Ayreon - Beneath The Waves (01011001) 2008

[@Se1fD3struct1on]

I don't understand why Ayreon hasn't become more popular. with almost 80 amazing singer contributions over the course of 9 albums you'd think more people would catch on. but at the same time I'm thankful because it keeps Ayreon pure.

[@sevensevensportsbagjump7525]

My opinion is this is due to the multiple platforms that musicians must publish which diversifies audiences ; thatban the fact that people gravitate singles instead of albums and are so spoikled for choice :-)

[@xaty1808]

As an Emerson Lake and Palmer fan since the 1970’s and long time “old” hard rock - symphonic metal “rusted” fan i only found out of Arjan recently. It was a revelation.

[@AntonNidhoggr]

@@xaty1808 btw there's Emerson's solo on an Ayreon album. I'm so glad they had time to cooperate.

[@flashpeter625]

It is very rare nowadays for music to be commercially very successful if it has actual content. Success in the music industry is now determined by the large mass of the listeners who literally do not have any preferences. This causes the blandest and most boring music to be successful. Ayreon is anything but bland and boring. All the monumental features and moments you like about Ayreon, but also the subtle details, are all going be offensive and too prominent for many of the "consumer listeners". Ayreon makes you notice things and think, and that's a big no no for commercial success today.

[@cuchalopa]

@@flashpeter625 what an insight, dude. I really enjoyed reading you opinion. To support that I am only going to say that when Bad Bunny Or KardinB uploads a new song, it hits a million views in less than a day...case dismissed... humanity is doomed dxD

[@santicruz4012]

Thanks Mr Lucassen for making songs that people can listen just for the sake of admiring the great talent of all the artists involved.

[@infernoCBR]

Of all Ayreon songs, this is the one I always return to and can safely say is my favorite. It's pretty simple, but the lyrics, vocals and melodies are emotional and impactful.

[@erka4646]

Even though I'm fairly new to Ayreon, I can't help but feel the same way. This the first one I listened to and I knew I had discovered something amazing right when I heard "Water breaks the golden sunrays"... There is something magic in that line which just resonates with me.

[@thisusernamenowtaken]

Yesss! My favourite also, and finally full-length, unlike the music video edit! Goosebumps!

[@rashid1664]

Age Of Shadows and Computer Eyes along with this are the only songs i really love from Ayreon.

[@donder91]

This song can compete with bohemian Rhapsody.

[@justinesdepiscis343]

@@donder91 half Ayreon songs can compete with Bohemian Rhapsody

[@LaSagadeF]

Masterpiece. Ayreon is Masterpiece.

[@juanjosemartinez6757]

After all this years and still i don´t know how Arjen imagines and writes this jewels called Ayreon songs.The great composer of the late 20th and 21st Century without any doubt.

[@MrMaxim]

Found this just now through a recommendation. This is awesome and you are really talented. You remind me of Celldweller but for a different genre. Amazing.

[@TheSychuinTree]

This song's "outro" is perhaps the coolest-sounding thing on this album (and that's saying something).

[@MagpieMalone]

Yesssss!

[@Alexandros_78]

Never stop listening to this. Never. Cos i can forget my life.

[@tatyanamoiseenko6568]

Once a year I reaturn and give myself to this masterpeace. It makes me feel so much different emotions and touch my heart

[@rubenscastamann]

His art is heavenly!!!

[@richardaling5278]

Please describe "heavenly"?

[@playloup66]

Beautiful song.

[@tbrs4064]

I really love this song it so well build musicly.

[@patrickmarsh2538]

This. Love a good build. Avantasi is good for that

[@TSLbright]

Thank you so much Arjen! :DDDD

[@williamgfjunior2580]

I'm gonna be honest. I'm not the "big" fan of Ayreon. But this is a fucking masterpiece! Seriously, this song is unique. Wish they produced more songs like this one

[@Beegeezy144]

Waking Dreams, from the same album, is awesome and unique too.

[@williamgfjunior2580]

@@Beegeezy144 Thanks, I'll check it out

[@alinotic]

Check out "Pain" and "Trauma", from The Human Equation. Maybe you'll like

[@rcmartins]

Thank you for my overnight bus trips listening 4+ Ayreon albuns in a row

[@Tedimplanted64]

a song , so might and so beautiul......the solo at 2.35 is a wave of amazing feeling!

[@kingie66]

Popular are forgotten, because old templates are replaced by newer popular. But when someone do arts, ie explores beyond the template, he builds a legacy and people will learn about it for centuries. Investment that exceeds one life and benefits society more than consumer goods.

