Lyrics Ages Of Man - Rick Wakeman

Ages Of Man

Dumb with astonishment and amazement which bordered on Stupefaction,
they fled the forest
Instinctively, they made towards the Lidenbrook Sea
Discovering a rusty dagger on the Beach, and the carved initials of the
explorer before them on a Slab of granite, they realised that thay were once
again treading The route of Arne Saknussemm
Following a short sea journey around th cape, they came ashore where a dark
tunnel plunged deep into Rock
Venturing down, their progress was halted by a piece of rock blocking their way
After deciding to blow their way through, and Setting the charge,
they put out to sea for safety
With the Explosion, the rocks before them opened like a curtain,
and a Bottomless pit appeared in the shore.
The explosion had caused an
Earthquake, the abyss had opened up, and the sea was pouring into It
Down and down they plunged into the huge gallery, but on
Regaining their senses found their raft rising at tremendous
Speed
Trapped in the shaft of an active volcano they rose through
The ages of man to be finally expelled out on a mountain-side
Riddled with tiny lava streams
Their journey was completed and they found themselves 3000 miles from their
original starting
Point in Iceland
They had entered by one volcano and they had Come out by another
With the blue mountains of Calabria in the
East they walked away from the mountain that had returned them
The frightening Mount Etna