Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Official audio video for Arjen Anthony Lucassen's track "Escape" 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:
I hear a voice from the past
And my heart is beating fast
And everything around me fades away
I still can't believe it's true
Tell me why did it have to be you
Imagine you were here with us today

Yes I know, you were a dreamer
But your dreams have taken shape
And when it's all too much I escape
I escape now babe, let me escape

I heard the news, it couldn't be worse
And all across the universe
People came together over you
We're gonna have to carry that weight
The way you met your terrible fate
The day in the life when the bullets flew

[CHORUS]

All you were saying
Was give peace a chance
and when you were playing
You made everybody dance
You want a revolution?
Well all you need is love
And all I wanna do is listen to you
That's how I escape

Late at night, begin late December
Came a shock we will all remember
It must have been about thirteen years ago
You shine on like a star
You move the hands on my guitar
And while it gentle weeps, the tears will flow

[CHORUS]

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