EVERYTHING FADES TO GRAY Tonight my life will lack it’s meaning One final step before we’re seeing... For once I am happy my little friend Cannot comprehend what we are seeing No words are needed, only a gaze, embrace... Contact the living, remember the dead... There is always something to learn, Repetition proves it’s worth Without those moments, we would not remember It’s not fair, it’s not fair, there was a time now... Kneeling down, take in the moment when Everything becomes finally clear. It’s not fair to lose it, And how... there was a time now But Death is cheating us somehow
Come here now... Can’t walk away, nothing to say no need to feel so afraid, Colors last a lifetime and fade to gray... It’s not fair, it’s not fair, there was a time now... Kneeling down, take in the moment when Everything becomes finally clear. It’s not fair to lose it, And how... there as a time now But Death is cheating us somehow ...And he’s already here. “When it all ends...” When everything fades to gray, We dive into the darkness Some things are needless to say... Somethings are needless to say, We dive into the darkness When everything fades to gray...
DEATHAURA “Remember when I told you how my Kin is different in some ways? And how you should not fall in love With someone like me, anyway... Between the lines, people see signs When they feel the sear, every day’s fear... And one night their torches Find the girl without a name... And the one who has her Love is no more safe...” “And until I get my peace I’m but a shade...” The sun lit the White Mountain’s snow covered peaks, There I see you, amongst the good people, suffering... “She is the One, the unwanted, decidedly so, ‘cause she makes our children cry. In my home town No one’s safe now Young love’s been forbidden For five-fold kisses, my only love had to die...
For the good, trusting people in town, In their fear stricken hearts, Seeing skyclad’s a sign like the Deathaura, Every night, so painful’s the memory of love in the dark. One wheel of the year ends their short lives in fear “I hear her in the wind, the bane of our town. Come with me, oh, father the heathen is exposed.” In the age of burning times, you saved my life ...The blaze grew ever higher. I was your Cunning Man... hiding in the light, Now your land shall go sour... Your own fears will destroy everything Envy consumes all, and “thou shall not...” Though it hurts, I must tell you “I am truly the One ...Behind it all...”
“Your crops are all flourishing, so what’s the catch? I know what you are, the new evil unhatched... As sure as the dawn, they will hear what I know, And recognize you, and you’ll be cleansed too...” In the cool of the night air Flames purify minds, where Almost anyone could be the next... “Unless morning finds all of them somehow hexed...” [...Together, Today, For All “I remember how you told me, Your kin’s different, on that sunny day?” “You made me smile, ‘cause I was just about to say the same thing...” So deeply entwined, love of a lifetime... But they paid someone to say their torment has a name And after all these years we get to be together for all eternity...
THE LAST AMAZING GRAYS The mystery of death before us, Soon every night will bring the light, and close my eyes Sometimes life in here is too limited, Sometimes we don’t care at all, sometimes
I feel the time is catching up with us, How many days until this hunger is satisfied? Living the final golden days, we are the last amazing grays, Hoping the young will lead the pack now
Time will change the familiar face, Brightest colors fade to gray, The fear is real, One winter’s day brings the clarity
In the eyes of every newborn, I see the future, life is just a phase, I close my eyes and see them all here beside , The last amazing grays
I feel the time is catching up with us, How many days until this hunger is satisfied? Living the final golden days, we are the last amazing grays, Hoping the young will lead the pack now
In the eyes of every newborn, I see the past-times, old familiar face, I close my eyes and see them waiting for me, Amongst the amazing grays
I can feel my heart is beating still, I can see you with my eyes, I still see, But I can’t run the way my children can, Can’t accept the helping hand, leave me You are the strong one, trust in me, You must live instead of me now, There’s no time, don’t hesitate, Or you will also find your fate
**Instrumental** Mountain sings to me for this last time, Marking the moment, I have found my place, I close my eyes and join them, guarding the young Amongst the amazing grays
FLAG ON THE GROUND
“Now that I have made the dollars we need for the dream. The best horse I’ve ever seen, a carriage and everything I need... I will make my way to the great unknown Every moment I wish you were here with me now...
