A PERCEPTA
BLE TENSIO
N IS HOVER
ING ABOVE 
AYREON'S H
OMETOWN. S
OMETHING I
S AT HAND. [B. The gathering] 
THE TOWNSP
EOPLE GATH
ER ON THE 
MARKET SQU
ARE TO JUD
GE OF AYRE
ON. IS HE 
A PROPHET 
OR A CHARL
ATAN, OR E
VEN WORSE: 
AN APPARIT
ION MOST U
NHOLY? [C. The accusation] 
THE VILLAG
ERS ACCUSE 
AYREON OF 
BEING THE 
DEVIL'S SP
AWN, BUT A
YREON PERS
ISTS IN HI
S INNOCENC
E. [VILLAGERS:] have you seen his eyes up in the skies like hypnotized and he never smiles he never cries have you heard his song fierce and strong right or wrong should he be condemned for he doesn't belong [AYREON:] what have 
I done [VILLAGERS:] you've aroused the forces of destruction [AYREON:] what have 
I done [VILLAGERS:] you've unleashed the rage of the gods [AYREON:] what have 
I done [VILLAGERS:] you've denounced the wonder of creation [AYREON:] what have 
I done [VILLAGERS:] you've betrayed your own, now you have to pay it has been foretold in days of old 'n evil soul will corrupt the world to achieve his goal he's the devil's seed an evil breed he's gonna make you bleed he'll take all he needs with uncontrolable greed [AYREON:] 
I've done nothing at all, no nothing at all [D. The banishment] 
WITH STICK
S AND TORC
HES IN HAN
D, THE ANG
RY VILLAGE
RS DRIVE A
YREON OUT 
OF THEIR D
EMESNE. [E. Oblivion] 
COMPLETELY 
EXHAUSTED 
AYREON ROA
MS THROUGH 
THE FOREST, 
ONLY AN IN
DISTINCT S
ENSE OF AC
COMPLISHME
NT SUSTAIN
S HIM. [AYREON:] if 
I have died, then this must be hell if 
I'm alive, 
I cannot break this gruesome spell 
I am seeking relief and finding none 
I have fallen into oblivion a force within dominates my tormented soul and empowers me to regain absolute control 
I shall not yield, for 
I am the chosen one who shall rise from oblivion 
GOOD FATE 
HAS GUIDED 
AYREON TO 
CAMELOT, K
ING ARTHUR'
S CASTLE, 
WHERE HE I
S WELCOMED 
AS A WORTH
Y MINSTREL.