A Past and Future Secret

"A Past and Future Secret" is the first single from German power metal band Blind Guardian, and the third track on their 1995 album Imaginations From the Other Side. It is an acoustic song, and its guitarwork and lyrical themes strongly evoke the Arthurian legends cycle, the end of which it describes through the eyes of an observer. Specifically, it details the doom of Camelot and the destruction of King Arthur's dream at the Battle of Camlann, where the king and his bastard son Mordred slew each other. Mortally wounded, Arthur was borne away to Avalon, where he shall remain in healing until Britain needs him once more.

[edit] Track listing

"A Past and Future Secret" – 3:47
"Imaginations from the Other Side" – 7:18
"The Wizard" (Uriah Heep cover) – 3:17
"A Past and Future Secret" (Orchestra Mix) – 3:48

[edit] Lineup

Hansi Kürsch – vocals and bass
André Olbrich – lead guitar
Marcus Siepen – rhythm guitar
Thomen Stauch – drums

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v • d • e Blind Guardian

Hansi Kürsch \| André Olbrich \| Marcus Siepen \| Frederik Ehmke

Former members	Thomen Stauch \| Markus Dörk \| Christof Theißen \| Hans-Peter Frey

Demo albums as Lucifer's Heritage	Symphonies of Doom \| Battalions of Fear

Studio albums	Battalions of Fear \| Follow the Blind \| Tales from the Twilight World \| Somewhere Far Beyond \| Imaginations from the Other Side \| Nightfall in Middle-Earth \| A Night at the Opera \| A Twist in the Myth

Live albums	Tokyo Tales \| Live

Compilations	The Forgotten Tales

Singles	"A Past and Future Secret" \| "Bright Eyes" \| "Mr. Sandman" \| "Mirror Mirror" \| "And Then There Was Silence" \| "The Bard's Song (In the Forest)" \| "Fly" \| "Another Stranger Me"

DVDs	Imaginations Through the Looking Glass