[@vitokoskullerx9345]

Nunca entendi como este proyecto no se popularizó tanto, abarcando temas que en el cine, anime y juegos son demasiado populares hasta el dia de hoy y Arjen Luccasen es un tipazo, merece más reconocimiento. Este tema le queda perfecto a Fontaine o Enkanomiya en genshin impact o la zona acuatica del ToF

[@omairsh8]

Favourite song on the album!

[@SkidanovAlex]

6:30-7:30 is insane

[@branislavpopov491]

Alexander Skidanov Jørn and Floor like allways on point.

[@SkidanovAlex]

Branislav Popov yeah, they have a couple epic dialogs on this album. Do you know if they ever participated together in any other project?

[@branislavpopov491]

Alexander Skidanov I don't know for other stuff. From this album my fav is definitively Luquid enternity. They were unbelievable!

[@SkidanovAlex]

Branislav Popov regarding liquid eternity I can't agree more, though that part with floor and jorn is way too short, and the rest of the song is not as good.

[@branislavpopov491]

Alexander Skidanov Ok. When I think about epic vocal moments on album, one of first is that with Jørn and Floor, beside many others. Like Hansi in Fifth extinction or Jonas and Anneke in Waking dreams.

[@robsonb7358]

Best song ever! At least while I'm listening to it! hahaha

[@dolinofolde]

KZbin, how dare you put an ad in the middle of this song! Oh and by the way I already have messenger like every one else on the planet so keep your 3 cents.

[@lightdrgn20]

I agree with the ad thing. Although it may be an automated youtube thing. (Side Note: Not everyone has messenger)

[@MagpieMalone]

You tell em boss

[@he.re.3069]

Beautiful Song. Thx Arjen

[@Metaller2011]

One of the Best!

[@nickgreen4731]

This is the song I play to people to introduce them... TO LIFE!

[@Leiana_Emilia]

Portuguese Lyrics ;-) Sob as Ondas [De volta ao Planeta Y, os Eternos continuam a relembrar seu passado, mas logo vem a enfrentar a sua dura situação.] [Ato I - Sob as Ondas] [Daniel Gildenlöw:] A água quebra os raios dourados do sol Prata dança sobre as ondas Somente uma memória... Eu freqüentemente sonho sobre os velhos tempos Brincando de esconde-esconde dentro das cavernas Somente uma memória... [Bob Catley:] Eu ainda sinto as crescentes marés me abraçando Me carregando a um lugar desconhecido Somente uma memória... Lembro-me de todo o amor que eles me deram Neste mundo fluido que chamamos de nossa casa Somente uma memória ... [Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen:] Sob as ondas éramos invencíveis [Anneke van Giersbergen:] Em um mundo sem fronteiras [Floor Jansen:] Mundo sem muralhas [Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen:] Sob as ondas éramos inseparáveis [Floor Jansen:] Em um mundo sem muralhas [Steve Lee:] Rostos de oceanos cerúleo refletindo estrelas e céus escuros Somente uma memória... Como sinto falta do sentimento de doces emoções De um mundo tão puro, desprovido de choros Somente uma memória... [Jorn Lande:] Sob as ondas éramos imbatíveis [Floor Jansen:] No silêncio do mar [Jorn Lande:] Em um mundo sem fronteiras [Floor Jansen:] Mundo sem muralhas [Jorn Lande:] Sob as ondas éramos intocáveis [Floor Jansen:] No reino dos livres [Jorn Lande:] Em um mundo sem muralhas [Steve Lee:] Sob as ondas éramos invencíveis [Floor Jansen:] No silêncio do mar [Steve Lee:] Em um mundo sem fronteiras [Floor Jansen:] Mundo sem paredes [Steve Lee:] Sob as ondas éramos inseparáveis [Floor Jansen:] No reino dos livres [Steve Lee:] Em um mundo sem muralhas [Ato II - Encarem os fatos] [Hansi Kursch, Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen:] Encare os fatos, não há como voltar Levante-se! É hora de agir Encare os atos, o nosso futuro é negro Nossos olhos estavam no caminho errado [x3] [Ato III - Somente uma memória...] [Tom Englund:] A água quebra os raios dourados do sol Prata dança sobre as ondas Somente uma memória... Eu freqüentemente sonho sobre os velhos tempos Brincando de esconde-esconde dentro das cavernas Somente uma memória... [Ato IV - Mundo sem Muralhas] [Jorn Lande:] Sob as ondas que nós fomos imbatíveis [Floor Jansen:] No silêncio do mar [Jorn Lande:] Em um mundo sem fronteiras [Floor Jansen:] Em um mundo sem muralhas [Jorn Lande:] Sob as ondas eramos intocáveis [Floor Jansen:] No reino dos livres [Jorn Lande:] Em um mundo sem muralhas [Floor Jansen:] Mundo sem paredes [Jorn Lande:] Sob as ondas que nós fomos imbatíveis [Floor Jansen:] No silêncio do mar [Jorn Lande:] Em um mundo sem fronteiras Sob as ondas eramos intocáveis [Floor Jansen:] No reino dos livres [Jorn Lande:] Em um mundo sem muralhas [Ato V - A realidade sangra] (Instrumental)

[@rcmartins]

pq eu iria querer as letras em portugues?

