Born from silence, silence full of it A perfect concert my best friend So much to live for, so much to die for If only my heart had a home
Sing what you can′t say Forget what you can′t play Hasten to drown into beautiful eyes Walk within my poetry, this dying music - My loveletter to nobody
Never sigh for better world It′s already composed, played and told Every thought the music I write Everything a wish for the night
Wrote for the eclipse, wrote for the virgin Died for the beauty the one in the garden Created a kingdom, reached for the wisdom Failed in becoming a god
Never sigh for better world It′s already composed, played and told Every thought the music I write Everything a wish for the night
"If you read this line, remember not the hand that wrote it Remember only the verse, songmaker′s cry, the one without tears For I′ve given this its strength and it has become my only strength. Comforting home, mother′s lap, chance for immortality Where being wanted became a thrill I never knew The sweet piano writing down my life"
"Teach me passion for I fear it′s gone Show me love, hold the lorn So much more I wanted to give to the ones who love me I′m sorry Time will tell (this bitter farewell) I live no more to shame nor me nor you
And you... I wish I didn′t feel for you anymore..."
Soon I will be here no more You′ll hear my tale Through my blood Through my poeple And the eagle′s cry The bear within will never lay to rest
Wandering on Horizon road Following the trail of tears
White man come Saw the blessed land We cared, you took You fought, we lost Not the war but an unfair fight Sceneries painted beautiful in blood
Chorus: Wandering on Horizon road Following the trail of tears Once we were here Where we have lived since the world began Since time itself gave us this land
Our souls will join again the world Our home in peace′n war′n death
Chorus(x2) Wandering on Horizon road Following the trail of tears Once we were here Where we have lived since the world began Since time itself gave us this land
Remember the first dance we shared? Recall the night you melted my ugliness away? The night you left with a kiss so kind Only a send of beauty left behind
Ah dear friend I remember the night The moon and the dreams we shared Your trembling paw in my hand Dreaming of that northern land Touching me with a kiss of a beast
I know my dreams are made of you Of you and only for you Your ocean pulls me under Your voice tears me asunder Love me before the last petal falls
As a world without a glance Of the ocean′s fair expanse Such the world would be If no love did flow in thee But as my heart is occupied Your love for me now has to die Forgive me I need more than you can offer me
Didn′t you read the tale Where happily ever after was to kiss a frog? Don′t you know this tale In which all I ever wanted I′ll never have For who could ever learn to love a beast?
However cold the wind and rain I′ll be there to ease your pain However cruel the mirrors of sin Remember beauty is found within
...Forever shall the wolf in me desire the sheep in you...
We seduce the dark with pain and rapture Like two ships that pass in the night You and I, a whore and a bashful sailor Welcome to a sunrise of a dirty mind
All you love is a lie You one-night butterfly Hurt me, be the one Whoever brings the night
The Dark, created to hide the innocent white, the lust of night Eyes so bright, seductive lies Crimson masquerade where I merely played my part Poison dart of desire
All you love is a lie You one-night butterfly Hurt me, be the one Whoever brings the night
Choose a bride Tonight a fantasy for a zombie Hurt me, I love to suffer Your harem′s a dream for free
Enter Suck from us and live forever Rotten beauty Will haunt you for a lifetime
Come with me underwater And drown to despise me no more Unholy, unworthy My night is a dream for free
All you love is a lie You one-night butterfly Hurt me, be the one Whoever brings the night
I close my eyes The lantern dies The scent of awakening Wildhoney and dew
Childhood games Woods and lakes Streams of silver Toys of olden days
Meadows of heaven
The flowers of wonder And the hidden treasures In the meadow of life My acre of heaven A 5-year-old winterheart In a place called home Sailing the waves of past
Meadows of heaven
Rocking chair without a dreamer A wooden swing without laughter Sandbox without toy soldiers Yuletide without the Flight
Dreambound for life
Flowers wither, treasures stay hidden Until I see the 1st star of fall
I fall asleep And see it all: Mother′s care And color of the kites
1 Ermaajrvi Kautta ermaajrven matkaa kulkuri yksininen Nkee lammella joutsenparven vapauttaan itkevn Kaipuu menneisyyden kiirii ilmassa huutoina kotkien Ikijrvelt turvatuulta ky matka vuorten taa 2 Witchdrums 3 This Moment is Eternity Day posesses no key here where moon sheds the cold twilight This moment is eternity Land of beauty, cold and cruel Fjeld chants echoing, reflecting the melancholy... Trust the wind Trust the fires Call for the hermit of the night Land of raven and bear Land of eagle and wolverine Dismal are the mirrors of a wolf 4 Etiinen
An angelface smiles to me Under a headline of tragedy That smile used to give me warmth Farewell - no words to say Beside the cross on your grave And those forever burning candles
Needed elsewhere To remind us of the shortness of your time Tears laid for them Tears of love, tears of fear Bury my dreams dig up my sorrows Oh Lord why The angels fall first?
