Into the electric castle

Voice:

Welcome! You have entered the cranial vistas of psychogenesis.

This is the place of no-time and no-space.

Do not be afraid for I am merely the vocal manifestation of your eternal dreams.

I am as water, as air -- like breath itself. Do not be afraid.

Look around, but linger not. Where I lead you will follow.

Mark these words well.

Ignite my anger with your delay and punishments will come your way.

You are eight mortal souls of the flesh, chosen from different eras ancient and modern.

The trivia of your mortal lives is unimportant - to me... Indeed, some may die...

You have a task: To release yourselves from this Web of Wisdom, this knotted Maze of Delirium,

you must enter the nuclear portals of the Electric Castle!

-a- Let The Journey Begin



Highlander:

What heathen place is this that I've arrived in

Is now the time I pay for all my sins

I can't believe that this is God's creation

This realm was fashioned by the Deil's ane hand



Indian:

No it has been foretold, in our legends of old

Wake the spirit within, let the journey begin



Highlander:

This quest you speak of is for redemption

How can we travel when our souls are lost

You think we find ourselves at gates of new salvation

When I can only sense the end is here



Indian:

No it has been foretold, in our legends of old

Wake the spirit within, let the journey begin



Knight:

We're at the gates of Avalon, the island of spirits

We're at the gates of Avalon, in search of the grail



-b- The Hall Of Isis And Osiris



Roman:

There's no way out, slaves for eternity

Down in the underworld, the jaws of Orcus

I call on Jupiter, ruler of the gods

Show us the way, from damnation to salvation



Egyptian:

The fields of Yaaru lie waiting for us all

Rejoice! The judges have ruled

We have been chosen to enter the great hall

Of Isis and Osiris



Roman:

No you're wrong, we're trapped here in darkness

Among departed souls, and mislaid spirits

I call on Mars, the ancient god of war

Grant me the power, to free me from this evil



Egyptian:

The fields of Yaaru lie waiting for us all

Rejoice!

We have been chosen to enter the great hall

Of Isis and Osiris



-c- Strange Constellations

 	

Highlander:

Can you see the stars? Can you recognize the constellations?

If I could only see the hills that we're supposed to climb

Even the sunlight...it doesn't warm...doesn't warm

How are we gonna find our way?

If we can't recognize the stars, if we can't recognize the constellations

Where do we go?



-d- Reprise



Highlander:

The quest you speak of, it isn't bound for glory

No grail exists within this heathen land

You think we find ourselves at gates of new salvation

When I can only sense ...the end is near

-a- Amazing Flight In Space



Barbarian:

I'm looking 'round bewildered

Is this some dark and evil jest?

What brought me to this cursed keep

Perchance some crazy quest

God forbid I am no coward!

Pitted against a monster, man, or ghost,

I'd wield my blade with crimson gusto

For I am the proud barbarian host!



Hippie:

Hey dude, you're so uncool

But hey, that's alright

Like there's no need to get uptight

My eyes reflect the stars

And smile lights up my face

We're on an amazing flight in space



Barbarian:

I shook city walls and towers

Wreaking havoc in the streets

Burned palaces of cow'rdly kings

Not a one stood up to me (fools) here



Bear bloody banners in blazing skies

Brandish battle-axe and broadsword

Let drums of glory sound like thunder!

Hail!! Barbaric warlord!!



Hippie:

Hey dude, you're so uncool

But hey, that's alright

Like there's no need to get uptight

My eyes reflect the stars

And smile lights up my face

We're on an amazing flight in space



-b- Stardance



Indian:

Chanting



-c- Flying Colours

Futureman:

From the cities underseas

To the skyways in the east

From the stations on the moon

To the planet of Neptune

I'm a sophisticated man

And you would say I'd understand

Is it a virtual design?

Are we launched into a time beyond time

Space beyond space

We are lost here in this cyber world

Is there no way out?



Knight:

I don't understand your words

They strike as hard as steel

I'm sworn to the sacred quest on the isle of Avalon

To retrieve the magic chalice

Which holds the power to heal

Only the pure of hearts are received into the realm



Roman:

Just look around you now and tell me what you see

A world full of treachery

Skies of silver and seas of gold

The past in young and the future old

We're closed in by iron gates

Beyond them Elysium waits

Far away on the edge of the world in a time beyond time

Space beyond space

We are lost here in the underworld

Is there no way out?



