Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Official audio video for Arjen Anthony Lucassen's track "The Universe Has Other Plans" (Without Narration) from the album "Songs No One Will Hear".
Released 2025 by InsideOutMusic.

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LYRICS:
He always thought his time would come
He’d make his mark, he’d be the one
So many hopes, so many dreams
So many plans so many schemes
But the universe has other plans
Now a path of fear and anger lies ahead of him

I always thought I’d go in peace
A ripe old age, a life complete
But the universe has other plans
And destiny dictates the fate of man

As you gaze up to the stars
It doesn’t matter who you are
Like the clouds up in the sky
Your whole life is flying by
What a way to die!

She was adored, she was a queen
Her star the brightest ever seen
She walked on air, she’d never fall
World at her feet, she had it all
But the universe has other plans
Now she’s just a puppet in the final act

We always thought we had control
So self-assured we ran the show
But the universe has other plans
And destiny dictates the fate of man

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