STAR ONE LYRICS

1. Fate of Man

Armies of steel, machines of destruction
Echoes of war in a cold barren place
Millions destroyed, all hope is shattered
But deep below ground, a fighter awaits

Man's striking back, the tables are turning
The network conspires, an ingenious plan
An invincible warrior, he has to go back
To reshape the future, changing the past

Programmed to fight, faster than light
A murderous mission of menace and might
Powered to kill, his one deadly skill
The fate of man lies in his hands
Knowing no fear, feeling no pain
No grief, no compassion, no guilt and no shame
Built to attack, he will be back
The fate of man lies in his hands

Born in the ruins, a smoldering wasteland
Out of the ashes a man will arise!
A hero at heart, a powerful soldier
Has come across time for the love of his life

He must be insane, a paranoid madman
No one believes him, they don't understand
But if we don't heed him our time here won't last
He'll salvage the future, protecting the past

Programmed to fight, faster than light
A murderous mission of menace and might
Powered to kill, his one deadly skill
The fate of man lies in his hands
Knowing no fear, feeling no pain
No grief, no compassion, no guilt and no shame
Built to attack, he will be back
The fate of man lies in his hands

[Solo: Michael Romeo]

The battle is won, father to son
The danger has passed now, the creature is gone
His eyes have gone black, he won't be back
The fate of man lies in his hands!

The cycle's complete, the timeline restored
Mankind is ready for this future war
Will we survive? Come out alive?
The fate of man lies in his hands
The fate of man, now in our hands

2. 28 Days (Till the End of Time)

Open your eyes, chosen one; a storm is coming
Time to rise and heed my call
A void will grow where time and space collide
28 days 'til the end of time
28 days 'til the end of time

You are the one, face your quest:
And unwind the future
A crack in space, a glitch in time
The countdown is on,
No you can't ignore the sign
28 days 'til the end of time
28 days 'til the end of time

Something's not right here
Why did I survive
Awake in a nightmare
I should have just died

Something's not right here
Why did I survive
Awake in a nightmare
I should have just died

[Solo: Timo Somers]

You're all alone, sole receiver
You're on your own, trapped in time
Expand your mind, disbeliever
Unlock the rage that burns inside

No one can help you, no one understands
Stranded in time, no master plan
I'm here to guide you, lift this fated curse
Follow the path, save the universe
Save this universe

[Solo: Timo Somers]

Don't be afraid, sole receiver
Your sacrifice will not be in vain
I'm here to guide you, lift this fated curse
Follow the path, save the universe
Save this universe

I'm not afraid anymore
Now I understand
This is my destiny
This is the end

I'm not afraid anymore
Now I understand
This is my destiny
This is the end

3. Prescient

[Abe: Michael Mills]
[Aaron: Ross Jennings]

[Abe:] Here let me show you –
Even though a mere 3 days have passed
This protein, it typically takes 6 years to amass
[Aaron:] Abe, I'm trying, I really am
[Abe:] Now, all the lab guys don't believe –
They think that it's a joke
So I put my watch inside
And counted back the strokes
[Aaron:] Honestly, it's just hard for me to understand
[Abe:] Yes I know but take a look here
At the hands...

[Aaron:] No, I believe you,
I really do, but let's not overreach
This thing is not just pure mechanics and/or heat
[Abe:] Back and forth inside a loop
[Aaron:] Right, so we build a box
That's big enough to fit into?
Something private and secure...
You know what we could use?
[Abe:] I want you to see it, trust me though,
I'm not pranking you
[Aaron:] Abe, who is that?
What the... who is... is it you?
[Aaron:] Who cares is every moment isn't perfect?
It hasn't disappeared...
We can reverse engineer things,
Making every 'choice' immaculate and ideal
So what if every perfect moment, isn't
That moment reappears and...
The chances infinite,
We can just keep on going back –
Relive the past until we time it tight. Get it right.

[Abe:] We should just play the market –
Let's not interfere
[Aaron:] (to himself) Capture every word
[Abe:] We'll hide ourselves
Until our doubles disappear
[Aaron:] (to himself) All you saw and heard
[Abe:] I don't believe in predetermined destiny
[Aaron:] Well tell me which is worse
[Abe:] Thinking you're paranoid,
Or knowing you should be?

[Both:] Zero – photon – hero – gluon

[Aaron:] I know exactly every act and variant
I'm all-encompassing now — I am prescient

[Aaron:] One journey after another,
All over and under, mere hours behind
[Abe:] Enter the fail safe
[Aaron:] One falls back into the other,
Divided asunder, yet somehow aligned
[Abe:] And try again
[Aaron:] One journey after another,
All over and under, mere hours behind
[Abe:] Exit the fail safe
[Aaron:] One falls back into the other,
Divided asunder, yet somehow aligned
It's all intertwined
[Both:] A end — B end and A end B...
On we go again

[Aaron:] I think I'm getting used to
All these 30-hour days
But I can't get my hands to work,
I just scrawl across the page
[Abe:] Aaron, how can you have no fear?
[Aaron:] I can drug and hide my doubles
As I reappear
If only I could somehow stop
This bleeding from my ears...
[Abe:] I can't stop you, but Aaron,
Don't ever come back here
[Aaron:] I'll build a bigger one.
Go back entire years!

