The Va'adian Chronicles

Streaking through space we were sent out to investigate To sneak into the giant star base Why aren’t they answering, is their communication failing ? We’re wondering as we're landing Undetected, we set foot and make for the bridge But still no living soul in sight Could the Va’adian have overcome the HCS Liberty, The jewel of our fleet ? At last we fall upon a man who is wandering aimlessly, We approach him to interrogate him When without warning, he fires and shoots one of us dead And not understanding we fire back, And manage to shoot him right in the head, The impact tearing his skull to shreds. Revealing a strange device implanted inside, We realize it’s some Prosthesis placed in his brain For his inner will to tame How many others still live, With the same destiny arranged ? Cybernetic Wars Human captives feeding the Enemy Launched against us This tragedy must come to an end (Cybernetic Wars) In the stars rages a cruel war And we are the ones we will take it away Suddenly the alarm rings out, we are compelled to flee To run for our ship and our lives As we hear the whole Va’adian army swarming out To prevent any escape And after a few skirmishes we finally reach the hangar We climb aboard and take off, Closely followed by an armada of fighters behind, So we would not be able To reach our star base in time, So we make for the planet nearby Hoping to find other clues So we would discover the truth Cybernetic Wars Human captives feeding the Enemy Launched against us This tragedy must come to an end (Cybernetic Wars) In the stars rages a cruel war And we are the ones we will take it away Reaching out to the surface, A bluish-white landscape welcomes us We’ll dive and hide in a ice cave And so we’ll shake off their lots Now we’re trapped in this world Far from our homeland the earth But we will find a way to survive In this hostile land Cybernetic Wars Human captives feeding the Enemy Launched against us This tragedy must come to an end (Cybernetic Wars) In the stars rages a cruel war And we are the ones we will take it away

Finally regaining consciousness We found our spaceship useless Out from the windows we’re watching The white desert surroundings I would like a real life And not this life of hell Redefine and realize You’ve left a world behind For all is lost ! Despair is a strange state of mind Deprived of reasons to find Movement prevented by helplessness While stillness causes distress I would like a real life And not this life of hell Redefine and realize You’ve left a world behind For all the ones we love And all the things we care for Are lost to us as we are lost in here Beyond hope of recovery (Solo) This white desert undermining strength Determination is gone Heavy dark clouds are rolling on In the skies, in my head I would like a real life And not this life of hell Redefine and realize You’ve left a world behind For all the ones we love And all the things we care for Are lost to us as we are lost in here Beyond hope of recovery I will try again To find a way back home May we escape, may we one day regain The brighter path we have lost

Drifting in my memories, reaching far within A past once so promising, short of antagonizing A greater mind reproved, by weak and fearing fools The perfect scientist, this scientist is me. I’ll bury you And I’ll retrieve my due Vengeance’s being sought It lives forever more Antic ethics shall live no more, Pure science will rule them all I’m the herald of a new day The bringer of modern ways They tried to counter me, pleading morality These so-called scientists altered my destiny All my dreams of glory were shattered by my peers Now you will think like me, or die if you resist ! I’ll bury you And I’ll retrieve my due Vengeance’s being sought It lives forever more Antic ethics will live no more, Pure science will rule them all I’m the herald of a new day The bringer of modern ways They accused me of insanity Denying my humanity Within, a fire, a fever’s consuming my brain A burning will, an attitude, a deeper concern for my kin Antic ethics shall live no more, Pure science will rule them all I’m the herald of a new day The bringer of modern ways and I swear Antic ethics shall live no more, Pure science will rule them all I’m the herald of a new day The bringer of modern ways

With the suns coming down, we’re catching the sight Of a crystalline city glimmering in the light Of the field of stars, anxiousness is leaving And our hearts are lifting for hope can still last Leaving the wreck behind, Onward we’re marching, on through the night The snow storm is raging on, But still we are heading towards our goal The cold winds are clawing at us, The deep snow is slowing us down We are weary, yet we will walk on, Until we reach the alien town Well we had lost our way Now we’re striving for our own existence On this unknown god-forsaken blight Together, we will march towards the light As the night still goes on, the city’s now clearer Revealing a dome which is covering it all, Obviously Va’adian, we find out we are heading Straight to the jaws of our sworn enemies As the dome is getting closer, A growing sense of danger, Is beckoning us to hide, To return from whence we started, Still we’re pushing ahead, Regardless of the traps lying in wait Banishing our own fears, survival the only thought we would heed Well we have lost our way Now we’re striving for our own existence On this unknown god-forsaken blight Together, we will march towards the light When all around, they come out of the ground And they begin to surround us all Our hearts start to pound, as we knew we had been found, Expecting them to kill us on the spot Now what’s the attitude, what’s the path we’ll choose, As these Va’adians stand against us, dazed and confused Will we stand aside, will we genocide Will we stand our ground, will we run and stumble on our pride Yet no weapons in sight, no violence in their eyes, Their arms pointing down, to their holes, inviting us inside Should we follow them, should we try to learn, Should we simply go wherever they might bring us Not the warlike creatures we had been described They welcomed us into their hide Deep in the ground, a huge city lies, Lit by a faint artificial light, And swarming with life We were promised shelter inside, Why are those so different from the ones we knew, So peaceful, and the others so cruel, We wondered as exhaustion and sleep claimed us all I am drowning in a sea of stars, Consciousness expands so fast Where am I, why am I caring For a life I sigh, not breathe Nightly darkness is a friend of mine Sworn to hear my silent cries You, the sun who’ll now pierce it through, All my hate is just for you.

