[00:00.00] 作词 : Arjen Anthony Lucassen[00:00.00] 作曲 : Arjen Anthony Lucassen[00:00.00]Act I: The Dawning (Part I)[00:00.40]I. The Premonition[00:00.60]Merlin:[00:01.00]Let us go back,[00:02.29]to the dark ages![00:18.14]"A strange sensation comes over Ayreon,[00:20.96]as if something mysterious is about to occur."[00:24.84]II. Dreamtime (Words Become a Song)[01:46.25]"Suddenly a vision emerges,[01:47.86]in Ayreon's ever-black world,[01:49.48]and he finds himself singing about,[01:50.89]the horrid projections etched into his brain."[01:52.94]Ayreon:[01:53.61]A cry in the silence,[01:56.47]a shine in the dark.[02:01.00]Like a rising star,[02:03.31]the dream is coming.[02:08.85]Images of violence,[02:11.87]a flight through time and space.[02:16.59]It's such a lonely place,[02:19.00]the dream has started.[02:25.00]The smoke is rising,[02:27.57]the vision's getting clearer,[02:31.31]and words become a song,[02:36.14]in the dreamtime.[02:53.51]I've lost control,[02:54.99]marooned and cold.[02:56.90]I suffer the fears,[02:58.96]of a future untold.[03:01.16]I cannot change,[03:02.56]the shape of things to come![03:09.83]The smoke is rising,[03:12.39]the vision's getting clearer,[03:16.42]and words become a song,[03:21.18]in the dreamtime.[03:39.00]The smoke is rising,[03:41.95]the vision's getting clearer.[03:46.38]The hands of time,[03:48.65]are whirling around.[03:54.59]I'm realizing,[03:57.38]the future's getting nearer,[04:01.29]and words become a song.[05:59.51]The smoke is rising,[06:04.51]the vision's getting clearer,[06:12.00]and words become a song![06:28.00]III. The Awakening[06:30.00](Instrumental)[06:34.00]"Abruptly the vision ends,[06:35.00]and Ayreon recedes into his Darkness..."