Not relieved by thoughts of Shangri-La Nor enlightened by the lessons of Christ I′ll never understand the meaning of the right Ignorance lead me into the light
Needed elsewhere To remind us of the shortness of your time Tears laid for them Tears of love tears of fear Bury my dreams dig up my sorrows Oh Lord why The angels fall first?
Sing me a song Of your beauty Of your kingdom Let the melodies of your harps Caress those whom we still need
Yesterday we shook hands My friend Today a moonbeam lightens my path My guardian
The days were brighter Gardens more blooming The nights had more hope In their silence The wild was calling Wishes were whispering The time was there But without a meaning
Away, away in time Every dream is a journey away Away to a home away from care Everywhere’s just a journey away
The days departed Gardens deserted This frail world My only rest The wild calls no more Wishes so hollow The Barefoot Boy weeping in an empty night
Away, away in time Every dream is a journey away Away to a home away from care Everywhere’s just a journey away
Cherish the moment Tower the skies Don’t let the dreamer fade to grey like grass
No falling for life A gain for every loss Time gathered me But kept me flying
For this gift of dream I must pay the price with the loss of life’s pleasures
Time it took the most of me And left me with no key To unlock the chest of remedy Mother, the pain ain′t hurting me But the love that I feel When you hold me near
The hopes were high The choirs were vast Now my dreams are left to live through you
Red Sun rising Drown without inhaling Within, the dark holds hard
Passiontide An angel by my side But no Christ to end this war To deliver my soul from the sword Hope has shown me a scenery Paradise poetry With first snow I′ll be gone
The hopes were high The choirs were vast Now my dreams are left to live through you
Red Sun rising Drown without inhaling Within, the dark holds hard Red Sun rising Curtain falling Higher than hope my cure lies
Your death saved me
Red Sun rising Drown without inhaling Within, the dark holds hard Red Sun rising Curtain falling Higher than hope my cure lies
The story behind the painting I drew is already told No more tearstains on the pages of my diary Tired but unable to give up since I′m Responsible for the lives I saved
The play is done The curtain′s down
All the tales are told All the orchids gone Lost in my own world Now I care for dead gardens
My song is little worth anymore Time to lay this weary pen aside
The play is done The curtain′s down
"Where are the wolves, the underwater moon The elvenpath, the haven of youth Lagoons of the starlit sea Have I felt enough for one man′s deed? Or is it time to challenge the Ancient of Days And let the virgin conceive"
All the tales are told All the orchids gone Lost in my own world Now I care for dead gardens
I want to see where the sirens sing Hear how the wolves howl Sail the dead calm waters of the Pacific
Dance in the fields of coral Be blinded by the white Discover the deepest jungle
I want to find The Secret Path A bird delivered into my heart
It′s not the end Not the kingdom come It is the journey that matters, the distant wanderer Call of the wild In me forever and ever and ever forever Wanderlust
I want to love by the Blue Lagoon Kiss under the waning moon Straying, claiming my place in this mortal coil
Riding the dolphins Asking the mountains Dreaming Alaska The Earth can have but Earth
I want to find...
It′s not the end...
Drown into my eyes and see the wanderer See the mirrors of a wolf behold the pathfinder
A nocturnal concerto candlelight whispers me where to go Hymn of gathering stars as my guide whilst I wander on this path of the night Embroidery of the stars undress my feelings for this earth Send me your salva to heal my scars and let this nakedness be my birth Macrocosm poured its powers on me And the hopes of this world I now must leave The nightwish I sent you centuries ago has been heard by those who dwelled in a woe The distance of our bridal bed Await for me to be dead Dust of the galaxies take my hand Lead me to my beloveds land Departed by the guillotine of death I received a letter from the depth The dream of my lover it carried inside Caressed by the sharpest knife I asked you to be my wife Rays of the setting sun were my tears wept upon promises undone Come to me Make me believe to you and your love again Above the universe Beneath the Great Eye I shall desire you forevermore
A star falls down from the darkened sky Where new worlds born and die Kingdom Animalia watches its approaching glow What it means is soon to be known
Beneath the lovely birch honeymakers build their nest in peace On the savannah a lion licks a wounded gnu To honor this moment even the heavens cease Giant spiders learn how to swim With whales they form a united kin
Snakes say hello to the rats on the ground In the meadows play merrily the fox and the hound
Trilobite & Anymalocharis The prey and the hunter Survival of the fittest Fall of Man
Seadrops foam all empty human skulls Those on the shores of Atlantis Darwin′s resurrection is witnessed By turtles he used to play with
Healed and happy She oversees The Mother The tyrant′s return to the sea
The scent of a woman was not mine... Welcome home, darling Did you miss me? Wish to dwell in dear love? Touch my milklike skin Feel the ocean Lick my deepest Hear the starry choir Rip off this lace that keeps me imprisoned But beware the enchantment for my eroticism is your oblivion Old love lies deep, you said Deeper shall be the wound between your legs
It is the end of all hope To lose the child, the faith To end all the innocence To be someone like me This is the birth of all hope To have what I once had This life unforgiven It will end with a birth
No will to wake for this morn To see another black rose born Deathbed is slowly covered with snow
Angels, they fell first but I′m still here Alone as they are drawing near In heaven my masterpiece will finally be sung
It is the end of all hope To lose the child, the faith To end all the innocence To be someone like me
Wounded is the deer that leaps highest And my wound it cuts so deep Turn off the light and let me pull the plug
It is the end of all hope To lose the child, the faith To end all the innocence To be someone like me This is the birth of all hope To have what I once had This life unforgiven It will end with a birth
Mandylion without a face Deathwish without a prayer End of hope End of love End of time The rest is silence
Mandylion without a face Deathwish without a prayer End of hope End of love End of time The rest is silence
It is the end of all hope To lose the child, the faith To end all the innocence To be someone like me
It is the end of all hope To have what I once had
It is the end of all hope To lose the child, the faith To end all the innocence To be someone like me
It is the end of all hope To lose the child, the faith End of all hope
In your creation heaven did decree That in your arms sweet death should dwell
Deep Silent Complete Black velvet sea The sirens are calling for me
Saved my soul thinking "This song′s a lie" Sand on the shore is so dry
Deep Silent Complete Black velvet sea Brave day sinking in endless night
The age will say "This poet lies" Heaven never touched earthly face The age will say "This night was ours" Blessed with the Deep The Silent the Complete
[Tapio Wilska:] A snowy owl above the haunted waters Poet of ancient gods Cries to tell the neverending story Prophecy of becoming floods.
[Tarja:] An aura of mystery surrounds her The lady in brightest white Soon the incarnate shall be born The Creator of the Night!
[Tapio Wilska:] Deep dark is His Majesty′s kingdom A portent of tomorrow′s world There shall the liquid give Him power The red-eyed unborn lord ...
[Tarja:] Fatal embrace of the bloodred waters The cradle of infinite gloom The spell to master this Earth Carven on an infant′s tomb!
[Tapio Wilska:] I will die for the love of the mermaid Her seduction beauty and scorn Welcome to the end of your life Hail the Oceanborn!!!
[Tarja:] Disgraced is my virginity Death has woven my wedding dress Oh Great Blue breathe the morning dew For you are the cradle of the image of god ...
[Tapio Wilska:] Brave now long rest is sweet With me here in the deep.
[Tarja:] I prayed for pleasure wished for love Prayed for your ...
[Tapio Wilska:] Never pray for me!
[Tarja:] Who the hell are you for me But a mortal dream to see?
[Tapio Wilska:] This apathetic life must drown Forever just for me
[Tarja:] Leave me be Leave me be Leave me be...ee...eeee
[Tapio Wilska:] From cradle to coffin Shall my wickedness be your passion?
[Tarja:] We shall come to set the dolphins free We shall wash the darkened bloodred sea Our songs will echo over the mountains and seas The eternity will begin once again in peace
Naked in midwinter magic Lies an angel in the snow The frozen figure crossed by tracks of wolves An encounter, symbolic, yet truthful With a hungry choir of words An agreement immemorial to be born
Dulcet elvenharps from a dryad forest Accompany all the charming tunes Of a sacrament by a campfire A promise between the tameless And the one with a tool Tonight the journey from a cave begins
I want to hunt with the tameless heart I want to learn the wisdom of mountains afar We will honor the angel in the snow We will make the streams for our children flow
Wrapped in furs beneath the northern lights From my cave I watch the land untamed And wonder if some becoming season Will make the angel melt in shame
I want to hunt with the tameless heart I want to learn the wisdom of mountains afar We will honor the angel in the snow We will make the streams for our children flow
Riddler, Riddler ask me why The birds fly free on a mackerel sky Ask me whither goes the wind Whence the endless tick-tick stream begins Make me guess if the Earth is flat or round Set a guessing if fantasies are unbound If tales aren′t just for children to see That it′s peace if sleep walks with me
As you wish For kingdom come The one to know all the answers You think you dwell in wisdoms sea Still sweet ignorance is the key To a poet′s paradise Challenge the Riddler and you will see...
Riddler, Riddler ask me why All mothers beneath the Earth and sky Hold their children′s hands for a while Their hearts forever... yours and mine Make me wonder what′s the meaning of life What′s the use to be born and then die Make me guess who′s the one Behind the mask of Father and Son
As you wish For kingdom come The one to know all the answers You think you dwell in wisdoms sea Still sweet ignorance is the key To a poet′s paradise Challenge the Riddler and you will see...
For nature hates virginity I wish to be touched Not by the hands of where′s and why′s But by the Oceans′ minds
As you wish For kingdom come The one to know all the answers You think you dwell in wisdoms sea Still sweet ignorance is the key To a poet′s paradise Challenge the Riddler and you will see...
Oh, setting Sun, Thy red rays maketh me cry. They remind me of the one Whose love awaits me in the sky.
A bridal bed awaits us both After the landscape of death I cross. Before my sorrows I must die, Nightwish I send through the starlit sky.
The voice of nightly winds has awakened me, Amidst all the grief they embrace me with relief. Beneath my dreams and wishes I long for thy caresses.
A bridal bed awaits us both, After the landscape of death I cross. Before my sorrows I must die, Nightwish I send through the starlit sky.
"Passed away in silence The flute from the realm unseen Empties its heart Making love to me With its enchanting melody. Light of Orion, Shadow of Andromeda, Call of the dancing Universe. Their love I must enter Before thou can blame my soul That is peace"
For The Heart I Once Had Heaven today is but a way To a place I once called home Heart of a child, one final sigh As another love goes cold Once my heart beat to the rhythm of the falling snow Blackened below, the river now flows A stream of molten virgin snow For the heart I′ll never have For the child forever gone The music flows, because it longs For the heart I once had Living today without a way To understand the weight of the world Faded and torn, old and forlorn My weak and hoping heart For the child, for the light For the heart I once had I′ll believe and foresee Everything I could ever be For the heart I′ll never have For the child forever gone The music flows, because it longs For the heart I once had Time will not heal a Dead Boy′s scars Time will kill For the heart I′ll never have For the child forever gone The music flows, because it longs For the heart I once had
Finally the hills are without eyes They are tired of painting a dead man′s face red With their own blood
They used to love having so much to lose Blink your eyes just once and see everything in ruins
Did you ever hear what I told you? Did you ever read what I wrote you? Did you ever listen to what we played? Did you ever let in what the world said? Did we get this far just to feel your hate? Did we play to become only pawns in the game? How blind can you be, don′t you see? You chose the long road but we′ll be waiting
Bye bye beautiful
Jacob′s ghost for the girl in white Blindfold for the blind Dead siblings walking the dying earth
Noose around a choking heart Eternity torn apart Slow toll now the funeral bells
"I need to die to feel alive"
Did you ever hear what I told you? Did you ever read what I wrote you? Did you ever listen to what we played? Did you ever let in what the world said? Did we get this far just to feel your hate? Did we play to become only pawns in the game? How blind can you be, don′t you see? You chose the long road but we′ll be waiting
Bye bye beautiful
It′s not the tree that forsakes the flower But the flower that forsakes the tree Someday I′ll learn to love these scars Still fresh from the red-hot blade of your words
...How blind can you be, don′t you see... ...that the gambler lost all he does not have...