Futureman:

From the birth cry of our race

To the mysteries of space

I'm and educated man

And you would say I'd understand

Voice:

Ah, my friends! So light of foot. So swift.

You have come this far.

And now- here beneath the ancient, omniscient boughs of the Decision Tree one of you must depart this world of flesh.

Only seven may continue.

Only you can decide....



Barbarian:

Let it be clear I won't be the one to die here

Honour and glory are heaped upon my name

Let it be clear I'm not the one who cries here

What about the tall one, the one who's lost to shame



Highlander:

I've followed princes, I've raised their bloody banners

I've killed and wounded on the side of right

I've reaped the harvest, scattered fields with ashes

I've buried children, sowed the seeds of hate



All:

We're alive

We'll survive

We will strive for our freedom

We're alive

We'll survive

We'll arrive in our Eden



Highlander:

I've followed princes

I've followed kings

I will take their lead no more

I will not lie

In shallow graves

(I'm nobody's slave)



Barbarian:

Let it be known, by Thor the god of Lightning

I have been chosen to do battle at his side

Let it be clear I was born to go down fighting

What about the craven, the one who's lost his pride?



Highlander:

Don't speak to me, of honour, pride, and glory

I've tasted blood, seen your type before

You talk of battles but all you tell are stories

You'd see me buried in a shallow grave



All:

We're alive

We'll survive

We will strive for our freedom

We're alive

We'll survive

We'll arrive in our Eden



Highlander:

I've followed princes

I've followed kings

I will take their lead no more

I will not lie

In shallow graves

(I'm nobody's slave)

Voice:

Be joyful, my friends! You will now enter the tunnel of light.

Let brilliance suffuse your souls! Make your choice. Your path is incandescent.



Highlander:

Don't offer me the light, when I only know the darkness

That’s where I want to hide

There's a chill in my bones that I recognise from another life

That's why I'm heading home



Egyptian:Ra- heliopolis, ka-anenti

Roman: Into Elysium!

Knight: The isle of Avalon!

Egyptian: In the tunnel of light



Highlander:

Don't tempt my heart with hope,

In the shadow of broken promises I guard my dreams

In the bend of a swollen river

In the roots of weeping willows, I choose to lie



Egyptian: Ra- heliopolis, ka-anenti

Roman: Into Elysium!

Knight: The isle of Avalon!

Indian: The legend has begun!

Futureman: Our one and only sun

Egyptian: In the tunnel of light



Egyptian: Ra- heliopolis, ka-anenti

Highlander: I rest my broken heart, where the willows weep

Roman: Into Elysium!

Highlander: I will lay me down

Knight: The isle of Avalon!

Highlander: I will rest my head

Indian: The legend has begun!

Highlander: I will close my eyes

Egyptian: In the tunnel of light

Voice:

And now this Rainbow Bridge: an iridescent span of tears - so fragile and yet so strong.

Will it support you mortal shells? Or will you fall into the fiery brine below?



Knight:

I hark back to olden days

To her and her magic ways

Two souls in harmony

In an endless sea



The cruel wings of destiny

Carried you away from me

And left a heart unstilled

That never will be filled



Roman:

Beyond these stygian skies our fortress lies

Across the rainbow bridge

We'll span the sea of tears and conquer all our fears (inside)



Knight:

I'd sacrifice my very life

To have you at my side

Like a dream I see your face

Through the misty haze

We were one amid the stars

And time never healed my scars

Deep inside the sadness burns

I must return!



Roman:

Beyond these stygian skies our fortress lies

Across the rainbow bridge

We'll span the sea of tears and conquer all our fears



Knight:

Beyond these stygian skies our fortress lies

Across the rainbow bridge

We'll span the sea of tears and conquer all our fears

Forsake this mourning field and drop your shields

Across the rainbow bridge

Run to the other side where all our dreams abide



Hippie:

Scarlet crimson rosy red

I must be dead

Or stoned out of my head



Orange yellow tangerine

The acid queen

In a psychedelic scene



Ochre chestnut chocolate brown

I'm upside down

On a cosmic eiderdown



Ivory milky chalky white

The stars ignite

I vanish in the light- that burns so bright



Voice:

Step forward, step forward- beyond lies your goal: The Electric Castle!