“In the days when lands were few, and man sometimes had no chance but sell his soul to his landlord to make a living... In far and away country, they gave acres of land away for free, to all able to claim “Please let me know everything’s alright....” it... Ships sailed across the great seas, fortunes were made and dreams shattered... “No, I’m not a stranger, among the people in here... Yet I have never felt so alone... Sometimes couples were torn apart, for all they could afford...was one ticket.” At high noon the sound will boom, and I will start racing for the Leaving my life behind land we can call home.” My young love and the unborn Only have a lock of her hair... “I stuck my... and burning love inside flag in the ground, screaming ‘n shouting, I’ve never felt so proud, Love! After forty work-filled days and sleepless nights, the sails are lit by the lights of Boston We are free from eternal serfdom! ...and here we go... I’m gonna bring you home, my light!” Off the ship! Towards the adventure, the one to define our lives. Daily grind and a tiny room. “I got here safe, Love. I have an address, until spring, then I shall race for the land, hope to hear from you soon...” Her letter reads... “Please let me know everything’s alright Thinking about you, ‘though you’re out of sight every night, when I’m turning in, my tears find me. Please hurry, dear, come back and rescue me...”
“nine, eight, seven, six, counting the days. SOLO!” “five, four, three, two, together forever! SOLO!” I made my way into the great unknown Land by the river, and a new built home. I am the land and the land is me Freedom is everything and we are free I made my way into the great unknown Land by the river, and a new built home. Every night, when I’m looking at the full moon rising I hold you and know that we are free...
BREATHING
Know the face, familiar stranger I’m not a child, I feel misunderstood I built a bridge, you use the tunnel... now... - The rope we are pulling is slipping away from me All this wasted time is killing me... and I’ve started to feel like... [x2] I can not control my life anymore Feel a need to leave and breathe on my own I remember all the broken songs of our life Maybe one more wrong will make it all right... I just really need to be alone now...
Sonata Arctica
I take my hat off, bow before the greatness You’re so much braver I give you credit for Somehow the Grays create a harmony And no color can add a flavor... I’ve started to feel like...
ZEROES ...Dancing on the borderline... ...4-3-2-1... Hello, although I’m a static Zero. I’m fighting all your wars, While you dwell in your hypocrisy You think the world is fine, When all the evil’s overlined Before you wake up this morning... Well, hello there, you’re the local superhero? Your stronghold’s but a paper bag, We suffer for your promised land Excuse is really thin, Hide your revealed Achilles’ heel... Before a new brave morning... All you little superheroes, Fall short without all them zeroes A pie in the sky is your brave new world, And so powerless are thy miracles...
Dream up a world, oh how powerless are thy miracles... ...I’m so tired to fight you The Sun is, oh, so desperate to set tonight, Ashamed to light a lie... All you little superheroes, Fall short without all them zeroes The pie in the sky’s your brave new world, Your homestead’s not yours much longer... These people win elections, empowered by you! These wars are never ending, acceptance just mind-bending It’s a conspiracy and as always the end is here We were born that day... This destiny wrote us a life we now waste away Waste it away, do it today... My life is fine, so why would I care... Because it’s not my ass, per se, on the line.
All you little superheroes... Ones, they walk before the rows of O’s, And soon it dawns on them, how to make billions... ...Dancing on the borderline... 4-3-2-1-do it today!
THE DEAD SKIN It’s me I hate, not you at all I am my own medicine, Turned into a poison I think I gave you a lot, And not enough... I know Tortured myself, same as you, Without losing my sanity. Where’s my applause? I see no reason to live in Hell. How can life make me feel so incomplete? I had a weakness and my walls came down My tears won’t reach the ground Burn my new wound I know I cannot feel regret for anything If I was numb, I’d end this once and for all I feel the burn, still... I cannot face this day, my guards are down I cannot love myself... weak, sad clown I see myself, my fading color I see no hope there... Where I always used to...
But it’s all ending, the clock’s rewinding We don’t mean anything to me. You think? I killed this silence for us to make things right The words are loaded. Once connected, One torso, one head One solid reason, the pain... If love’s the neck, kept us together, and apart... Now it’s broken... There is no cast, no real salvation When it is broken, it will stay that way Believe me when I say this I would not if I did not care Tears don’t mean anything If we don’t know when we’re sorry No one will win today we can’t play this game... this way We cannot soar and still stay on the ground Don’t wanna see me, hear me, hate me... “Hate, hate, hate”
I fear your words, the things they mirror Maybe that is all I am, just a reflection... please help me..
