The Human Compulsion

By Ayreon

On The Source

Released on April 28, 2017

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[Verse 1: Counselor (Simone Simons), Historian (James LaBrie)]

Do we belong here, do we hide behind our dreams?

Can we live without machines?

Can we resist our compulsion to explore?

Or will we always hunt for more?

[Verse 2: Chemist (Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr.), Diplomat (Michael Eriksen)]

Liquid Eternity perpetuates our lives

But will it paralyze our minds?

Without the danger, can we still evolve?

Will our passions all dissolve?

[Verse 3: President (Russell Allen), Prophet (Nils K. Rue)]

Remember Alpha, the source of human life

Will our history be revived?

The second coming of the Universal Soul

Will make our hollow spirits whole

[Verse 4: Captain (Tobias Sammet), Astronomer (Hansi Kursch)]

Maybe one day, man will rise again

Standing tall as we were then

Is this our destiny, a life forevermore?

Or will we crave our time before?

[Verse 5: Opposition Leader (Tommy Karevik), Biologist (Floor Jansen)]

Are we still human, buried in our minds?

Or did we leave ourselves behind?

Our tale's not over, the circle's incomplete

We won't just vanish in the sea!