And another vaguely relevant song! This one is about the desire to be free of the real world's problems. It was also an attempt at writing something a lot faster than I was used to, but I'm rather pleased with how the Stratovarius-style solo turned out.

Both the music and lyrics took a while to get right - the chorus was actually completely different at first, and the chords in the bridge and chorus are quite unusual for me. The theme of the song is an idea that I've had for a while, but I made a number of false starts at it before finally getting something that I liked.

[Lyrics]

So we all have gathered here to say farewell
To the home for years we thought we knew so well
In a world based on fear
Nothing more to give us here
We know the only way to save ourselves

Faster in to nothingness we travel on
Left behind the island that we called our home
Though this world is based on greed
There is nothing more we need
To find a way to leave from all we know

We will fly into eternal sunlight
Never to return
Travel on to find our brave new world, we'll
All be free, our star shall burn
We'll fly towards the endless starlight
Journey of the mind
Kings of our world

Fly with me - together we're riding free
Discover the world that lies outside our mind
Remember me - the universe left to see
Leaving the world behind

Cry to those who want to open their closed eyes
Those we left behind, ascending to the skies
This dream is shared by all
And we all have heard the call
To escape from the jealousy and lies

We will fly into eternal sunlight
Never to return
Travel on to find our brave new world, we'll
All be free, our star shall burn
We'll fly towards the endless starlight
Journey of the mind
Kings of our world

Fly with me - together we're riding free
Discover the world that lies outside our mind
Remember me - the universe left to see
Leaving the world behind

Fly in the freedom, others join my at my side
We'll form the world again
There's so much still to be written, there is so much to know
Our story never ends

And we'll fly into eternal sunlight
Never to return
Travel on to find our brave new world, we'll
All be free, our star shall burn
We'll fly towards the endless starlight
Journey of the mind
Kings of our world

Fly with me - together we're riding free
Discover the world that lies outside our mind
Remember me - the universe left to see
Leaving the world
Leaving the world
Leaving the world behind