Did you ever hear what I told you? Did you ever read what I wrote you? Did you ever listen to what we played? Did you ever let in what the world said? Did we get this far just to feel your hate? Did we play to become only pawns in the game? How blind can you be, don′t you see? You chose the long road but we′ll be waiting
Wish upon a star Take a step enter the land Walk through the air Take my hand Wishmaster′s will- Join him the quest for dream A make-believe Is all we ever need
Wish upon a star No matter who you are The second star to the right Harbinger′s gate Beyond the boundaries Blossom ballet In the great wide somewhere
Wish upon a star Believe in will The realm of the king of fantasy The master of the tale-like lore The way to kingdom I adore Where the warrior′s heart is pure Where the stories will come true
Part 2
A cub of the king betrayed by usurper A girl in the rain swearing to her father′s name Belle the last sight for the dying gruesome The beauties sleeping awaiting Deep in a dream For true love′s first kiss
Part 3
Bald Mountain Night Devilheart endures but light A mad aerial dance Chernabog′s succubi
Black Cauldron born Gurgi′s heart forlorn Pig-keeper or hero On a quest of augury
Maleficent′s fury The spindle so luring Dragon fight, dying night Dooming might
Apprentice of Yen Sid Conducting the galaxy Dreamer on mountaintop Spellbound masquerade
The Sailor an idol for the six-year-old in me The Phoenix of White Agony Creek Enchantress, A mermaid in a tale as old as time A Dragonslayer, The Awakener
Who the hell are you to tell me What to do, why to do, why bother Leech in a mask of virtue Such waste, to ever think of you again
Hey Judas, your Christess was our lord Hit and run, your will be done Never sorry, never wrong More more more more more
Master passion greed Master passion greed
"Hello. How are you? Let me explain one thing. All for her and more for me Why is it so hard to see? I see no sense in doing this Not enough for me I fuck up everything but let me explain."
I wish I had an angel for one moment of love I wish I had your angel tonight
Deep into a dying day I took a step outside an innocent heart Prepare to hate me fall when I may This night will hurt you like never before
Old loves they die hard Old lies they die harder
I wish I had an angel For one moment of love I wish I had your angel Your Virgin Mary undone I′m in love with my lust Burning angelwings to dust I wish I had your angel tonight
I′m going down so frail ′n cruel Drunken disguise changes all the rules
Old loves they die hard Old lies they die harder
I wish I had an angel For one moment of love I wish I had your angel Your Virgin Mary undone I′m in love with my lust Burning angelwings to dust I wish I had your angel tonight
Greatest thrill Not to kill But to have the prize of the night Hypocrite Wannabe friend 13th disciple who betrayed me for nothing!
Last dance? first kiss Your touch my bliss Beauty always comes with dark thoughts
I wish I had an angel For one moment of love I wish I had your angel Your Virgin Mary undone I′m in love with my lust Burning angelwings to dust I wish I had your angel tonight
The ticktock of time allows me to see An owl turn to an echo The butterfly to a cocoon A swan to Ugly Duckling, ruling to an ocean
The dead times awake As I′ve been call myself to yesterday A flower has fallen its petals Out of the petals a cradle I will
My cradle rocks with the waves of time The time of beauty will never be the same Oh, little girl, as thou must no leave Please take me, take me with thee
Now I hear my mother from the deep Sing me a lullaby of eternal sleep Wilt blow wee plant that last to recall As in silence we sing to reborn
Born to the false world, the wanderer, Storyteller, The Pied Piper On a quest for immortality Gathering a troop to find the fantasy
Led by a maid - Queen of the night Voice of angels, such a divine sight An Amazon to fight and cure This reality with her feline lure
Patriotic to the promised land of Neverwaking Dream
Nightquest - quest not for the past But for tomorrow to make it last Simply the best - way to walk this life Hand in hand with the dreamers′minds
Enter the realm, don′t stay awake The dreams remain, they only brake Forget the task, enjoy the ride And follow us into the night
A merry minstrel with his fingers fast Playing his lute, charming every lass Joins the troop with a glitter in his eye Shall I find fame or shall I die
A warrior of power along the path A hammerheart, his gallantry to last Rhythm of sirens, enemies, take heed For in this war laws are a silent sleep
Patriotic to the promised land of Neverwaking Dream
Come to the elfland the eldest said, In my guidance you shall not be afraid, I am the mastermind, the wizard to show the way
First ones to guard this path of night Lady in black, Lady in white Followed by legions of night-time wanderers
Guardians of the halls of heart When we from our homeland depart To challenge the gods of emptiness May the quest begin
One more night To bear this nightmare What more do I have to say
Crying for me was never worth a tear My lonely soul is only filled with fear Long hours of loneliness Between me and the sea Losing emotion Finding devotion
Should I dress in white and search the sea As I always wished to be - one with the waves Ocean Soul
