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.