Avantasia, Jørn Lande, Geoff Tate, Bob Catley, Eric Martin, Ronnie Atkins - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn lyrics

For too long now I've been
Adrift in this ocean that washed over me

Diluting the secrets that you had to keep
From the world that's been

Spinning around you, with and without you
Sedating, unkind show you the way
Deliver and faint! Relish to stand in line!

Oh

I guess you'll find no one to blame
We're tied to the rules
Of someone else's game

Try to fly, flap your wings
As you look to the night sky
A gilded cage in the twilight

You dance on a wire

See the piper at the gates of dawn

Been caught in the mire

Now you're reaching for the stars oh oh

Oh, dance on the wire
To the breeze that carries change
Tonight you will see the Great
Pan in the stars
The piper at the gates of dawn you'll hear

Oh

For quite a while I have been
The one that I thought I was happy to be

Masquerade, at least a shadow play
No one's gonna see

Behind the fascade, those rallying calls
You're afraid to awake

Look at the sky, you can't defy

The dark that is calling your name

You're blind by the beauty around
You're numb by the touch
And you're deaf to the sound

Of the sweet-smelling
Bright melody of the moonlight
That devours the bars in the twilight

You dance on a wire

See the piper at the gates of dawn

Been caught in the mire

Now you're reaching for the stars oh oh

Dance on the wire

To the breeze that carries change tonight

You will see the Great Pan in the stars
The piper at the gates of dawn you'll hear

Now open your eyes
Ain't it what you've been wanting

Too much to fathom, until it unfolds

Endure what you're in for
You're meant to be longing
King of the wave, now keep flailing about

We're the dream the inhabit's
The waking old world

We're right here
We're the doorway to guide you across

Exposed to the spirit's that you're
Meant to be citing
Misfit and misplaced, you'll never belong

We're the breath you don't catch
We're the great expectations
You ain't measured up to
On the beautiful side

We're the promise not kept
- bred in desolation

We're the will of the wisp
- demerged from the light

Get me out of here take me away
Take me take me take me away take me away

Dance on the wire
See the piper at the gates of dawn

Now you're reaching for the stars

You dance on a wire
See the piper at the gates of dawn
Been caught in the mire
Now you're reaching for the stars oh oh

Dance on the wire

To the breeze that carries change - tonight

You will see, the Great Pan in the stars

The Piper at the Gates of dawn is near