Back on Planet Earth (5.1) Songtext
von Ayreon

Roger copy!
Altitude 4200, and you are go for landing, over!
Visibility, as we said before, is... not too great
Come in!
Planet Earth... Planet Earth... Planet Earth... Planet Earth...

I overheard the elders telling each other stories
About the days when they were young (back on planet Earth)
I wish to learn the secrets of those who lived before me
So I program my computer (for a flight to planet Earth)

Blue skies over the oceans, sail on the wind to the valley below
Rise high over the hills to where the wildflowers grow

And I ride, ride, ride the waves of time!
Fly, fly, fly beyond the sky!


We′ve abandoned all emotions, whether good or bad
Up here in this station (far from planet Earth)
I can't tell if I′m happy, I don't know if I'm sad
But I do know I′d have been at home (back on planet Earth)

Black clouds over the debris, storm is raging over the land
No life left on this planet– now you will understand!

And I ride, ride, ride the waves of time!
The waves of time!
Fly, fly, fly beyond the sky!
Fly beyond the sky!

Blue skies over the oceans, sail on the wind to the valley below
Rise high over the hills to where the wildflowers grow

Black clouds over the debris, storm is raging over the land
No life left on this planet– now you will understand!