Simone-Simons.Net
your online source for all things Simone

About

Lyrics : Mark Jansen
Music : Mark Jansen, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons, Ad Sluijter

Versions

Album Version (04:47)The Phantom Agony album, Consign to Oblivion 10th anniversary expanded edition 2LP purple
Orchestral Version (04:53)The Phantom Agony 10th anniversary expanded edition
Live at 2 Meter Sessies 2004 (04:54)We Will Take You With Us album
Live in Miskolc 2008 (05:06)The Classical Conspiracy album, The Classical Conspiracy 2LP
Live at the Klokgebouw 2013 (06:04)Retrospect album

Lyrics

Chance doesn’t exist
But the path of life is not totally so predestined
And time and chronology show us how all should be
In the ways of existence
To find out why we are here

Being consciousness is a torment
The more we learn is the less we get

No one surveys the whole, focus on things so small
But life’s objective is to make it meaningful
Only searching for this that which doesn’t exist
Although our ability
To relativize remains unclear

Being consciousness is a torment
The more we learn is the less we get
Every answer contains a new quest
A quest to non existence, a journey with no end

I’m not afraid to die
I’m afraid to be alive without being aware of it

I’m so afraid to, I couldn’t stand to
Waste all my energy on things
That do not matter anymore

Our future has already been written by us alone
But we don’t grasp the meaning of our programmed course of life
We only fear what comes and smell death every day
Our future has already been wasted by us alone
And we just let it happen
And do not worry at all
Our future has already been written by us alone
But we don’t grasp the meaning of our programmed course of life
We only fear what comes and smell death every day
Search for the answers that lie beyond

Being consciousness is a torment
The more we learn is the less we get
Every answer contains a new quest
A quest to non existence, a journey with no end

Trivia

“This is a philosophical song. Does chance exist, I don’t think so. I don’t belive in chance. But even without chance we can have our own free will. We are responsible for our acts, although nothing happens at chance. It also deals about exploring minor parts in science instead of having a total overview. Creativity comes from the overlap between all sorts of knowledge and/or spirituality.” – Mark Jansen