Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Listen/Order: lnk.to/SupersonicRevolution
Dear friends, here is the second single from Supersonic Revolution!
My guess is that a lot of people will think this lyric is about David Bowie. But they would only be partly right… it is actually about his fictional character Ziggy Stardust. Ziggy was an alien character that Bowie created back in the early 70s with his album ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’. I have to admit that I never really understood the deeper meaning behind this concept album, but I did my best to give it my own spin here! Alien creatures land on Earth with a mission to set the children free. The aliens only have 5 years to do this, but they fail hopelessly. Ziggy dies on stage. But… Bowie lived on, and how!
Very curious to read what you think of this one... enjoy and thanks in advance!
Arjen.
#arjenlucassen #supersonicrevolution
Lyrics:
As if out of nowhere they fell to earth
Space invaders on a quest to save the world
We’ve got five years of pain until we die
Only five years remain, what a surprise
You and me, right here for all to see
The rise of the Starman
He will bring salvation, saw in a dream
He’ll convey a message of hope and relief
Only five years are left before our fall
A lousy five years at best, that’s all we’ve got
You and me, one day he’ll set us free
The rise of the Starman
And then out of nowhere he set the world on fire
This cosmic messenger of dreams blew our minds
He’s got five years of fame before he dies
Only five years remain, what a surprise
You and I, we will never ever die
The rise of the Starman
As the kids were cheering he paid the price of fame
On his final night he gave it all and died on stage
Only five years were left before he fell
A lousy five years at best, inside this hell
You and I, saw him waiting in the sky
The rise and fall of the Starman
Listen/Order: lnk.to/SupersonicRevolution
Dear friends, here is the second single from Supersonic Revolution!
My guess is that a lot of people will think this lyric is about David Bowie. But they would only be partly right… it is actually about his fictional character Ziggy Stardust. Ziggy was an alien character that Bowie created back in the early 70s with his album ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’. I have to admit that I never really understood the deeper meaning behind this concept album, but I did my best to give it my own spin here! Alien creatures land on Earth with a mission to set the children free. The aliens only have 5 years to do this, but they fail hopelessly. Ziggy dies on stage. But… Bowie lived on, and how!
Very curious to read what you think of this one... enjoy and thanks in advance!
Arjen.
#arjenlucassen #supersonicrevolution
Lyrics:
As if out of nowhere they fell to earth
Space invaders on a quest to save the world
We’ve got five years of pain until we die
Only five years remain, what a surprise
You and me, right here for all to see
The rise of the Starman
He will bring salvation, saw in a dream
He’ll convey a message of hope and relief
Only five years are left before our fall
A lousy five years at best, that’s all we’ve got
You and me, one day he’ll set us free
The rise of the Starman
And then out of nowhere he set the world on fire
This cosmic messenger of dreams blew our minds
He’s got five years of fame before he dies
Only five years remain, what a surprise
You and I, we will never ever die
The rise of the Starman
As the kids were cheering he paid the price of fame
On his final night he gave it all and died on stage
Only five years were left before he fell
A lousy five years at best, inside this hell
You and I, saw him waiting in the sky
The rise and fall of the Starman









![Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Escape (Official Audio)
Official audio video for Arjen Anthony Lucassens track Escape from the album Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy.
Recorded and released originally in 1993 by Rays Music B.V.
Re-released 2025 with kind permission of Rays 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 cant believe its 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 its all too much I escape
I escape now babe, let me escape
I heard the news, it couldnt be worse
And all across the universe
People came together over you
Were 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
Thats 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]
#arjenlucassen #arjenanthonylucassen #poolsofsorrowwavesofjoy #prog Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Escape (Official Audio)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mz9lWR37QGU/mqdefault.jpg)
