The First Man On Earth Lyrics - Universal Migrator, Pts.1 & 2 - Ayreon

"It is 50000 B.C. The world is almost empty; nature is still untouched by man. Off in the 

distance, a clan of ape-like creatures gather near a cliff side. But I am the first to 

stand. I must be..." 

[Neil Morse, Mark McCrite] 

In fields of green, vast as the oceans 

Is this a dream, is it evermore? 

A million years, fast as a notion 

I stand alone here on the silent shore 

I'm after prey in the fields 

Shelter in a cave from the cold and lonely nights 

And now it all seems so real 

Warming at the fireside beneath the pale moonlight 

This is the dawn of time 

I am the first to stand 

Looking through the eyes of the primal man 

This is the dawn of time 

Witnessing the birth 

I am the first man on earth 

The skies of blue reach to the heavens 

They go on and on forevermore 

No avenues, no city sidewalks 

Planet Mars is but ancient lore 

This place has all that I need 

No computers glowing screens, no industrial machines 

Somehow it all seems surreal 

Memories of days gone by, a slowly fading scene 

No one here to blame me 

No one here to hurt 

So much space here to occupy my mind 

I can breathe the breath of virgin land 

The firefly at nighttime 

The sounds of nothing known 

And I belong here like I never have before 

The wandering child returning home 

When twilight falls, red is the sunset 

Planets appear across the colored sky 

No prison walls, no war, no bloodshed 

Hard to believe this new world will die 

I wish that I could stay for a while 

In the dream world that the sequencer creates 

And though it all seems so real 

Now I fear the time is gone, I feel its heavy weight 

Hold on to this moment in time 

Savor a life how it used to be 

Hold on to the world in its prime 

Breathe in the air, feel the energy