invoke the machine

Avantasia

(Tobias Sammet)
Home to the land of the living
Roused by a sound I confide
And what am I to cast my tires eyes upon
Where was I when the clock had been alive?

(Ronnie Atkins)
I see a marvel right in front of me
There's a man, who's got tomorrow in his hands
Don't you see what you are meant to be
Outside your cloud-cuckoo-land

(Tobias Sammet)
Time won't wait for those who stay behind
To wait for time
In these tangible realms hesitation's a crime

(Chorus)
In the night:
A secret mysterious dream
Dead of night,
While the town lies asleep
We invoke the machine

(Tobias Sammet)
Those dreams that you hummed to yourself once
How far will you reach out to make them come true
Will you turn around to shirk from duty

(Ronnie Atkins)
Or force the pace
While it's all up to you

(Tobias Sammet)
A giant leap is to be made now
I'm struck with awe
We're gonna heed the inner call
My heart beat quickens
I behold the god-machine
I can't help but write history

As my glance wonders
to the far off end in the sky
(Far off end in the sky)

Hissing and screaming,
Almost alive

(Chorus)
In the night:
My life came apart at the seams
Dead of night,
Let's run up the wheel
We invoke the machine

(Solo - Lead guitars: Sascha Paeth and Oliver Hartmann)

(Chorus)
In the night:
A secret mysterious dream
Dead of night,
The town lies asleep, woah
We invoke the machine

In the night:
Those in hiding are waiting for me
Dead of night,
Let's run up the wheel
We invoke the machine