Lying awake in this empty space My mind wanders back to moments I’ve shared with you Some I try to forget, Some I want to recall, Although they burn my soul, They crave to pour down In wet and salty trails Still you live within me In my thoughts, in my dreams Visions of you raise me on a high… For so long you’ve been missing, So long since I’ve left myself into your care I’ve thrown my pride at your feet, Stripped off my armour and shield, Here I am, alone, My conscience exposed, Opening myself to the void But I can perceive your soul It’s beckoning from above, It flickers with mine like some distant stars… In my dreams, I am dreaming I am floating in space And you are at my side, Feeling of pure delight Our memories embraced, bathing in the light… We are one, my eyes locked with the black suns of your skies Oh where will you stand when our world comes to die ? Will you stand with me, In my joy as in my grief ? Will you stand by me, And thus melt our destinies ? To plant the seed of a world And live our mad dreams of rebirth Out of time and outside this plan, To carry our love to a world where reality fails…

VA'ADIAN WISE ONE : So you've decided to come To find the final answer Well if it's truth you have sought It crawled under so many lies Go ! The time for reflecting is short Indecision's a bliss you can no longer afford Safety breached, the line you were holding is gone A trial by fire and war, you are alone VA'ADIAN KEEPER : Don't you say you might wait for another day VA'ADIAN BREEDER : Act before the time has passed and it's too late HUMAN SOLDIER : Adversity, in crimson-stained times HUMAN SOLDIER : You’ll fold and before you might break Through sorrow for someone else Freedom, hope that soon it will come Dismantling this breeze of loss VA'ADIAN OLD ONE : Go ! The time for reflecting is short Indecision's a bliss you can no longer afford Safety breached, the line you were holding is gone A trial by fire and war, you are alone VA'ADIAN KEEPER : Don't you say you might wait for another day VA'ADIAN BREEDER : Act before the time has passed and it's too late VA'ADIAN OLD ONE : Hear the prophecy, in crimson-stained times HUMAN SOLDIER : (It rages in my mind) (ALIEN PROPHECY) ... VA’ADIAN WISE ONE : When your Sun, the Northern Star, your Moon and the Earth are aligned He will come with the desire to reign beyond the light Black and cold, he will try to bring havoc onto the Earth Thus destroying the alignment in order to rejoin our Gods But it might not be too late, for he doesn't stand unchallenged in the stars His back is weak and his massive army only exists by his will Well, come to me, I'll lead the way, and I'll show you through Reveal the words, expose the secret as I was taught once before The way ahead is now clear, you will have to find your own way into the dome Make your way out and cross the universe to defend your homes VA'ADIAN WISE ONE : Run ! The time for reflecting is done Indecision's a bliss you can no longer afford Safety breached, the line you were holding is gone A trial by fire and war, you are alone VA'ADIAN KEEPER : Don't you say you might wait for another day VA'ADIAN BREEDER : Act before the time has passed and it's too late HUMAN SOLDIER : Insanity, in crimson-stained times (Invading my mind)

Taking a forgotten passageway, Crossing under the dome Reaching the heart of the city, So different from the ones back home We’re entering the large and strange Spherical structure nearby Assaulted by the acrid stench Of bodies opened yet still alive Thousands of helpless human bodies Are secured to a conveyor belt, Streaming along weird machinery The metal straps too hard to break Ahead, surgeon bots stand faction Using their scalpels and lancets Trepanation then implantation Turning free men into slaves Mass surgery to ensure our defeat, Forced conversions meant to finally destroy our hopes in man True anger burning inside, all our senses had been tried Strengthening our resolve, to To relive again this forced conversion conversion See our peers turned into enemies Force conversion All this Converted by sion All we have seen, all we had imagined

Taking off - leaving the day Light of the suns fading away Our mind is set - a shortcut we’ll take To meet our fate – don’t hesitate ! Watch out ! Our final stand is dawning The astral plan is shifting The faint white hole is growing Inside we dive, We pierce the space from side to side Ahead, the Northern Star is shining bright So bright ! Lines of white - the stars are passing by Speed of light - on through the night To save the Earth - we are rushing We’ll attack their fleet without warning Watch out ! Our final stand is dawning The astral plan is shifting The faint white hole is growing Inside we dive, We pierce the space from side to side Ahead, the Northern Star is shining bright So bright ! (Solo 1) I will lead this war, Make it a personal aim I am the chosen one The one who failed and who will rise again Let it come, the final fight That will break the spell Unfold our lives once again Hyperspace - the path to glory Our only light - the white trail of our galaxy We’re so far from the Earth… (Solo 2) Watch out ! Our final stand is dawning The astral plan is shifting The faint white hole is growing Inside we dive, We pierce the space from side to side Ahead, the Northern Star is shining bright So bright !

Forth, my children, my servants, my slaves Our holy forces will prevail The time for justice and vengeance has come Today I’ll become a god We’ll blow this planet to smithereens We’ll feast on their final defeat Our advance guard had weakened our foe Our main force will finish them all No love, no fear control our minds Through war and bloodshed the free world will die You puny moralists and former colleagues, Don’t even think you can resist Your dreams, your feelings, your pathetic flaws Will be the end of you all No love, no fear control our minds Through war and bloodshed the free world is dying I had wanted to help, To eradicate Crime, before it’s planned By implanting men So you said my ethics don’t match with yours, I’m not one of you anymore And then you showed me the door You did ! When I fled to Va’adian territories, To pursue my experiments, I swore you’d pay for this, And now you will ! No love, no fear control our minds Through war and bloodshed the free world must die Die !

We come into the fight as the Liberty’s coming To blow our planet and slaughter us all Emerging behind it we feel our hearts pounding For the lust of battle is filling our souls Planet destroyer, life annihilator Giant metallic ship nearly unseen Hovering, watching, waiting for our fighters To defy and test its supremacy Don't let your fear take control of your fighter This base must be destroyed at all costs Arm your missiles and trigger your lasers Attack it and turn it into dust This battle might end with our fall With the destruction of all we have known But as long as we breathe, We will fight, we will stand against this swarm Coming into their range, turret guns are raging We have to fly low to get through their net My teeth are clenching as I hear the blood-freezing Cry of agony of an unlucky comrade Three by three, enemy ships upcoming To send us crashing by the Liberty’s hull You cannot blast them, just focus on flying To find the weak point of the giant starbase Don't let your fear take control of your fighter This base must be destroyed at all costs Arm your missiles and trigger your lasers Attack it and turn it into dust Night will stay or day will follow Out of madness a new hope has grown Perhaps this day will see these evil plans Deadly wounded by the loss of their Star Here you are, fiery heart In a battle of light through the eternal night You're rolling, you're turning to keep from crashing Using your skills to reach for your goal Here it comes, the so-vital target The antimatter chamber lies behind this Just lock on your radars and fire your rockets And make your way far from the fire The great battle is over, And our home world has been spared The insane scientist is dead, His victims come back to their senses, Today Va’adians and Humans stand together hand in hand again

We have fought and we have earned the right To dispose as we wish of our lives Dusk has come and the two suns have set And on the quay a great white ship awaits For us to sail… I remember my youth When I lived on my blue planet Surrounded by fools For whom I will feel no regret I’m longing to go To sail away beyond this shore And meet the unknown Across this wide starlit ocean And if one day, the seas have no more to hide I’ll turn to the stars and fly away to their light But it was only a dream All is not as it seems Blinded by infinity My mind wanders free (Solo 1) As I stare into the infinite sky Strange memories drift back into my mind Some are sweet and those are calling me home But most bring me back to the worst times that I’ve known How can I endure the pain When so much turned out to be so vain Is this real, or could we have been mistaken Is this the way we have to live and learn ? I had no part to play in this game I asked for nothing, and nothing now remains Self-confidence and Trust its travelling mate Have lost me forever and won’t find me again (Solo licks) We won’t ever go back to our dirty tasks And be sent to another war Repeat the same story after we have shed So many tears for so many lives And from this day we will retire Our goals achieved we had no more plans We’ll build ourselves another life Far from our world, far from our kind (Solo 2) We have found a place where we can stay No matter what happens, we’ll face it ourselves And when our time finally comes We’ll depart with the sun in our minds