[Aaron and Abe:] Who cares if
Every moment isn't perfect?
It hasn't disappeared...
We can reverse engineer things,
Making every 'choice' immaculate and ideal
[Abe:] I don't believe in predetermined destiny
[Aaron:] Tell me which is worse
[Abe:] Thinking you're paranoid,
Or knowing you should be?

[Aaron:] One journey after another,
All over and under, mere hours behind
[Abe:] Destroy the fail safe
[Aaron:] One falls back into the other,
Divided asunder, yet somehow aligned
[Abe:] And start again
[Aaron:] One journey after another,
All over and under, mere hours behind
[Abe:] Destroy the fail safe
[Aaron:] One falls back into the other,
Divided asunder, yet somehow aligned
It's all intertwined
[Both:] A end — B end and back to
A end, B end and...?

4. Back from the Past

School or a date, you'll always be late
Your head in the clouds
Your father a geek, your mother a freak
Don't you end up like them, no no

Enter a man with a crazy plan
A wild machine the world's never seen
Jump inside this strange device and ride

Coming back from the past
Out of time, make it fly, make it fast
Going back to the future
Hold on tight, make it right, make it last

Oh newly arrived back in old 55
You're not even alive yet
But what have you done...mother and son
You're fading away, yeah

This is not the end so find your friend
You're not alone, he'll get you home
Jump inside this strange device and ride

Coming back from the past
Out of time, make it fly, make it fast
Going back to the future
Hold on tight, make it right, make it last

And when the lightning strikes
You have to be precise
Exactly ten-o-four
And not a second before

And when the lightning strikes
(You're in the lap of the gods)
You have to be precise
(The final turn of the cards)
Exactly ten-o-four
(You can't afford a mistake)
And not a second before
(The final roll of the dice)

[Solo: Ron Bumblefoot Thal]

That fatal night, caught in a fight
Your lives are in danger
They come at you hard, so please be on your guard
In the wink of an eye, you will die

Enter a man with a crazy plan
A wild machine the world's never seen
Jump inside this strange device and ride

Coming back from the past
Out of time, make it fly, make it fast
Going back to the future
Hold on tight, make it right, make it last

And when the lightning strikes
You have to be precise
Exactly ten-o-four
And not a second before

5. Revel in Time

Yes, you can be anywhere that you wanna be
See everything that you wanna see
Oh, you can chill anywhere that you wanna chill
Hang any place that you wanna hang out

Now you can go any place that you wanna go
Meet all the babes that you wanna know
You need to learn everything
That you oughta learn
In any world that you wanna explore

Climb aboard this strange machine
Hang on, enjoy the ride
Jump into this crazy dream
Step inside and let it

Fly (high) revel in time, bask in the past
Dive into the mist of time and face the future
(Inside our time machine)
Hurl — swirl — change the world, run for your life
Twist and shake the laws of space and time
(Live out this crazy dream)
Fly — high — revel in time, you are the ones
Save the flow of history and meet your destiny
(Inside our time machine)
Shock — rock — beat the clock, party on down
Twist and shake the laws of space and time
(Live out this crazy dream)

You got to believe you're the only ones
Here to preserve our society
It's hard to conceive you're the Great Ones
You'll end all war and poverty

Climb aboard this strange machine
Hang on, enjoy the ride
Jump into this crazy dream
Step inside and let it fly

[Solo: Adrian Vandenberg]

Napoleon Bonaparte, Beethoven
Joan of Arc, Genghis Kahn, Abe Lincoln
Sigmund Freud, Socrates, and Billy
Snatched from time
Kidnapped from the annals of history

Fly (high) revel in time, bask in the past
Dive into the mist of time and face the future
(Inside our time machine)
Hurl — swirl — change the world, run for your life
Twist and shake the laws of space and time
(Live out this crazy dream)
Fly — high — revel in time, you are the ones
Save the flow of history and meet your destiny
(Inside our time machine)
Shock — rock — beat the clock, party on down
Twist and shake the laws of space and time
(Live out this crazy dream)

Learn everything that you oughta learn
In any world that you wanna explore

6. The Year of '41

Lightning strikes as we sail toward the light
Then the day turns to night
A storm is raging, waves are crashing down
Fear and chaos all around

The sound of thunder, pounding in our ears
The world around us disappears
Tensions high, a portal in the sky
As we all vanish in the light

