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Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera
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Album

Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera

(1998)
TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
GenresProgressive Metal, Rock Opera
LabelsTransmission Records
Ranked#14 for 1998 , #589 all-time
Album rating :  93.3 / 100
Votes :  13
6. The Mirror Maze (6:34)
Track rating :  91.7 / 100       Votes :  3       [ ]
It is time to reflect upon your 'ego-self'. No-where to hide when the walls
echo the you that we all see. Ah, the smiles dissolve! The pulse begins to
race; the face a flush of fear so plainly painted. The Mirror World - the
Mirror Maze: Confrontation...

Inside the Mirror Maze

HIPPIE:
Mirror mirror I can see a lonely child, he kinda looks like me
staring out into infinity
his father lies, his mother cries, his spirit flies up into the skies
wandering off to another galaxy

FUTUREMAN:
Secret fears we all try to hide
lie dormant deep inside us
defy the ghosts of long forgotten days
here inside the mirror maze

HIPPIE:
Mirror mirror I can see an angry boy, oh well I guess he's me
rising up to the society
he's aware that no one cares and life's unfair so he grows his hair
and takes a trip into eternity

FUTUREMAN:
Secret fears we all try to hide
lie dormant deep inside us
defy the ghosts of long forgotten days
here inside the mirror maze

Through the Mirror

ROMAN:
I see a man, who's unable to withstand his fears inside

KNIGHT:
Inside we're all but frightened men but we have to fight until the end is here

ROMAN:
Hear what I say: I am doomed, I have to pay, I can't go on

KNIGHT:
Go on and persevere for we have to make it out of here alive

ROMAN:
A life is but a dream, for in the mirror I have seen what lies within

KNIGHT:
Within this armor cold and bright lies a noble heart with the will to fight the
pain

ROMAN:
The pain cannot be healed, I'm surrounded by this shield I cannot break

KNIGHT:
Break through the mirror now, follow me, I will show you how

ROMAN:
We've reached the other side, I have overcome my pride and made it through

KNIGHT:
We threw aside our darkest fears and stepped across these new frontiers of time

ROMAN:
Time can only tell what awaits us in this hell full of deceit

KNIGHT:
Deceit, guile and treachery, will they ever set us free again?

ROMAN:
Riding on the wings of time
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Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera
Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera - Album Credits
Members
Additional musicians
  • Ton Scherpenzeel : Keyboards
  • Robby Valentine : Piano, Keyboards, Mellotron
  • Clive Nolan : Keyboards
  • René Merkelbach : Keyboards, Harpsichord
  • Roland Bakker : Hammond Organ
  • Thijs van Leer : Flute
  • Ernö Olah : Violin
  • Taco Kooistra : Cello
  • Jack Pisters : Sitar
  • Anneke van Giersbergen : Vocals as "The Egyptian"
  • Peter Daltrey : Vocals as "Forever of the Stars"
  • Fish : Vocals as "The Highlander"
  • Sharon den Adel : Vocals as "The Indian"
  • Damian Wilson : Vocals as "The Knight"
  • Edwin Balogh : Vocals as "The Roman"
  • Jay van Feggelen : Vocals as "The Barbarian"
  • Edward Reekers : Vocals as "The Futureman"
  • Robert Westerholt : Vocals as "Death"
  • George Oosthoek : Vocals as "Death"
Other staff
  • Arjen Anthony Lucassen : Producer, Engineer
  • Oscar Holleman : Mixing Engineer
  • Peter van 't Riet : Mastering Engineer
  • Jef Bertels : Cover Art, Artwork
  • John van der Oetelaar : Layout
  • Thomas Ewerhard : Layout
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