The past is gone!

Do you wish to lapse in limbo forever?

No! No! No! Be resolute...

There are trials ahead- and rewards for those who strive: The surreal search endures....



Roman & Knight:

Run run the past is gone, it cannot be undone

Run run the future is here, our fate is drawing near



Roman:

Beyond these stygian skies our fortress lies

Across the rainbow bridge

We'll span the sea of tears and conquer all our fears

-a- All in the Garden of Emotions



Hippie:

It's kinda groovy

In this world of fantasy

Where no one else can go

Within these boundaries

I'm shielded from reality

Without a care or woe



Egyptian:

Amon-Ra, have you come to seal my fate?

In the garden of emotions

Free my ka, how much longer must I wait?

In the garden of emotions



Hippie:

I roam the universe

In cosmic meditation

To find my inner me

I'm getting high on love

Spiritual vibrations

To set bad karma free



Egyptian:

Amon-Ra, have you come to seal my fate?

In the garden of emotions

Free my ka, how much longer must I wait?

In the garden of emotions



-b- Voices in the Sky



Roman: Take up arms and follow me

Barbarian: Hey who are you to take the lead?

Roman: I will keep you all from harm

Barbarian: So what kind of god do you think you are?

Roman: A warrior is what I am

Barbarian: No I'm the wolf and you are but a lamb

Roman: If you doubt my force you'll live no more

Barbarian: You will end your war upon my sword



Indian:

"And voices in the sky

Shall cause the soul to die"



Roman: We'll break away by my command

Barbarian: No we'll crush our foe and quell this land

Roman: You cannot kill what's already dead

Barbarian: Whoever rivals me will lose his head

Roman: You'll endanger all our precious lives

Barbarian: Well I don't care, I will survive

Roman: I'm the only one who can set us free

Barbarian: Go chase your ghost and leave me be



Indian:

"And voices in the sky

Shall cause the soul to die"



-c- The Aggression Factor



Indian:

Fury and fear

Destiny's near

Spirits appear

The legend is here



Indian:

Fury and fear

Destiny's near

Spirits appear

The legend is here



Futureman:

It must be feeding on our negative emotions

We're at the mercy of some vile Computer scheme

We'll have to try to hide our antagonistic notions

If we ever want to end this future dream

 

Futureman:

We have to free our minds from anger and Aggression

It's the only way to defy this cold machine

If we're to stand up to this emotional oppression

We had better stand together as a team



Knight:

Chivalrous and bold

Pitiless and cold

Valiant and true

Treacherous and cruel

Chivalrous and bold

Pitiless and cold

Valiant and true

Treacherous and cruel



Knight:

Chivalrous and bold

Pitiless and cold

Valiant and true

Treacherous and cruel

Chivalrous and bold

Pitiless and cold

Valiant and true

Treacherous and cruel



Egyptian:

Amon-Ra, have you come to seal my fate?

In the garden of emotions

Egyptian:

My journey’s over

I'm standing on the edge

And close my eyes

To this world of lies



My will is broken

It's the end of all my dreams

My should yearns

For the valley of the queens



My rose has withered

It will never bloom again

The soul is dry

Time has come to die



My faith has left me

They've stolen all my dreams

Oh lay me down

In the valley of the queens



My search has ended

My name is carved in stone

On the temple wall

Beyond Osiris' hall



No holy sunrays

Will light my tomb of dreams

I won't return

From the valley of...The Queens

Voice:

At last! You enter the Electric Castle!

Here in this vast hall where even shadows fear the light - here you must confront your past.

If you have killed, beware of the Gathering of Spirits for they do fish for men.

Here, the disembodied Astral World becomes flesh once more.

I pity the men of swords.

For here blood runs cold...



Barbarian:

Cries from the grave resound in my ears

They hail from beyond my darkest fears

Faces of the past are etched in my brain

The women I raped, the men I've slain



Shades of the dead are sliding on the wall

Demons dance in the castle hall



Knight:

I call upon the sword, the mighty Excalibur

Grant me the skill to fulfill my quest

I call upon my king and the knights of the table round

Grant me the courage to stand to this test

I call upon the seer, Merlin the sorcerer

Grant me the magic to end my pain

Shades of the dead are sliding on the wall

Demons dance in the castle hall



REPEAT ALL

Voice:

From the wind-torn ramparts of the Tower of Hope we survey a thousand futures.

