Liquid Eternity Lyrics - 01011001 - Ayreon

Once a world, endless and free 

Horizons unbroken 

Now a world of bounded frontiers 

The elders have spoken (our home) 

Once a world, eternal and blue 

Floating, escaping 

Now a world that's blinding my view 

Shadows shaping (alone) 

[Chorus:] 

Liquid eternity courses through our veins 

Liquid eternity nourishes our brains 

Liquid eternity, a world that does not live 

Liquid eternity, a life that does not give 

Once a world of fear and dismay 

Of fleeing and hiding 

Now a world that's peaceful and safe 

So caring and providing, our home... 

[Chorus] 

Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had? 

Would you prefer to be impaired or even dead? 

Would you prefer to live the life we've learned to dread? 

Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead? 

I'm losing my reason to live 

The essence of life 

But the system's got so much to give 

Or would you rather die? 

I'm losing my pride and my joy 

My will to believe 

Why would you come back and destroy all 

We have achieved? 

[Chorus] 

Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had? 

Would you prefer to be impaired or even dead? 

Would you prefer to live the life we've learned to dread? 

Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead? 

[Chorus] 

Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had? 

Would you prefer to be in peril, even dead? 

Would you prefer to live the life we've learned to dread? 

Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead?