Nightwish is a metal heavy metal music band from Kitee, Finland, formed in 1996 by songwriter/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen. Nightwish is Finland's most successful band with more than 7 million albums & singles sold worldwide, 1 silver award, 11 gold awards, and 31 platinum awards.
Although Nightwish has been prominent in their home country since the release of their first... [read more] - Elvenpath
Spoken, female:In the sheltering shade of the forestCalling calming silenceAccompanied only by the full moonThe howling of a night wolfAnd the path under my bare feet......The ElvenpathSung, female:Hearing music from...
- Nymphomaniac Fantasia
The scent of a woman was not mine...Welcome home, darlingDid you miss me?Wish to dwell in dear love?Touch my milklike skinFeel the oceanLick my deepestHear the starry choirRip off this lacethat keeps me imprisonedBut...
- Tutankhamen
As the sun sets beyond the pyramidsTo greet me with its raysI place my hand on my foreheadTo see your chariots' flamesWatch me kneel before youHear the cats meowing in the templeThey yearn the milk you cascadedAs I...
- Once Upon A Troubadour
[bonus track]A lonely bard wandering across the lands am ISinging dancing finding answers to every whyThe taverns are full and one crosses my path, tooI just might reward myself with a beer or twoThis inn the place of...
- Astral Romance
A nocturnal concertocandlelight whispers me where to goHymn of gathering stars as my guidewhilst I wander on this path of the nightEmbroidery of the starsundress my feelings for this earthSend me your salva to heal my...
- Lappi 1 Erämaajärvi
Kautta erämaajärvenmatkaa kulkuri yksinäinenNäkee lammella joutsenparvenvapauttaan itkevänKaipuu menneisyyteenkiirii ilmassa huutoina kotkienIkijärveltä turvatultakäy matka vuorten taa(Translation:)Via a...
- Lappi (Lapland)
[1 Erämaajärvi]Kautta erämaajärvenmatkaa kulkuri yksinäinenNäkee lammella joutsenparvenvapauttaan itkevänKaipuu menneisyydenkiirii ilmassa huutoina kotkienIkijärveltä turvatuultakäy matka vuorten taa[2...
- Know Why The Nightingale Sings?
What does the free fall feel like?Asks the boy with a spark in his eyeKnow why the nightingale sings?Is the answer to everythingTaking a step to a world unboundSpinning my fantasies all aroundFreed from the gravital...
- Beauty And The Beast
Sung, male:Remember the first dance we shared?Recall the night you melted my ugliness away?The night you left with a kiss so kindOnly a send of beauty left behindSung, female:Ah, dear friend I remember the nightThe...
- A Return To The Sea
[bonus track]A star falls down from the darkened skyWhere new worlds are born and dieKingdom Animalia watches its approaching glowWhat it means is soon to be knownBeneath the lovely birch honeymakers build their nest...
- Angels Fall First
An angelface smiles to meUnder a headline of tragedyThat smile used to give me warmthFarewell - no words to saybeside the cross on your graveand those forever burning candlesNeeded elsewhereto remind us of the...
- The Carpenter
Sung, male:Who are you? Man condemned to shine a salvationThroughout the centuriesWhy? Was the wine of the grailToo sour for man to drinkSung, male and female:The carpenterCarved his anchorOn the dying souls of...
- Nenad's Favorite Song
First the good news It's gonna feel very nice Then the bad news You gotta pay a heavy price Rip tide,we slide we ride on a deep forbidden sea Under we go-so slow And you're hanging onto me And I say Oh oh one more...
- Innocent And Vain
The secrets that I do not knowI cannot understand themA wanted series printed overWords are his defencesThe battle bracelets do not fitMy favourite gladiatorA fanatic hero piouslyHas to be a fakerHe is a dangerous...
- Creek Mary's Blood
Soon I will be here no more You`ll hear my tale Through my blood Through my people And the eagle`s cry The bear within will never lay to rest Wandering on Horizon Road Following the trail of tears White man came Saw...
- Ghost Love Score
We used to swim the same moonlight watersOceans away from the wakeful day- My fall will be for you -My fall will be for youMy love will be in youIf you be the one to cut meI'll bleed foreverScent of the dea before the...
- Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan (Death Makes An Artist)
Kerran vain haaveeni nähdä sainEn pienuutta alla tähtien tuntenutKerran sain kehtooni kalteritVankina sieltä kirjettä kirjoitanLuojani, luoksesi anna minun tulla siksi miksi lapseni minua luuleeSinussa maailman...
