Aside from some weird lyrical content in songs like Circus Maximus (apparently extolling the virtues of clowns and carnies) and a song about dying that's almost sweet (Last Time), these Norsemen churn out what is considered a 'classic' AOR record.
“You can turn your back on the face in the mirror, awaken to find that your just getting nearer to the end. And you can tell yourself but you'll never believe that it's really true... You always knew.”