the decision tree

• ayreon'un into the electric castle albümünde, aynı zamanda "we're alive" olarak adlandırılan parça... vokallerde;
  the voice: peter daltrey
  barbarian: jay van feggelen
  highlander: fish^*
  
  "ah, my friends! so light of foot. so swift. you have come this far. and now - here beneath the ancient, omniscient boughs of the decision tree one of you must depart this world of flesh. only seven may continue. only you can decide..."
  
  barbarian:
  let it be clear i won't be the one to die here
  honour and glory are heaped upon my name
  let it be clear i'm not the one who cries here
  what about the tall one, the one who's lost to shame
  
  highlander:
  i've followed princes, i've raised their bloody banners
  i've killed and wounded on the side of right
  i've reaped the harvest, scattered fields with ashes
  i've buried children, sowed the seeds of hate
  
  (chorus)
  all: we're alive
  highlander: i've followed princes
  all: we'll survive
  highlander: i've followed kings
  all: we will strive for our freedom
  highlander: i will take their lead no more
  all: we're alive
  highlander: i will not lie
  all: we'll survive
  highlander: in shallow graves
  all: we'll arrive in our eden
  highlander: (i'm nobody's slave)
  
  barbarian:
  let it be known, by thor the god of lightning
  i have been chosen to do battle at his side
  let it be clear i was born to go down fighting
  what about the craven, the one who's lost his pride?
  
  highlander:
  don't speak to me, of honour, pride, and glory
  i've tasted blood, seen your ype before
  you talk of battles but all you tell are stories
  you'd see me buried in a shallow grave
  
  (chorus)
  all: we're alive
  highlander: i've followed princes
  all: we'll survive
  highlander: i've followed kings
  all: we will strive for our freedom
  highlander: i will take their lead no more
  all: we're alive
  highlander: i will not lie
  all: we'll survive
  highlander: in shallow graves
  all: we'll arrive in our eden
  highlander: (i'm nobody's slave)