Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Official audio video for Arjen Anthony Lucassen's track "Days of the Knights" from the album "Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy".
Recorded and released originally in 1993 by Ray's Music B.V.
Re-released 2025 with kind permission of Ray's Music B.V.

Get the album: https://www.merchandise.nu/en/collections/ayreon-30th-anniversary

LYRICS:
Tears fall down the jester's eyes
No sound as the old man dies
Gather round on sacred ground
The king has gone

Trumpets sound from the castle walls
There's no sound, a hard rain falls
Men were killed and blood was spilled
In the days of the knights

Hot steel, burning oil
Brave men defended their soil
Children cried while fathers died
The law of the land

Rejoice now the battle is won
All rise for the king his son
Times were rough but the men were tough
In the days of the knights

She's charmed by a magic spell
In a place where the spirits dwell
The knight will ride and the stars will guide
To the princess bride

On his quest for the demon land
The wizard dies by the hero's hand
Evil rules in the eyes of the fools
In the days of the knights

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