Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
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This portion always perplexed me. You can distinctly hear the female vocalists layering the binary and ons and offs and yes and no's but I always assumed she was saying the same thing in different was. However, if you convert the no and off to 0 and yes and on to 1 you'll get more binary. When you run that through a converter you get the full message Ayreon is sending:
H E L P
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Quite possibly my favorite song ever and with this new depth gives me chills up my spine. Ayreon RULES!
You can distinctly hear the female vocalists layering the binary and ons and offs and yes and no's but I always assumed she was saying the same thing in different WAYS.<br /> <br /> Sorry for the typo, we need an edit button!
thanks for decoding that! i always wondered what they were saying, but never bothered to look it up.
Holy crap I just bought this CD on a whim because I heard the Ayreon song with Bruce Dickinson and decided to check it out, and this is effing awesome!
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For anyone else who was interested, thanks to my computer nerdiness, the section:
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evaluates to the 4 letters "H-E-L-P."
I thought this was very interesting.