[@TassadarProtos]

Muito obrigado!

[@dylanguy8139]

Finally looking into this album art after having nearly the full album memorized vocally and several covers from 01 and human equation lurking on KZbin hahaha. It's very deep.

[@russellmaxwell755]

I hope this makes it into the setlist next week!

[@Mr.77776]

Great album

[@guillermogruszka4134]

I imagine mermaids, gods of water and pure energy flowing. It takes me to an unexplicable place between planes.

[@joanthemad5894]

I'm imagining when people were fish before evolution and wars idk.

[@lightdrgn20]

@@joanthemad5894, that is more accurate to my understanding of it. Although, I think it is about the Forever (so aliens).

[@loicsavidan8186]

Beautiful

[@willmelo8391]

[Daniel Gildenlöw:] The water breaks the golden sunrays Silver dances on the wave But a memory... I often dream about the old days Playing hide and seek within the caves But a memory... [Bob Catley:] I still feel the rising tides embrace me Carrying me to a place unknown But a memory... I remember all the love they gave me In this fluid world we call our home But a memory... [Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen:] Beneath the waves we were invincible [Anneke van Giersbergen:] In a world without frontiers [Floor Jansen:] World without walls [Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen:] Beneath the waves we were inseparable [Anneke van Giersbergen:] In a world without walls [Steve Lee:] Faces of cerulean oceans Mirroring stars and sable skies But a memory... How I miss the sense of sweet emotions Of a world so pure, devoid of cries Blind a memory... [Jorn Lande:] Beneath the waves we were unbeatable [Floor Jansen:] In the silence of the sea; [Jorn Lande:] In a world without frontiers [Floor Jansen:] World without walls [Jorn Lande:] Beneath the waves we were untouchable [Floor Jansen:] In the kingdom of the free; [Jorn Lande:] In a world without walls [Steve Lee:] Beneath the waves we were invincible [Floor Jansen:] In the silence of the sea; [Steve Lee:] In a world without frontiers [Floor Jansen:] World without walls [Steve Lee:] Beneath the waves we were inseparable [Floor Jansen:] In the kingdom of the free; [Steve Lee:] In a world without walls 2. Face The Facts [Hansi Kursch, Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen:] Face the facts, there is no way back Arise! It's time to act Face the facts, our future is black Our eyes were on the wrong track [x3] 3. But A Memory... [Tom Englund:] Water breaks the golden sunrays Silver dances on the wave But a memory... I often dream about the old days Playing hide and seek within the caves But a memory... 4. World Without Walls [Jorn Lande:] Beneath the waves we were unbeatable [Floor Jansen:] In the silence of the sea [Jorn Lande:] In a world without frontiers [Floor Jansen:] World without walls [Jorn Lande:] Beneath the waves we were untouchable [Floor Jansen:] In our kingdom of the free [Jorn Lande:] In a world without walls [Floor Jansen:] World without walls [Jorn Lande:] Beneath the waves we were invincible [Floor Jansen:] In the silence of the sea [Jorn Lande:] In a world without frontiers Beneath the waves we were inseparable [Floor Jansen:] In our kingdom of the free [Jorn Lande:] In a world without walls 5. Reality Bleeds (instrumental)

[@bakalaudia5620]

A little correction : we wrote it “Daniel Gildenlöw” ^^. Aside of that thank you very much for avoiding my laziness to look for the lyrics on the internet! 😄

[@tbrs4064]

Shame Steve Lee passed so soon. I love his part

[@libradragon]

This is timeless. It is now July 23, 2022. We will prevail, this amazing music will be our life raft.

[@ggn9810]

It's curious how the Forevers lost all emotions except for the bad ones. They still seem to feel regret, fear, agony but not love or joy.

[@rosalina9768]

God this song always makes me cry

[@libradragon]

Absolutely, it should. Me too.

[@gamiztapiamiguelangel5874]

Magical

[@dolinofolde]

Why can't we live in a world where this kind of music is mainstream and that over produced unpalatable garbage doesn't ruin my ears every time I turn the radio on?

[@libradragon]

Because that world... is beneath the waves. We left there long ago. Walking isn't what we thought it might be.