- Wish I Had An Angel
I wish I had an angelFor one moment of loveI wish I had your angel tonightDeep into a dying dayI took a step outside an innocent heartPrepare to hate me fall when I mayThis night will hurt you like never beforeOld...
- Planet Hell
Denying the lyingA million children fightingFor lives in strifeFor hope beyond the horizonA dead worldA dark pathNot even crossroads to choose fromAll the bloodredCarpets before meBehold this fair creation of God!My...
- Wish I Had Your Angel
I wish I had an angelFor one moment of loveI wish I had your angeltonightDeep into a dying dayI took a step outside an innocent heartPrepare to hate me fall when I mayThis night will hurt you like never beforeOld...
- Nemo
This is me for foreverOne of the lost onesThe one without a nameWithout an honest heart as compassThis is me for foreverOne without a nameThese lines the last endeavorTo find the missing lifelineOh how I wishFor...
- Hill
Walking up the hill tonightand you have closed your eyes,I wish I didn't have to make all those mistakes and be wise.Please try to be patient and know that I'm still learning. I'm sorry that you have to see the...
- White Night Fantasy
Enchantress came to meAnd said, meet me at the lake tonightI hunt this song to the whiteThrough the shroud of snow I saw paradisePeace, no more liesCrestfallen soulRest for this nightLove is hereRight here under my...
- Higher Than Hope
Time it took the most of meAnd left me with no keyTo unlock the chest of remedyMother, the pain ain't hurting meBut the love that I feelWhen you hold me nearThe hopes were highThe choirs were vastNow my dreams are...
- Falling Slowly
I don't know youBut I want youAll the more for thatWords fall through meAnd always fool meAnd I can't reactAnd games that never amountTo more than they're meantWill play themselves outTake this sinking boat and point...
- Look My Way
(Intro)I've been waiting all my life and,wondering where in the world you've been...(Verse 1)It's your fault, yes, your the one to blamefor the fact that I'm in love with you.I couldn't help,myself you looked my...
- The Siren
A lady with a violin playing to the sealsHearken to the sound of callingWho tied my hands to the wheel?The zodiac turns over me(Come to me)Somewhere there my fate revealedI hear but how will I seeI tied myself to the...
- Romanticide
Godlove and rest my soulWith this sundown neverendingThe feel is gone yet you ain't gonna see me failI am the decadence of your worldI am an eider covered in oilHappy hunting, you double-faced carnivoreTell me whyNo...
- Dead Gardens
The story behind the paintingI drew is already toldNo more tearstains on the pages of my diaryTired by unable to give up since I'mResponsible for the lives I savedThe play is doneThe curtain's downAll the tales are...
- Dark Chest Of Wonders
Once I had a dreamAnd this is itOnce there was a child's dreamOne night the clock struck twelveThe window open wideOnce there was a child's heartThe age I learned to flyAnd took a step outsideOnce I knew all the...
- 7 Days To The Wolves
The wolves, my love, will comeTaking us home where dust once was a manIs there life before a death?Do we long too much?(At never-land) refrain:Howl! Seven days to the wolvesWhere will we be when they come?Seven days...
- Whoever Brings The Night
We seduce the dark with pain and raptureLike two ships that pass in the nightYou and I, a whore and a bashful sailorWelcome to a sunrise of a dirty mindAll you love is a lieYou one-night butterflyHurt me, be the...
- Meadows Of Heaven
close my eyes, the lantern diesThe scent of awakening, wild honey and dewChildhood games, woods and lakesStreams of silver, toys of olden daysMeadows of HeavenMeadows of HeavenLands of wonder and of hidden treasuresIn...
- Master Passion Greed
Who the hell are you to tell me,What to do, why to do, why botherLeech in a mask of virtueSuch waste, to ever think of you againHey Judas, your Christess was our loveHit and run, your will be doneNever sorry, never...
- The Poet And The Pendulum
The endThe songwriterâ??s deadThe blade fell upon himTaking him to the white land of empathica, of innocenceThe poet [???] meadows of heavenThe dreamer and the winePoet without a rhymeA widow writer, torn apart by...
- Last Of The Wild
Instrumental....G
- For The Heart I Once Had
Heaven today has gone awayTo a place I once called homeHeart of a child, one final sighAs another love goes coldOnce my heart beat to theRhythm of the falling snowBlackened below, the river now flowsA stream of...
