Ayreon/Day Seven: Hope
Music and lyrics: Arjen Anthony Lucassen. From the album 'The Human Equation', 2004
A#m F# C# G# (4x)
A#m F#
Best Friend: Let me take you back
C# G# A#m F# C# G#
To the time when we were chasing all the girls
A#m F#
Two maniacs
C# G# A#m F# C# G#
Indulging in the pleasures of this world
F# Fm E B
So much to see, so much to live for
F# A#m C# G#
Questions to answer, places to go
F# Fm E B
So much to be, so much to care for
F# A#m C#
Deep down inside I think you know
G# A#m F# C# G# A#m F# C# G#
You are free... come back to me!
A#m F#
Look ahead and see
C# G# A#m F# C# G#
There are still so many borders we could cross
A#m F#
Just you and me
C# G# A#m F# C# G#
Making up for all the time that we have lost
F# Fm
Best Friend: So much to see
E
Me: He may be right
B
Best Friend: So much to live for
F#
Me: I’ve got to fight
A#m
Best Friend: Questions to answer
C#
Me: I will pull through
G#
Best Friend: Places to go
F#
Me: Take me with you
Fm
Best Friend: So much to be
E
Me: I will not break
B
Best Friend: So much to care for
F#
Me: I must awake
A#m C#
Best Friend: Deep down inside I think you know
Me: I think I know
G#
Best Friend: You are free
Me: I am free
A#m F# C# G# A#m F# C# G#
Best Friend: Come back to me!
A#m F# C# G#
Best Friend: Aaaah, aaaah come back to me
A#5 F#5 C#5 G#5
Me: There’s no way out, my whole world is black!
A#m F# C# G#
Best Friend: Aaaah, aaaah come back to me
A#5 F#5 C#5 G#5
Me: I try to shout, something’s holding me back!
Note that the 'Me'-part in the last section contains some truly heavy powerchords.