[@ioio5050]

Lyrics in italiano: [1. Tra le onde] L'acqua diffrange i dorati raggi solari un danza argentata tra le onde ma un ricordo Spesso sogno dei vecchi raggi che giocano a nascondino nella grotta ma un ricordo Sento ancora la marea abbracciarmi trasportarmi in un luogo sconosciuto ma un ricordo Ricordo tutto l'amore che mi hanno dato in questo fluido mondo che chiamiamo casa ma un ricordo Tra le onde eravamo invincibili in un mondo senza frontiere un mondo senza mura tra le onde eravamo inseparabili in un mondo senza mura Facce di oceani blu stelle fiflettenti e cieli scuri Ma un ricordo Quanto mi manca il senso delle dolci emozioni di un mondo così puro, privo di grida accecare un ricordo Tra le onde eravamo imbattibili nel silenzio del mare In un mondo senza frontiere mondo senza queste mura tra le onde eravamo intoccabili nel regno della libertà in un mondo senza mura Tra le onde eravamo invincibili nel silenzio del mare in un mondo senza frontiere un mondo senza mura tra le onde eravamo inseparabili nel regno della libertà in un mondo senza mura [2. Accetta la realtà] Accetta la realtà, non c'è modo di tornare indietro Sorgi! É ora di agire Accetta la realtà, il nostro futuro è nero I nostri occhi erano sulla pista sbagliata I nostri occhi erano sulla pista sbagliata I nostri occhi erano sulla pista sbagliata [3. Ma un ricordo...] Sento ancora la marea abbracciarmi trasportarmi in un luogo sconosciuto ma un ricordo Ricordo tutto l'amore che mi hanno dato in questo fluido mondo che chiamiamo casa ma un ricordo [4. Mondo senza mura] Tra le onde eravamo imbattibili nel silenzio del mare In un mondo senza frontiere mondo senza queste mura tra le onde eravamo intoccabili nel regno della libertà in un mondo senza mura Tra le onde eravamo invincibili nel silenzio del mare in un mondo senza frontiere un mondo senza mura tra le onde eravamo inseparabili nel regno della libertà in un mondo senza mura [5. La realtà sanguina] (instrumental)

[@mauriciofonseca2079]

Luv it so much this song...When will we have a live performance of this album just like Human Equation?

[@alinotic]

Now we know: 15-17 Sept. 2023

[@Casowsky]

And it was fantastic

[@RusselF013]

Steve Lee is very much alive in this song!

[@Theo.M1989]

Lande is a firestorm of Power.

[@AsgrodElros]

I'm here today, because I wasn't able to go to the concert 😢 enjoy without me guys ❤

[@sixstringmania]

Who plays this AMAZING solo ?????daamn!

[@RoyalHunter2789]

Is Arjen this time. His sound is unique

[@diogolopes8486]

The best solo of the whole album! Even with the Michael Romeo parts...

[@thisfirstdarc]

i hear hansi kursch!!

[@quake3sevenadam787]

Kurdish !? You that pkk

[@spudice]

Face the facts, there is no way back Arise! It's time to act Face the facts, our future is black Arise, we're on the wrong track

[@meofergreen1]

Anyone is hearing the crowbar hitting steel from HL1 in 7:37?

[@Nate612]

Now that you say that, I hear it now.

[@diogolopes8486]

Who plays this guitar solo? Arjen? The best one of the album!

[@autumn_rain]

5 stars

[@tylerbaxley]

so Y is the name

[@victortitov1740]

from 7:36 all the way to the end, I hear crowbar-hits-metal sound from Hlaf-life game. I wonder if it's the actual sound from the game?

[@drfreeman3908]

It’s possible since Valve used a lot of stock sounds in their games.

[@patrickmarsh2538]

Just realized Jorn Landre is in this.

[@supercalifeafilististicexp5513]

And Candice Bobbie can we love her to

[@austinhunter1586]

Y

[@archlich4489]

This really takes me Tehom

[@danielaguilar9310]

This song remember some songs from Transitus

[@joanthemad5894]

Is this song about the coelacanth?

[@Beegeezy144]

That's about the Forever, a race of beings who used to resemble humans, but chose a life beneath the sea on a new planet.

[@hpnk-ek8dr]

Even though it is beneath the waves and not on the waves. I cannot help but picture the 6:30-7:30 part as floor and jørn standing at the stern of i viking ship motivating the sailors to new horizons

[@supercalifeafilististicexp5513]

Vahay shot a national figure and their army gave him a gun and said go to California only one that should be here I know of him and his son the Barbados

[@facelessone86]

This song aways reminds me of climate change.

[@supercalifeafilististicexp5513]

Every Armenian guys name was opena