Restore the past, derail the future
(What will the future hold)
Are we to change the course of history?
(This story yet untold)
This is the year of '41
And the war has just begun
(But can we change the path of time?)
We must defy the laws of nature
(Let's see what lies ahead)
We are the masters of our destiny
(what will we find instead)
This reason we were cast
40 years into the past
(Now we can change it)

Are we but players inside a game
Some crazy simulation
An army toy, a military ploy
Some other means to destroy

Or did we really travel back in time
To a world undefined
A twist of fate, an ancient date
An altered state, a cosmic gate

Restore the past, derail the future
(What will the future hold)
Are we to change the course of history?
(This story yet untold)
This is the year of '41
And the war has just begun
(But can we change the path of time?)
We must defy the laws of nature
(Let's see what lies ahead)
We are the masters of our destiny
(what will we find instead)
This reason we were cast
40 years into the past
(Now we can change it)

[Solo: Joel Hoekstra]

[Vocalization: Will Shaw]

Restore the past, derail the future
(What will the future hold)
Are we to change the course of history?
(This story yet untold)
This is the year of '41
And the war has just begun
(But can we change the path of time?)
We must defy the laws of nature
(Let's see what lies ahead)
We are the masters of our destiny
(what will we find instead)
This reason we were cast
40 years into the past
(Now we can change it)

[Solo: Jens Johansson]

[Vocalization: Will Shaw]

7. Bridge of Life

Once upon a magic night
Once upon a golden dream
A veil of light dancing in the sky
A dazzling show of glistening beams

Anticipation in the air
Vibrations everywhere
Two worlds united beneath the midnight sun
Two souls entwined in the web of life
Reaching across the arc of time

So long ago, so far away
That night they sailed, high on a distant wave
A voice of old, of bygone days
That night they cried, high on the bridge of life
So high on the bridge of life

Reaching back into the past
Those very hours could be his last
"Ignore the signs, go the other way"
He wasn't meant to die that day
Trapped inside that fiery maze

So long ago, so far away
That night they sailed, high on a distant wave
A voice of old, of bygone days
That night they cried, high on the bridge of life
So high on the bridge of life

(The paradox of time)
Beware, despair, ramifications
(The sacrifice of life)
Can't bear, repair the complications
(Ride the sky waves)
Across the bridge to the other side
(Span the decades)
The unity of father and child

So long ago, so far away
That night they sailed, high on a distant wave
A voice of old, of bygone days
That night they cried, high on the bridge of life
So high on the bridge of life

8. Today Is Yesterday

[Moog synthesizers: Lisa Bella Donna]

Poor poor Billy has a bad day
Poor poor Billy has a bad day, Billy has
He hates his job, he's such a snob
Them goddamn hicks sure make him sick
It's such a bad day
Poor poor Billy has a bad day, Billy has

Today is yesterday
Again and again

Mad mad Billy's going... psycho
(Going 'round and 'round and then up
And down and 'round again)
Mad mad Billy's going psycho, Billy is
(Going back and forth and then here
And there and back again)
Trapped inside this coil in time
Scream and shout, there is no way out
He's going psycho
Mad mad Billy's going psycho, Billy is

He lost his aim, each day the same
He's had enough of this boring game
It's the same old song, time drags on
(There is nothing he can do about it)

'Round the clock, it never stops
He can end his life, do whatever he likes
But it's all in vain, he can't explain
(There is nothing he can do about it
No, there's nothing he can do about it)

Going around in a circle
Again and again and again (into forever)
The magic of love is eternal
Again and again and again
(Don't you forget it now)

[Solo: Marcel Singor]

Today is yesterday
Again and again
Will it ever be tomorrow
Again and again

[Moog synthesizers: Lisa Bella Donna]

Bad bad Billy has a sly plan
(Going 'round and 'round and then up
And down and 'round again)
Bad bad Billy has a sly plan, Billy has
(Going back and forth and then here
And there and back again)
To catch her eye and light her fire
He pulls her strings to reel her in
Will he now succeed, will she concede
(There is something he can do about it)

Will love prevail, a fairy tale
Will she now give in, will he ever win
Can he break this spell and end this hell
(There is something he can do about it)

He lost his aim, each day the same
He got so tired of this boring game
Yes the same old song, time dragged on
(There was nothing he could do about it,
He thought)

Around the clock, it never stopped
He could end his life, do whatever he liked
It was all in vain, he couldn't explain
(There was something he could do about it
Yes, there was something he could do about it)

Going around in a circle
Again and again and again (into forever)
The magic of love is eternal
Again and again and again
(Don't you forget it now)

9. A Hand on the Clock

Waking up in a bad dream
You don't know if it's real or a sim
Where are you going
Do you even recall where you've been

Going round in a circle
You don't know if you're dead or alive
You're stuck in this minefield
You know you could never survive