- Sahara
A ballad of dark queen echoes through nightAs he flees the curse of gods, the pharaoh`s wrath.[Chorus:]One thousand one nights unseen,The philosopher and the queen.Ancient mariner in a sea of sand,The burning beauty...
- The Islander
An old man by a sea shore at the end of daygazes the horizon with sea in his facetemp is to silenceseasons all the sameAnchoress in painand a ship without a nameA sea without a shorefor the vanished when unheardIt...
- Escapist
Who's there knocking at my window?The Owl and the Dead BoyThis night whispers my nameAll the dying childrenVirgin snow beneath my feetPainting the world in whiteI tread the way and lose myself into a taleCome hell or...
- Cadence Of Her Last Breath
Running for her lifeThe dark rain from her eyes still fallsBreathtaking butterflyChose a dark day to liveSave one breath for meA Loner longing forThe cadence of her last breathWhy do I miss someoneI never met, with...
- Cadence Of Her Lat Breath
Running for her lifeThe dark rain from her eyes still fallsBreathtaking butterfly chose a dark day to liveSave one breath for meAlone and longing forThe cadence of her last breathWhy do I miss someoneI never met Heart...
- Bye Bye Beautiful
Finally the hills are without eyesThey are tired of paintingA dead man's faceA red red fair own of blood.We used to loveHaving so much to loseBlink your eyes just onceAnd see everything in bluish.Did you ever hear...
- Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean
A snowy owl above the haunted watersPoet of ancient godsCries to tell the neverending storyProphecy of becoming floodsAn aura of mystery surrounds herThe lady in brightest whiteSoon the incarnate shall be bornThe...
- Sleeping Sun
The sun is sleeping quietlyOnce upon a centuryWistful oceans calm and redArdent caresses laid to restFor my dreams I hold my lifeFor wishes I behold my nightThe truth at the end of timeLosing faith makes a crimeI wish...
- Gethsemane
Toll no bell for me FatherBut let this cup of suffering pass from meSend me no shepherd to heal my worldBut the Angel - the dream foretoldPrayed more than thrice for You to seeThe wolf of loneliness in me...not my own...
- Sacrament Of Wilderness
*** in midwinter magicLies an angel in the snowThe frozen figure crossed by tracks of wolvesAn encounter symbolic yet truthfulWith a hungry choir of wolvesAn agreement immemorial to be bornDulcet elvenharps from a...
- Passion And The Opera
Princess of lustDignity put to dustA virginal sightTheir apple to biteDrink from my thighsThe rain of liesA sight so cursedBreasts which never nursedAn Aphrodite for mortal soulsPlaying hide and seek in lecherous...
- Stargazers
Stargazers A grand oasis in the vastness of gloom Child of dew-spangled cobweb, Mother to the Moon Constellations beholders of the 3rd vagrant...
- The Pharaoh Sails To Orion
"Get away from me!Take heed to thyself and see my face no more!for in the day Thou see my faceThou shalt die!"- Exodus 10:28A constellation of divine architecture built on EarthA holy harbour - OrionNautical ascension...
- The Riddler
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...
- Walking In The Air
We're walking in the airWe're floating in the moonlit skyThe people far below are sleeping as we flyI'm holding very tightI'm riding in the midnight blueI'm finding I can fly so high above with youFar across the...
- Moondance
- Instrumental -
- Swanheart
All those beautiful peopleI want to have them allAll those porcelain modelsIf only I could make them fallBe my heart a well of loveFlowing free so far aboveA wintry eveOnce upon a taleAn Ugly DucklingLost in a verseOf...
- Gothic Santuary
Toll no bell for me fatherBut let this suffering pass from meSend me no shepherd to heal my worldBut the Angel - the dream foretoldPrayed more than thrice for you to seeThe wolf of loneliness in me...not my own will...
- Beauty Of The Beast
Trees have dropped their leaves,Clouds their watersAll this burden is killing meDistance is covering your way,Tears your memoryAll this beauty is killing meOh, do you care,I still feel for youSo aware,What should be...
- Phantom Of The Opera
Christine: 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 Phantom: Sing once again with...
- One More Night To Live
Safely away from the world.In a dream:Timeless domain.A child, dreamy eyed, mother`s mirror,father`s pride.I wish I could come back to you.Once again feel the rain.Falling inside me.Cleaning all that I`ve become.My...
- Until Dawn
Lonely nights I think of youMy life, my king and my landLand of war will turn into lightDivine light will give us strengthSunlight divine cover my landAngels of light take care of usStill darkness surrounds...
