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Against the Wind Lyrics

Avantasia - Here Be Dragons
Band
Album

Here Be Dragons

(2025)
TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
GenresPower Metal, Symphonic Metal
LabelsNapalm Records
Ranked#10 for 2025 , #7,089 all-time
Album rating :  75.6 / 100
Votes :  20
9. Against the Wind (4:41)
Track rating :  88.8 / 100       Votes :  4       [ ]
Here I stand at the banks where the river of time feeds the sea
Oh, I delve into the vault
Of my mind, a memory
When a heart full of trust had not yet waned to a weak
Paling crescent in the sky
Pouring down its fading beam

I stand here all alone
I came here on my own
To reignite the inner blaze

Against the wind, against the grain
Open visor - arrows rain
I'm me and I do it my way
Don't you tell me what to be
Through my eyes you cannot see
I'm me and I'm going my way
Against the wind I'm going my way

I've been out for the grail they contest with hubris and hate
I've seen scarily faceless things
Where they scream, but never hear
Scraggy fingers they scratch over maps with all kingdoms displayed
The enticer never sleeps
Breathing doubt into your ear

I stand here all alone
I came here on my own
And you will not take hold on my creed

Against the wind, against the grain
Open visor - arrows rain
I'm me and I do it my way
Don't you tell me what to be
Through my eyes you cannot see
I am me and I'm going my way
Against the wind I'm going my way

And if you don't like what I do
Then it's not made for you
And if you get exasperated
With what I will, or I may, or I say - it's my way!

A thousand stars melt with the sea
Elysian fields reveal to me
This is the air I need to breathe - oh!

Against the wind, against the grain
Open visor - arrows rain
I am me and I do it my way
Don't you tell me what to be
Through my eyes you cannot see
I'm me and I'm going my way
Against the wind I'm going my way
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Avantasia - Here Be Dragons
Here Be Dragons - Album Credits
Members
  • Tobias Sammet : Vocals, Keyboards, Piano, Orchestrations, Bass
  • Sascha Paeth : Guitars, Keyboards, Piano, Orchestrations
  • Miro Rodenberg : Keyboards, Orchestrations
Additional musicians
  • Geoff Tate : Vocals (track 2)
  • Michael Kiske : Vocals (track 3)
  • Arne Wiegand : Lead Guitar (track 3)
  • Tommy Karevik : Vocals (track 4)
  • Ronnie Atkins : Vocals (track 5)
  • Bob Catley : Vocals (track 6)
  • Adrienne Cowan : Vocals (track 8)
  • Kenny Leckremo : Vocals (track 9)
  • Roy Khan : Vocals (track 10)
  • Felix Bohnke : Drums
Other staff
  • Tobias Sammet : Producer, Recording Engineer
  • Sascha Paeth : Producer, Recording, Mixing Engineer
  • Miro Rodenberg : Mastering Engineer
  • Rodney Matthews : Artwork
  • Thomas Ewerhard : Layout
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