Ayreon-Kopf ARJEN LUCASSEN teilt den Track `The Year of ‘41`, den er zusammen mit  Sänger DINO JELUSICK, für sein Star One Projekt aufgenommen hat. Der Song sollte ursprünglich auf  dem 2022er Album “ Revel In Time“ landen, wurde wegen rechtlicher Schwierigkeiten bis jetzt zurückgehalten.  Neben DINO haben noch weitere prominente Namen wie Joel Hoekstra oder Jens Johansson bei dem Song mitgewirkt

 

ARJEN LUCASSEN erklärt:

“Ladies and gentlemen… meet one of the best singers in the world right now… Dino Jelusick! Dino was supposed to sing ‘The Year of ‘41’ on my 2022 Star One album ‘Revel In Time’. He recorded the song but unfortunately we couldn’t use it because of problems with the record label that Dino was signed with. But now all that has been solved, and we are proud to finally present the song in all its glory! Just listen to his powerful and soulful vocals here and I’m sure you’ll know what I mean!

The song also features an amazing guitar solo by Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, TSO, Cher) and virtuoso keyboard solo by my friend Jens Johansson (Yngwie Malmsteen, Stratovarius, Rainbow). And of course as always the powerhouse that is Ed Warby on drums. The lyrics are based on the movie The Final Countdown. No no… not the song!“

 

 

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Lyrics:

Lightning strikes as we sail toward the light

Then the day turns to night

storm is raging, waves are crashing down

Fear and chaos all around

 

The sound of thunder, pounding in our ears

The world around us disappears

Tensions high, a portal in the sky

As we all vanish in the light

 

Restore the past, derail the future

(What will the future hold)

Are we to change the course of history?

(This story yet untold)

This is the year of ’41

And the war has just begun

(But can we change the path of time)

We must defy the laws of nature

(Let’s see what lies ahead)

We are the masters of our destiny

(What will we find instead)

This the reason we were cast

40 years into the past

(Now we can change it)

 

Are we but players inside a game

Some crazy simulation

An army toy, a military ploy

Some other means to destroy

 

Or did we really travel back in time

To a world undefined

A twist of fate, an ancient date

An altered state, a cosmic gate

 

 

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