Ayreon - The First Man On Earth Lyrics
"It is 50000 B.C. The world is almost empty; nature is still untouched by man. Off in thedistance, a clan of ape-like creatures gather near a cliff side. But I am the first tostand. I must be..."[Neil Morse, Mark McCrite]In fields of green, vast as the oceansIs this a dream, is it evermore?A million years, fast as a notionI stand alone here on the silent shoreI'm after prey in the fieldsShelter in a cave from the cold and lonely nightsAnd now it all seems so realWarming at the fireside beneath the pale moonlightThis is the dawn of timeI am the first to standLooking through the eyes of the primal manThis is the dawn of timeWitnessing the birthI am the first man on earthThe skies of blue reach to the heavensThey go on and on forevermoreNo avenues, no city sidewalksPlanet Mars is but ancient loreThis place has all that I needNo computers glowing screens, no industrial machinesSomehow it all seems surrealMemories of days gone by, a slowly fading sceneNo one here to blame meNo one here to hurtSo much space here to occupy my mindI can breathe the breath of virgin landThe firefly at nighttimeThe sounds of nothing knownAnd I belong here like I never have beforeThe wandering child returning homeWhen twilight falls, red is the sunsetPlanets appear across the colored skyNo prison walls, no war, no bloodshedHard to believe this new world will dieI wish that I could stay for a whileIn the dream world that the sequencer createsAnd though it all seems so realNow I fear the time is gone, I feel its heavy weightHold on to this moment in timeSavor a li
