"It is the 21st century. The Final Experiment has failed. The final devastating war that

was foretold by the blind minstrel Ayreon has indeed come to pass. The war has destroyed

all life on Earth, making it completely uninhabitable. I hover above my own dead body..."



[Lana Lane]



Silence fills the air

Echoes fade away

Of sadness and despair

On that cruel and fateful day



My body lies motionless

Upon the kitchen floor

The Earth has died, the world's at rest

2084



Many centuries ago

In a dark enchanted land

Our fate had been foretold

By a poor misguided man



We carried on down the road we chose

The path of nevermore

The journey ends, the book is closed

2084



And now I have to leave, my work on earth is done

I'm heading for the planet known as Mars

To the last of its race, the final newborn son

Before I start my voyage to the stars