- Sleep Walker
Close your eyesFeel the ocean where passion liesSilently the sensesAbandon all defencesA place between sleep and awakeEnd of innocence, unending masqueradeThat's where I'll wait for youHold me near youSo close I sear...
- Roll Tide (Crimson Tide)
[Instrumental]
- This Moment Is Eternity
Day posesses no law hereWhere moon sheds the cold twilightThis moment is eternityLand of beautyCold and cruelFjeld chants echoingReflecting the melancholyTrust the windTrust the fireCall for the hermitThe hermit of...
- Eclipse
The sun is sleeping quietly Once upon a century Wistful oceans calm and red Ardent caresses laid to rest For my dreams I hold my life For wishes I behold my night The truth at the end of time Losing faith makes a...
- Nightwish
Oh, setting Sun,Thy red rays maketh me cry.They remind me of the oneWhose love awaits me in the sky.A bridal bed awaits us bothAfter the landscape of death I cross.Before my sorrows I must die,Nightwish I send through...
- Kiteen Pallo
[Instrumental]
- I Wish I Had An Angel
I wish I had an angel For one moment of love I wish I had your angel tonightDeep 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...
- Lord Of The Rings
[Instrumental]
- Gethsemane (Gothic Sanctuary)
Toll no bell for me fatherBut let this cup of suffering pass from meSend me no shepherd to heal my worldBut the angel, the dream foretoldPrayed more than thrice for you to seeThe wolf of loneliness in meNot my own...
- The Forever Moments
The ticktock of time allows me to see (...) turn to an echoAny butterfly to a cocoonA swan to Ugly Duckling, ruling to an oceanThe dead times awakeAs I've been call myself to yesterdayA flower has fallen its petalsOut...
- Everdream
Ever felt away with meJust once that all I needEntwined in finding you one dayEver felt away without meMy love, it lies so deepEver dream of meWould you do it with meHeal the scars and change the starsWould you do it...
- Live To Tell The Tale
A single grain can tip the scaleAmidst the burden the scale will prevailShowing what`s worth being hereStoryteller by a hearth of stoneA white little creature purring meMy childhood kingdom gone in timeThe islands...
- Forever Yours
Fare thee well, little broken heartDowncast eyes, lifetime lonelinessWhatever walks in my heart will walk aloneConstant longing for the perfect soulUnwashed scenery forever goneWhatever walks in my heart will walk...
- Lagoon
Imagine a perfect beachWithout a mermaidImagine a perfect hideawayWithout a timeOcean SoulImagine a perfect EdenWithout a friend without a serpentOcean SoulLonely Soul"Feeling lonely and content at the same time,I...
- Feel For You
You were my first loveThe earth moving under meBedroom scent, beauty ardentDistant shiver, heaven sentI'm the snow on your lipsThe freezing taste, the silvery sipI'm the breath on your hairThe endless nightmare,...
- Dead To The World
All the same take me awayWe're dead to the worldThe child gave thought to the poet's worldGave comfort to the Fallen(Heartfelt, lovelorn)Remaining, yet still uninvitedThose words scented my soul(Lonely soul, Ocean...
- Slaying The Dreamer
I'm a priest for the poorest sacrificeI'm but a raft in a sea of sorrow and greedYou bathed in my wineDrank from my cup, mocked my rhymeYour slit tongues licked my aching woundsPut a stake through my heart!And drag me...
- Ocean Soul
One more nightTo bear this nightmareWhat more do I have to sayCrying for me was never worth a tearMy lonely soul is only filled with fearLong hours of lonelinessBetween me and the seaLosing emotionFinding...
- Ever Dream
Ever felt away with meJust once that all I needEntwined in finding you one dayEver felt away without meMy love, it lies so deepEver dream of meWould you do it with meHeal the scars and change the starsWould you do it...
- End Of All Hope
It is the end of all hopeTo lose the child, the faithTo end all the innocenceTo be someone like meThis is the birth of all hopeTo have what I once hadThis life unforgivenIt will end with a birthNo will to wake for...
- The Phantom Of The Opera
In sleep he sang to meIn dreams he cameThat voice which calls to meand speaks my nameAnd do I dream again? For now I findThe Phantom of the Opera is thereInside my mindSing once again with me Our strange duetMy power...
- Long Lost Love
Trees have dropped their leaves,Clouds their watersAll this burden is killing meDistance is covering your way,Tears your memoryAll this beauty is killing meOh, do you care,I still feel for youSo aware,What should be...
