The Stranger From Within Songtext
von Ayreon

He′s a stranger; I don't know where he′s coming from
Is he a danger to me or just another man?
He knows magic! Or maybe he's a charlatan?
Is it a sly trick he plays? Does he have a plan?

He said he came from a world beyond my dreams
From the depths of my mind...
He said he'd burn like star and disappear
But leave his spirit behind...

He′s a stranger, a man with a destiny
A rearranger of fate, a changer of lives
They will erase him for they are all afraid of him
They′re gonna trace him, and then
Cause him to die...


He said he'd cure me– I do not have to die!
I hold my fate in my hands...
He said he′d always be there everytime I'd cry
One day I would understand

He was a stranger
They shot him, and now he′s dead
I'm out of danger, he lives on...
Inside my head

He said he came from a world beyond my dreams
From the depths of my mind...
He said he′d burn like star and disappear
But leave his spirit behind...

He said he'd cure me– I do not have to die!
I hold my fate in my hands...
He said he'd always be there everytime I′d cry
One day I would understand