Release your dreams from this electric pinnacle. You must have hope...



Hippie:

We're climbing up the stairs

And hope is flowing through our veins

Futureman:

There's magic everywhere

We've been released of all our chains



Hippie:

We're taking in the view

Oceans of blue, fields of green

Futureman:

I fear this can't be true

We're still inside this dream machine



Hippie: I only felt what I wanted to feel

Futureman: I only saw what I wanted to see

Hippie: I'm at the end of my rope

Hippie & Futureman: Lost in the tower of hope



Hippie:

I see a brand new age

Where peace and harmony prevail

Futureman:

But we're still in this cage

Destined to die here if we fail



Hippie: I only felt what I wanted to feel

Futureman: I only saw what I wanted to see

Hippie: I'm at the end of my rope

Hippie & Futureman: Lost in the tower of hope



Hippie:

We're taking in the view

Oceans of blue, fields of green

Futureman:

I fear this can't be true

We're still inside this dream machine



Hippie: I only felt what I wanted to feel

Futureman: I only saw what I wanted to see

Hippie: I only went where I wanted to go

Futureman: I only knew what I wanted to know

Hippie & Futureman: And we became who we wanted to be



Hippie: I only felt what I wanted to feel

Futureman: I only saw what I wanted to see

Hippie: I'm at the end of my rope

Hippie & Futureman: Lost in the tower of hope

-a- I Soar on the Breeze



Indian:

Spirits - flying, I soar on the breeze

Mortals - dying, I soar on the breeze

Into the sun



Lovers - crying, I soar on the breeze

Demons - sighing, I soar on the breeze

Into the sun



I'm drawn towards the sun

And then we will be one

My soul will melt into the universe



Futureman: It's all a lie

Roman: You will just die

Futureman: So don't give in

Roman: For we can win





-b- Death's Grunt



Death:

I am the breeze - the bringer of rest and ease

I am the wind - the forgiver of those who've sinned

I am the storm - I blow the devil's horn

I am the fire - the source of lust and desire

I am the sun - the joining has begun

I am your fate - the guardian at the gate

I am death and I claim your final breath!



Indian: Screams



-c- The Passing of an Eagle

-a- Inside the Mirror Maze



Hippie:

Mirror mirror I can see a lonely child, he kinda looks like me

Staring out into infinity

His father lies, his mother cries, his spirit flies up into the skies

Wandering off to another galaxy



Futureman:

Secret fears we all try to hide

Lie dormant deep inside us

Defy the ghosts of long forgotten days

Here inside the mirror maze



Hippie:

Mirror mirror I can see an angry boy, oh well I guess he's me

Rising up to the society

He's aware that no one cares and life's unfair so he grows his hair

And takes a trip into eternity



Futureman:

Secret fears we all try to hide

Lie dormant deep inside us

Defy the ghosts of long forgotten days

Here inside the mirror maze



-b- Through the Mirror



Roman: I see a man, who's unable to withstand his fears inside

Knight: Inside we're all but frightened men but we have to fight until the end is here

Roman: Hear what I say: I am doomed, I have to pay, I can't go on

Knight: Go on and persevere for we have to make it out of here alive

Roman: A life is but a dream, for in the mirror I have seen what lies within

Knight: Within this armour cold and bright lies a noble heart with the will to fight the pain

Roman: The pain cannot be healed, I'm surrounded by this shield I cannot break

Knight: Break through the mirror now, follow me, I will show you how



Roman: We've reached the other side, I have overcome my pride and made it through

Knight: We threw aside our darkest fears and stepped across these new frontiers of time

Roman: Time can only tell what awaits us in this hell full of deceit

Knight: Deceit, guile and treachery, will they ever set us free again?



Roman: Riding on the wings of time

Voice:

The future's doored ingress! What lies beyond?

One of you - ah, survived so much! -- are you man enough to force this door upon its golden hinge?

You craved the answer - but can you bear the truth? The door! -- The future!



Futureman:

Our hope's dissolved

For man's evolved into another state of being

Have we 'progressed' beyond the need of feeling?



