Floor Jansen, born on February 21, 1981 in Goirle, Netherlands, was the lead singer of the Dutch band After Forever from 1997 until their split in 2009. She is the older sister of fellow singer and Ayreon guest vocalist Irene Jansen, who played "Passion" on The Human Equation. Floor was sixteen when she joined After Forever in 1997 and the band released its first album, Prison of Desire, three years later. Floor's ability to sing in styles native to both classical and rock music have made her popular in the metal scene. Read more on Last.fm

A sweet embrace in a distant dream Where did i take a wrong turn? From up close to far away A crowded room Yet a lonely cave Stare at those names In chalk hearts they had scrawled Before the rain Shivering afraid of the rain That might wash away The heart that i’d paint around…

 

Tell me somethin’, girl Are you happy in this modern world? Do you need more? Do you searchin’ for something more? I’m falling In all the good times i find myself Longin’ for change And in the bad times i fear myself Tell me something, boy Aren’t you tired tryin’ to fill that void? Or…

 

Ave maria! Maiden mild! Oh, listen to a maiden’s prayer For thou canst hear amid the wild This thou, this thou canst save amid, despair We slumber safely until the morrow Though we’ve by man outcast reviled Oh, maiden, see a maiden’s sorrow Oh, mother, hear a suppliant child! Ave maria! Ave maria, gratia plena,…

 

There’s a me without you In the darkest hour We’re like fainting flowers Energy devoured But you’re holding on In the loudest silence We’re like dirt and diamonds Our words hit like silence Yet you’re holding on You can lie to me You can say we’re meant to be But no words can ever change…

 

In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came That voice which calls to me and speaks my name And do i dream again? for now i find The phantom of the opera is there Inside my mind Sing once again with me our strange duet My power over you grows stronger yet And…