Ayreon - One Small Step Lyrics

One of Arjen's finest songs in my opinion, I dream about a Universal Migrator show live...................

One of Arjen's finest songs in my opinion, I dream about a Universal Migrator show live...................

6 people don't know what a masterpiece they're missing and disliking it...

Lyrics in italiano:

"Siamo nel 20° Secolo. Sono un bambino tranquillamente addormentato.
Mio padre viene a svegliarmi affinchè possa essere partecipe di un evento importante nella limitata storia del genere umano."

In un primo mattino estivo
mentre sognavo pianeti
udii una voce sussurrare dolcemente: "Figlio, è l'ora
succederà presto"

Sono le quattro meno un quarto e mi porta giù
davanti alla televisione
Le luci sono accese nelle case di tutte la città
per vedere l'uomo sulla Luna

un piccolo passo per un uomo
ma un grande balzo per l'umanità
Il potente Apollo ha vinto
L'aquila è atterrata

Mi corico nuovamente nel mio letto confortevole, ritorno ai miei sogni
ma non a quello dei pianeti
Ho deciso che questa mattina non voglio essere
l'uomo sulla Luna

un piccolo passo per un uomo
ma un grande balzo per l'umanità
Il potente Apollo ha vinto
L'aquila è atterrata

Mentre giaccio qui in questo freddo contenitore, vivendo un sogno
sono l'ultimo su tutti i pianeti
Ho deciso che stamattina non voglio essere
l'uomo su Marte

un piccolo passo per un uomo
ma un grande balzo per l'umanità
Il potente Apollo ha vinto
L'aquila è atterrata

un piccolo passo per un uomo
ma un grande balzo per l'umanità
Il potente Apollo ha vinto
L'aquila è atterrata

Today, 50 years ago!

and he we are, 50 years later!

Today is the big day to listen this song <3

Happy 50th anniversary to Apollo 11!

so I'm not the only one who immediately thought about this song today? xD

its the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing today

Please, explain somebody to me why did the boy changed his mind about wanting to be an astronaut? I have a few guesses but can't really figure it out
P.S. I still will be happy if someone answers me months (or maybe years) later

Maybe he thought about a chance of something going wrong and him being left here to die alone, unable to get back to Earth. Man in the tank feels the same way because he knows exactly what it's like.

The last verse explains it. The man is reliving his past lives, in one of which he was a boy witnessing the moon landing. The man is the last human to live on Mars after all life on Earth was destroyed, so it's as if he sensed that he would end up in such a lonely situation

This song in particular really reminds me of Camel.

This might be the most beautiful song ever written, truly.

Its a matter of taste but the only song that wins over this for me is Empire of the Clouds by Iron Maiden.

From which space shuttle launch is this countdown at the beginning? :)

doesn't matter :) this is apollo 11 ofc

I remember back when I was about 6 years old, and my brothers and I walked to school, singing this. My parents did one thing right... :D

For all the stories you once told me for all the waking dreams you put into my head for all the amazing flights in space and million rides upon the comet for all these and countless more I have one thing to say to you my friend Arjen...thank you from the depths of my heart! Hello from Thessaloniki I hope one day to see you play here! A dream will come true...

Ayreon fans! Check out my interview with Arjen here: http://creativetechnerds.jimdo.com/arjen-anthony-lucassen/

One of my favorite Ayreon songs.

Comparing Arjen to David Gilmour?, Yeah, I think he'd be happy with that!! Please Tour again Arjen.....

Portuguese Lyrics ;-)

Um Pequeno Passo

"É o século 20. Eu sou um garotinho que está dormindo pacificamente. Meu pai vem me acordar para que eu possa testemunhar um evento histórico na história finita da humanidade ".

