is out there
(Why should we believe you?)
If you want to see
(Why should we deceive you?)
I know the truth is in here
(Why should we believe you?)
If you want to feel

Artist: Ayreon (I always forget how to write this name ¬¬, google ftw)
Album: 01011001
Year: 2007

From wikipedia:

The Truth is In Here

This is the third song differing from the Forevers storyline. This time, the protagonist is Mr. L (Arjen Lucassen), a mentally ill man in an asylum and his nurse (Liselotte Hegt). Mr. L has had a weird dream several nights, showing him visions of the future world, warnings of man's demise, amazing flights through the stars, a life beneath the waves and cold machines rising from the deep. His nurse's reaction to the revelations is one of indifference, asking him if he has taken his meds, to relax, wondering if he feels okay, even suggesting an increase in the dosage of his medication. Soon after, Mr. L, who reveals that they have spoken to him on the dreams, claims that "The truth is out there/is in here", but his nurse ask "Why should we believe you?" and forces him to take another pill. In the end Mr. L is scared, yelling that they are all clones, while the nurse calms him, assuring that they are alone.

In the verses, Mr. L alludes to previous Ayreon albums: The first verse describes the experiences of the character Ayreon in The Final Experiment, the second includes lines from Into the Electric Castle suggesting that Mr. L is the Hippie from that album, and the third verse appears to allude to other songs on 01011001. In addition, several lines can be interpreted as references to "The Human Equation," with Mr. L saying that "they live inside my head, feeling everything I feel inside," and "they speak to me in dreams, they can see all I can see, they have always been my guide", recalling the emotions of "Me" which spoke to him.

The "L" on Mr. L refers to "Lucassen", as he is the new prophet promised by Merlin and foreseen by Ayreon.

01011001 is the seventh studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's long-running Ayreon project. "01011001" is the binary representation of the decimal number 89, and the hexadecimal number 59; it is the ASCII codepoint for the letter Y. 01011001's plot is tied to the "Planet Y" and "Forever of the Stars" storyline developed in the albums Into the Electric Castle, Universal Migrator and The Human Equation. 17 singers in total (including Arjen himself) contributed to the album.^[2] Of these, only Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen, and Arjen himself have sung on previous Ayreon albums: Anneke on Into the Electric Castle, Floor singing backing vocals onThe Dream Sequencer, and Arjen on every Ayreon album, except Flight of the Migrator.