Walking the tideline I hear your name Is angels wispering Something so beautiful it hurts I only wished to become something beautiful Through my music, through my silent devotion
A lonely bard wandering across the lands am I Singing dancing finding answers to every why The taverns are full and one crosses my path, too I just might reward myself with a beer or two
This inn the place of many romantic tales On the loft women offer their sales But my eyes they catch a girl beat by everyone A slave she is but for me a rose undone
Hear me sing Watch me dance Play that lute of thine And share with me this dance
As she danced my eyes began to shine There she was the maiden so divine How could I approach her with my outlook so poor Her beauty being much more than I could endure
So I asked if I could sing a chanson With a language of ancient and of lore Gathered the men around us me and the girl in rags Soon were the melodies heard by everyone
Hear us sing Watch us dance Sing with us this tale With a clap of hands
The stories long-forgotten we still know Performing our skills wherever we go I end my story as I receive a kiss From my girl the dearest Beatrice
Hear us sing Watch us dance Sing with us the tales Which the music will keep alive
Denying the lying A million children fighting For lives in strife For hope beyond the horizon
A dead world A dark path Not even crossroads to choose from All the bloodred Carpets before me Behold this fair creation of God
My only wish to leave behind All the days of the Earth An everyday hell of my kingdom come
The 1st rock thrown again Welcome to hell, little Saint Mother Gaia in slaughter Welcome to paradise, Soldier
My 1st cry neverending All life is to fear for life You fool, you wanderer You challenged the gods and lost
Save yourself a penny for the ferryman Save yourself and let them suffer In hope In love This world ain′t ready for The Ark Mankind works in mysterious ways
6:30 winter morn Snow keeps falling, silent dawn A rose by any other name Eva leaves her Swanbrook home A kindest heart which always made Me ashamed of my own She walks alone but not without her name
Eva flies away Dreams the world far away In this cruel children′s game There′s no friend to call her name Eva sails away Dreams the world far away The Good in her will be my sunflower field
Mocked by man to depths of shame Little girl with life ahead For a memory of one kind word She would stay among the beasts Time for one more daring dream Before her escape, edenbeam We kill with her own loving heart
Eva flies away Dreams the world far away In this cruel children′s game There′s no friend to call her name Eva sails away Dreams the world far away The Good in her will be my sunflower field
"I was born amidst the purple waterfalls. I was weak, yet not unblessed. Dead to the world. Alive for the journey. One night I dreamt a white rose withering, a newborn drowning a lifetime loneliness. I dreamt all my future. Relived my past. A witnessed the beauty of the beast"
Where have all the feelings gone? Why has all the laughter ceased?
Why am I loved only when I′m gone? Gone back in time to bless the child Think of me long enough to make a memory Come bless the child one more time
How can I ever feel again? Given the chance would I return?
I′ve never felt so alone in my life As I drank from a cup which was counting my time There′s a poison drop in this cup of Man To drink it is to follow the left hand path
"Where have all the feelings gone? Why is the deadliest sin - to love as I loved you? Now unblessed, homesick in time, Soon to be freed from care, from human pain. My tale is the most bitter truth: Time pays us but with earth and dust, and a dark, silent grave. Remember, my child: Without innocence the cross is only iron, Hope is only an illusion аnd Ocean Soul′s nothing but a name...
Don′t give me love Don′t give me faith Wisdom nor pride, give innocence instead Don′t give me love I′ve had my share Beauty nor rest, give me truth instead
A crow flew to me, kept its distance Such a proud creation I saw its soul, envied its pride But needed nothing it had
An owl came to me, old and wise Pierced right through my youth I learned its ways, envied its sense But needed nothing it had
A dove came to me, had no fear It rested on my arm I touched its calm, envied its love But needed nothing it had
A swan of white, she came to me The lake mirrored her beauty sweet I kissed her neck, adored her grace But need nothing she could give
Who are you? Man condemned to shine a salvation Throughout the centuries
Why? Was the wine of the grail Too sour for man to drink
The carpenter Carved his anchor On the dying souls of mankind On the tomb of this Unknown Soldier Lay the tools of the one who for us had died Tools of the carpenter
The one they lick The same old sick Dream of their precious saviour
Kiss them deep And make them weep Over promises of eternal peace
The carpenter Carved his anchor On the dying souls of mankind On the tomb of this Unknown Soldier Lay the tools of the one who for us had died Tools of the carpenter
I hear you Through the symphonic voices of nature The purity I could never doubt They tell me to lie on the grass And observe my saviour The one crucified to the chirping of birds