[Edward Reekers, Lana Lane]

Numa manhã de início de verão, julho de 1969
Enquanto eu sonho com os planetas
Eu ouço uma voz sussurrar baixinho: 'filho, é hora
Vai acontecer em breve

São quinze para as quatro agora e ele me carrega para baixo
Para o nosso lugar perto da televisão
Eu vejo luzes acesas em casas por toda a cidade
Para o homem na lua

Um pequeno passo para o homem
Mas um salto gigantesco para a humanidade
O poderoso Apolo prevaleceu
A Águia pousou

Eu volto para a minha calorosa cama, de volta para meus sonhos
Mas não aquele dos planetas
Eu decidi esta manhã que não quero ser
O homem na lua

À medida que eu deito aqui neste tanque frio, vivendo um sonho
Eu sou o último no planeta
Eu decidi esta manhã que não quero ser
O homem em Marte

Masterpiece

As a dutch 3d animator I really hope my studio ends up doing a music video project for this man some day.

please please please make it happen

I can’t believe how good this is

RIP Neil Armstrong

What a masterpiece is right . i found this album on accident glad I did.

One of my favorites

A masterpiece!

I hope I'm not offending any Floyd fans here (least of all Arjen himself), but deciding which guitar solo is better between this one (5:22) and the one in _Comfortably Numb_ is definitely not an easy task for me ...

Both are really good,

The idea is not to concentrate on which one is better,
the idea is to simply enjoy.

Renegade Notehead comoaring this to comfortably numb's solo is like comparing a porsche to a maserati. they're both beyond what I can touch and I admire borh

IMHO Ayreon's solo is better.

Vangelis love this song for sure, great work Master Arjen

Lyrics!

"It is the 20th century. I am a little boy peacefully asleep. My father comes to wake me
so that I can witness an historic event in the finite story of mankind."

[Edward Reekers, Lana Lane]

On an early summer morning, July '69
As I dream of the planets
I hear a voice softly whisper: 'son, it is time
It's happening soon'

It's a quarter to four now and he carries me down
To our place by the telly
I see lights on in houses all over town
For the man on the Moon

One small step for man
But a giant leap for mankind
The mighty Apollo prevailed
The Eagle has landed

I go back to my warm bed, back to my dreams
But not the one of the planets
I decided this morning I don't want to be
The man on the Moon

As I lie here in this cold tank, living a dream
I'm the last on the planets
I decided this morning I don't want to be
The man on Mars

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4. ,,Jeden Mały Krok''

_Wiek XX. Jestem śpiącym spokojnie, małym chłopcem._
_Mój ojciec budzi mnie, bym mógł doświadczyć historycznego momentu, w skończonej opowieści o ludzkości._

Wczesnym, letnim rankiem, Lipca '69
Gdy śnię o planetach
Słyszę delikatny szept: ,,Synu, już czas
To niedługo się wydarzy''

Kwadrans do piątej, gdy on znosi mnie na dół
Do naszego miejsca, przy telewizorze
Widzę światła w domach, w całym mieście
Dla człowieka na Księżycu

Jeden mały krok dla człowieka
Ale wielki krok dla ludzkości
Potężny Apollo zwyciężył
Orzeł wylądował

Wracam do mojego ciepłego łóżka, z powrotem do moich snów
Lecz nie tego o planetach
Tego ranka zdecydowałem, że nie chcę być
Człowiekiem na Księżycu

Jeden mały krok dla człowieka
Ale wielki krok dla ludzkości
Potężny Apollo zwyciężył
Orzeł wylądował

Gdy leżę w tym zimnym zbiorniku, żyjąc snem
Jestem ostatni pośród planet
Tego ranka zdecydowałem, że nie chcę być
Człowiekiem na Marsie

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Jeden mały krok dla człowieka
Ale wielki krok dla ludzkości
Potężny Apollo zwyciężył
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Who is singing this please?

Edward Reekers

Thankyou :-)

It was an incredible feat. The pinnacle of man's success. Just 66 years after we first soared with eagles.

Allan62T I can't believe that it is almost the 50th year anniversary soon, only 1 year left.

It's amazing that the three men were willing to risk everything for the progress of mankind.

Have you listened the speech that the president Richard Nixon had to prepare if the astronauts couldn't return back home and had to stay on the moon?