- Bless The Child
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....
- Ever Dream (Single Version)
Ever felt away with me Just once that all I need Entwined in finding you one day Ever felt away without me My love, it lies so deep Ever dream of me - Would you do it with me Heal the scars and change the stars Would...
- The Wayfarer
I went into the wilderness with Uncle WaltI discovered the wildLearning to suck all the experienceSeeing the world through cradle's barsThe wild blessed me with an errant mindShowing the way for the ultimate loreI...
- Deep Silent Complete
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...
- Bare Grace Misery
Sweet boy, come in I am the dark side of you Die for my sins Like the One once did Cinnamon bed For your unashamed appetite A figurante This dance will hurt like hell Oh, bare grace misery Just a child without a...
- Wishmaster
MasterApprenticeHeartborne, 7th SeekerWarriorDiscipleIn me the WishmasterElberethLorienA dreamy-eyed child staring into nightOn a journey to storyteller`s mindWhispers a wish speaks with the stars the words are silent...
- Wanderlust
I want to see where the sirens singHear how the wolves howlSail the dead calm waters of the PacificDance in the fields of coralBe blinded by the whiteDiscover the deepest jungleI want to find The Secret PathA bird...
- The Kingslayer
For whom the gun tollsFor whom the prey weepsBow before a warCall it religionSome wounds never healSome tears never willDry for the unkindCry for mankindEven the dead cry- Their only comfortKill your friend, I don`t...
- Crownless
Crownless again shall be the queen Trophy on her grave still remains unseen A boat on the river confessing the sins The Riddler revealing the deep hidden things Crownless again shall be the king A gull covered in oil...
- Come Cover Me
Come wet a widow`s eye Cover the night with your love Dry the rain from my beaten face Drink the wine the red sweet taste of mine Come cover me with you For the thrill Till you will take me in Come comfort me in you...
- She Is My Sin
Take heed, dear heartOnce apart, she can touch nor me nor youDressed as oneA wolf will betray a lambLead astray the gazersThe razors on your seducing skinIn the meadow of sinful thoughtsEvery flower`s perfectTo...
- The Kinslayer
For whom the gun tollsFor whom the prey weepsBow before a warCall it religionSome wounds never healSome tears never willDry for the unkindCry for mankindEven the dead cryTheir only comfortKill your friend, I don`t...
- FantasMic
Part 1 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...
- Two For Tragedy
Sleep Eden sleepMy fallen sonSlumber in peaceCease the painLife`s just in vainFor us to gainNothing but all the sameNo healing handFor your diseaseDrinking scorn like waterCascading with my tearsBeneath the candle...
- Dead Boy's Poem
Born from silence, silence full of itA perfect concert my best friendSo much to live for, so much to die forIf only my heart had a homeSing what you can`t sayForget what you can`t playHasten to drown into beautiful...
- Away
The days were brighterGardens more bloomingThe nights had more hopeIn their silence The wild was callingWishes were whisperingThe time was thereBut without a meaningAway, away in timeEvery dream´s a journey awayAway...
- Over The Hills And Far Away
They came for him one winter's night.Arrested, he was bound.They said there'd been a robbery,his pistol had been found.They marched him to the station house,he waited for the dawn.And as they led him to the dock,he...
- Sleepwalker
Close your eyesFeel the ocean where passion liesSilently the sensesAbandon all defencesA place between sleep and awakeEnd of innocence, unending masqueradeThat's where I'll wait for youHold me near youSo close I sear...
- 10th Man Down
Today I killed, he was just a boyEight before him, I knew them allIn the fields a dying oath:I´d kill them all to save my ownCut me free, Bleed with me, Oh noOne by one, We will fall, down downPull the plug, End the...
- Song Of Sad Love
mianhange cham manha haji muthan maldo manhajigeum doraseon neoyege julkkeon nunmul bbunindesoljikhi cham seounhae iyujocha moreugoneowa haeyeo jyeoya handaneungenomuna soksanghaesasileun sasileun na jigeum...
- Reach
(Amaranth Demo Version)
Baptised with a perfect nameThe doubting one by heartAlone without himselfWar between him and the dayNeed someone to blameIn the end, little he can do aloneYou believe but what you seeYou receive but what you...
- Nightquest
Born to the false world, the wanderer,Storyteller, The Pied PiperOn a quest for immortalityGathering a troop to find the fantasyLed by a maid - Queen of the nightVoice of angels, such a divine sightAn Amazon to fight...
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