This song recounts the story of the “Philadelphia Experiment” from the perspective of a member of the crew of USS Eldridge. The ship was allegedly part of a secret US navy project aiming to develop a technology that could render it invisible, and also to detect gravitational anomalies at the bottom...
[Verse 1]
Uncertain sky, ocean of silence
Nothing in sight, only storms in the distance
Gear up, meeting point at zero hour
It looks like this is far from over
Signals coming from deep space giant void
Magnetic shields are ready to deploy
Unknown waves are rumbling stronger
Confirmed: this comes from underwater
[Pre-Chorus]
I always thought this could be real
Always assumed it was near
Not having a single doubt
Not having a single thought
[Chorus]
The wake!
This is the end of dormancy
The wake!
Something from the bottom of the sea
[Verse 2]
These kinds of things can't be revealed
Who would have thought? Who would believe?
Fear of the unknown will stay on
Because no god has ever saved anyone
[Chorus]
The wake!
From the seabed underneath
The wake!
Millions of years of dormancy
The wake!
Recharged by the waste of energy
The wake!
This thing will change our destiny
[Skit: "Speakers" (Chants)]
"To all vessels: keep your position"
(Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!)
"All units: ready to counterattack"
(Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!)
[Bridge 1]
Under the surface, gravitational waves
Abyssal hurricane from the alien base
Trans-fictional sky engulfed in flames
Too late to retreat, too amazed to relate
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge 2]
Time is stretching, movements divide
The course of events suddenly modified
Melted in the structure, bodies petrified
Staring at me, asking for help before they die
[Verse 3]
Here I am laying on a bed
Some kind of device over my head
Where am I? Some place I've never seen
Some hidden secret facilities
[Verse 4]
Blurred shadows keep asking me if I remember
What happened that day, about a mission failure
Should I pretend that I don't know?
(I don't know, I don't know)
I have the feeling it is time to go, go... Go!
[Outro]
I have to escape, and I'll tell you why
I have to escape, and I'll tell you why:
I am the only one who survived!
I am the only one who survived!
They're after me...!
They're gonna get me!
This is what happens when...
You know too much!
The End of Dormancy was written by Denis Bélanger & Dan Mongrain & Dominique Laroche & Michel Langevin.
The End of Dormancy was produced by Voivod.
Voivod released The End of Dormancy on Fri Sep 21 2018.