[Marco Hietala:]
We never saw this coming
Pride comes before a fall
We never heeded the warnings
Buried deep within us all

[Chorus:]
[Hansi Kursch:] The age of shadows has begun
[Marco Hietala:] Giant machines blot out the sun
[Hansi Kursch:] Frozen minds becoming numb
[Marco Hietala:] The age of shadows has begun
[Hansi Kursch:] The age of Shadows has begun
[Marco Hietala:] I won't accept what we've become
[Hansi Kursch:] We stand to lose more than we've won
[Marco Hietala:] The age of Shadows has begun

[Marco Hietala:]
Our quenchless thirst for knowledge
Our urge to change and grow
Our need to expand the nation
Made us rise from the depths below

[Chorus]

[Hansi Kursch:] No more aggression
[Floor Jansen:] No more initiative
[Hansi Kursch:] No more suppression
[Floor Jansen:] No more emotions
[Hansi Kursch:] No more resection
[Floor Jansen:] No more of all the feelings that shaped our hearts and made us who we are
[Hansi Kursch:] No more possessions
[Floor Jansen:] No more suspicious
[Hansi Kursch:] No more obsessions
[Floor Jansen:] No more sensations
[Hansi Kursch:] No more depression
[Floor Jansen:] No more of all the passions that shaped our hearts and made us who we are