You're just a hand on the clock
A cog in their machine
A pawn in the game
A pixel on the screen
A hand on the clock
Make every second count
A hand on the clock
And time is running out — time's running out

You can't trace him, you can't chase him
A grey and nameless mass, no one stands out
You can't match him, you can't catch him
A shadow on the wall, a face in the crowd

You can't track him or attack him
In here nobody stands out
You can't hunt him, confront him
Just another face in the crowd

Waking up in the darkness
You discover it's all in your mind
You're locked in a cycle
You want out, but you can't die

Getting lost in this new real
Going back to the past
They say you can't change it
But you know there is always a chance

You're just a hand on the clock
A cog in their machine
A pawn in the game
A pixel on the screen
A hand on the clock
Make every second count
A hand on the clock
And time is running out — time's running out

You can't match him, you can't catch him
A shadow on the wall, a face in the crowd

You can't track him or attack him
In here nobody stands out
You can't hunt him, confront him
Just another face in the crowd

[Solo: Joost van den Broek]

You're just a hand on the clock
A cog in their machine
A pawn in the game
A pixel on the screen
A hand on the clock
Make every second count
A hand on the clock
And time is running out — time's running out

It's completed, he's defeated
A new time created for all
You saved them, you gave them
A new future to explore

10. Beyond the Edge of It All

Entrapped in eternity
Condemned to infinity
Locked in perpetuity
For all time, forever and ever

Concealed in the shadows
On the fringe of time
They lie in waiting, in dark they hide
A small deviation, one tiny flaw
They breach the barrier,
Break down the wall

Then they arise out of nowhere,
Guardians of time
Assigned to save us from a force malign
Inside they've always known
Their fate was determined
No one will ever hear their call
Outside those walls
Beyond the edge of it all

[Solo: Arjen Lucassen]

From the 4th dimension,
The solitude of space
They guard the timeline,
Protect our race
A bedtime story, a photograph
An old railway station,
All remnants from the past

Then they arise out of nowhere,
Guardians of time
Assigned to save us from a force malign
Inside they've always known
Their fate was determined
No one will ever hear their call
Outside those walls
Beyond the edge of it all

Entrapped in eternity
Condemned to infinity
Locked in perpetuity
For all time, forever and ever

Entrapped in eternity (no, no)
Condemned to infinity (it's all over)
Locked in perpetuity (we all fall down)
For all time, forever and ever

Entrapped in eternity (operators)
Condemned to infinity (investigators)
Locked in perpetuity (infiltrators)
For all time, forever and ever (manipulators)

Entrapped in eternity
(Turn away from the past)
Condemned to infinity
(Let go at last)
Locked in perpetuity
(Escape from time)
For all time, forever and ever
(Leave it all behind)

They were taken, forsaken
Will we ever hear their call
Beyond the edge of it all

11. Lost Children of the Universe

Storms are blazing over barren lands
Stars are fading in the skies
Our world is dying
Her precious life, soon a memory
Our race will not survive
We all know... it's over

Ghostly signs from another world
Mysterious symbols reappear
An unworldly warning
A guiding light from the maze of time
Our race may just survive
There is hope... it's not over
It's not over...

Fuga!
Finis mundi omnes imminet
Sola via est scientia
Sed inceptum est mortiferum
Agendum est!
Perdurus – agilis – iuvenis
Olim natam revisat

Time is our enemy
As we depart into the great unknown
Setting forth for worlds beyond
Into the blackness

Captured by gravity
We journey on towards the cosmic void
And make our way across the galaxy
In search of our future
In search of a dream
In search of our lives

We are the future, we own the stars
We are explorers, the sky is ours
(The sky is ours)
We are the keepers, a million souls
The lost children of the universe!

Caught in a quandary
Save the billions we abandoned
Or save the future of humanity
In search of our new home
In search of a dream
In search of our lives

We are the future, we own the stars
We are explorers, the sky is ours
(The sky is ours)
We are the keepers, a million souls
The lost children of the universe!
As we are reaching for the stars

[Solo: Steve Vai]

Fuga!
Terra tremit fame horrida
Finis mundi omnes imminet
Spes salutis paret minima
Sola via est scientia
Inter stellas nova patria
Sed inceptum est mortiferum
Tempus fugit
Agendum est!

Pater – perdurus – audax – agilis – amor – iuvenis
Olim natam revisat
Nata – cupiens – amans – aspera – ira – vetula
Olim patrem revisat

[Marcela Bovio and Irene Jansen]:
We are the future, we own the stars
We are explorers, the sky is ours
We are the keepers, a million souls
The lost children of the universe
As we are reaching for the stars

Can you feel me in this coil of time?
Can you find me in this maze?
In this dimension
Deep down, you know it was always me
Our race will now survive
A new start... it's not over







STAR ONE LYRICS