Prologue

Song Prologue
Artist Ayreon
Album The Final Experiment

Lyrics

THIS IS TH
E VOICE OF
MERLIN. LI
STEN WELL,
FOR IT CON
CERNS YOU.
THIS CHRON
ICLE COMME
NCES IN TH
E YEAR 2084
A.D. MANKI
ND HAS VIR
TUALLY DES
TROYED ITS
ELF. IT'S
SURVIVAL D
EPENDS ON '
THE FINAL
EXPERIMENT'.
SCIENTISTS
FROM THE 21
ST CENTURY
HAVE DEVEL
OPED A NEW
COMPUTERPR
OGRAM CALL
ED 'TIME T
ELEPATHY'.
BY USING T
HIS TECHNI
QUE THEY H
AVE SENT V
ISIONS OF
HUMANITIES'
DECLINE BA
CK IN TIME.
THESE TRAN
SMISSIONS
HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED B
Y THE MIND
OF A BLIND
MINSTREL W
HO LIVES I
N 6TH CENT
URY GREAT
BRITAIN. H
IS NAME ....
IS 'AYREON'. [B. Overture] [C. Ayreon's quest]
IT SHALL B
E AYREON'S
QUEST TO S
ING OF THE
SE VISIONS
AND THUS W
ARN THE WO
RLD OF ITS
IMPENDING
DOWNFALL I
N ORDER TO
CHANGE ITS
FUTURE IN
A LONG AND
PROSPEROUS
ONE. LET U
S GO BACK
TO 'THE DA
RK AGES'.