A cyber-brain

The last in the chain of man/machine alliance

Have we become the victims of our science?



Evil devolution

Is this an illusion

Out here in space



Human humiliation

This mutation

Of our human race



Is this the end

Will we transcend the need for human pleasures?

Will we abandon all our earthly treasures?



Will mankind yield?

On the battlefield of natural selection?

To an inorganic digital perfection?



Evil devolution

Is this an illusion

Out here in space



Human humiliation

This mutation

Of our human race

Voice:

And so it's come to this.

Two Gates - two portals await. Let your choice be guided by collective wisdom.

Ah, hath the prospect of freedom ever tasted so good?

One gate completes the circle; one step away from your own dimension, your cherished time.

One gate severs all connections: one step away from the dream world of everlasting ebony.

You call it oblivion. It is a brave soul who makes the first choice.



Barbarian:

Behold these gates, the first one plain and old

Behold these gates, the second forged of gold

The gate of old spells out disgrace and shame

The one of gold cries out my noble name



I challenge death to meet me at this gate

I challenge Odin to pronounce my fate

And if I thrive I've overcome this land

But if I fail I'll die a worthy man



Roman: Open the gate, we're now on our own

All: Enter the gate to your destiny

Roman: Will it be fortune or fate, the truth shall be known

All: Enter the gate to your destiny



Barbarian:

Cowards whine beyond the olden gate

Valhalla shines beyond the golden gate

I walk alone so dare not follow me

But choose your own and die in agony



Roman: Open the gate, we're now on our own

All: Enter the gate to your destiny

Roman: Will it be fortune or fate, the truth shall be known

All: Enter the gate to your destiny



Barbarian (improv):

What evil place might this be?

Why are the heavens so black?

Eternity threatens, darkness crashes down upon me

Like a big black bat of death it smothers my senses

Makes me lose my sense of time this cannot be a dream I need to be wide awake, wide awake

when Valkyries come to take me to my place

among the warriors to my place at Odin's side AAAAHHHH!



Knight:

We have been saved, our journey has ended

But tell us why, why this ordeal?

What was your aim, or was it just some game

Have we been humbled, or did we prevail?

We've been enslaved, our wounds have not mended

And who are you, what magicians or gods?

What was your plan, we don't understand

Did we pass, or did we fail?



Roman: Open the gate, we're now on our own

All: Enter the gate to your destiny

Roman: Will it be fortune or fate, the truth shall be known

All: Enter the gate to your destiny

Voice:

I am of the stars. I am called 'Forever'.

Eternity courses through my veins.

It is cold beyond your sun where we come from.

We seed the universe with the milk of a million moons.

You are that seed. Your earth is our experiment.

We vanquished the dinosaurs with the careless trajectory of a child's lost meteorite.

We peopled your planet to experience your emotions - such feelings lost to us aeons ago.

How we envied you your loves and passions, your dangerous desires.

The fires of your emotions gleamed like lost beacons in the darkened depths of the fathomless universe.

And eight of you, plucked from Time. Not randomly, you understand. Representatives of your world's turbulent history.

We have observed your tribulations from nameless nebulae.



The experiment is over. I am weary now. So tired. I too am far from home. Open the gate - complete the circle.

You won't remember - you won't recall - for I am only the air that you breath, after all...

Hippie:

Was this a dream I just had?

I have my doubts

I can't make out the truth

From the lies here inside



What kind of trip have I been on?

Where did I go

I'd like to know just why

Did it feel so damn real?



Futureman:

There's something strange going on

I don't know why

It's something I can't place

An open space, a shrouded face



As if my memory files

Have been erased

And then replaced by lies

False replies, clouded skies



Hippie & Futureman:

A secret yearning lurks inside

Like a dream trying to hide

Another time, another space

An empty feeling haunts my brain

A strange void I can't explain

Another time, another space



Roman:

I've been relieved of all my pain

I've been reborn

A mighty storm has raged

And my fears disappeared



Knight:

I've found the grail here within

In a magic dream

I have seen a world

Of make belief, of joy and grief!



All:

A secret yearning lurks inside

Like a dream trying to hide

Another time, another space

An empty feeling haunts my brain

A strange void I can't explain

Another time, another space



Voice:

Remember Forever.