Jealousy’s a phantom, Something that was never, ever meant to find me But now its pale green eyes have destroyed everything
I see no reason to live in Hell When you smile, you make me feel incomplete
You know how it must hurt, and I know, There is nothing you’ve done to deserve this.
Apology’s a policy, Sometimes it really has to be, it’s kept me afloat thus far... This sure nuf’s one nice loose noose, perfect times... Are we happy in this hell? Is there someone who can measure... Whose pain is bigger? It all has ended, the clock’s rewinded. We don’t mean anything to me. You think? I killed this silence for you to end the night The words are loaded Unprotected, one torso, no head One valid reason, the life’s suspended If love’s the neck that kept us together, and apart... Now it’s broken... There’s no cast, no real solution When it is broken, it will stay that way Believe me when I say this I would not if I did not care Who needs who, when and what the hell for? Who wants to suffer and be hardcore? And who’s strong enough to peel off the dead skin... I cannot face this day, my guards are down.
JULIET These are my final lines I’ve lived all my nine lives My nights are over Cannot feel your heart anymore I lived only through you My scar, my heart, my truth I do not want to die But no more can I love you!!! How hard it is to understand My wish to die hand in hand This night’s like a dream You will be the last thing I will see I hold your hand, close my eyes And all I love finally dies Drank the poison most foul with you But why do you smile? Don’t smile Don’t you smile You were supposed to wither away with me, so, Juliet Please don’t smile I’m paralyzed and you are still alive Life is but a long, sad game Drifting souls avoiding shame Two dead swans is all we need To pave the winding memory lane No hellos, no bad goodbyes Wailing, distant, silent cries You can live with my pain It’s your own you cannot take You played the game and lost I wonder how you can Hold the cards for a dead man
The light and the clarity A welcome change for the life in the darkness Sea of my sanity Lost in the vanity All I ever wanted, to be lost in you My burden, the hatred (My own reality) My own reality Mirrors and smoke (Mirrors and smoke) The final truth unfolds (Your reality) Your reality Mirrors my hopes Where you will need me (They[‘ll] never find us again once the trail has gone cold) They[‘ll] never find us again once the trail has gone cold I’m a restless soul, I’ll make the best ghost All things good end into a... Minute of silence I get myself in line One minute of silence To face my own demise One minute of silence This is not what I signed for One minute of silence You double-crossing filthy whore I sit with someone in the dark I’m so afraid to see it’s me again You had a change of heart Now we’re all getting hurt
Ladies and gentlemen Welcome to my life again Walk with me, every curve, every bend This promenade that seems to come to an end You know what you meant to me Emptied the room in your life that I paid for When I lost my sanity I made a mess, now I am here to clean It is too late to regret anything tonight After what has come to light You have played me for a fool for all this time The story may rewrite itself after I’m gone One more breath, the day will dawn Hard is it to understand My wish to die hand in hand These wounds stay open all night long You are the last thing I will see I lived only by you My scar, my heart, my truth My sole reason to die There’s no life without you These are my final lines I’ve used all my nine lives My life is over Cannot feel your heart anymore I lived only by you My scar, my heart, my truth Have no reason to live I can’t feel the love anymore This is... the end... Why...? You’re closing my eyes...
NO DREAM CAN HEAL A BROKEN HEART My dream, it seems, fails to see the mornings My one and only aim I hear you breathe, I’m not alone in the darkness I feel something on my lips I should not One, too many poisoned kisses And I’m drowning in your deepest sea I found my destiny, something I’m here for I’m knockin’ on my heaven’s door
Johanna Kurkela: “Why do you fear to long for my love, please be strong. If your heart can hear a song, you can’t go wrong... So repose your trust in me, save this love, live and see If the life beyond this dream is what you seek...” “Fill your deepest wishes, Come take my poison kisses Life is too short, this golden hour lasts for a lifetime...”
One day we will run out of tomorrows And yesterday’s become the stuff our dreams are made of Give me your poison kiss, Now, come night, I need my sleeping wish Until today, I lived in the shadow world Help me dream again, somehow kiss me now Now heart is speaking, brain’s defeated Independent thought deleted With your poisoned lips Oh, come night, I want my missing wish One too many poisoned kisses Help me get one kiss, somehow And I’m drowning in your deepest sea Hold me now I found my destiny, something I’m here for I’m knockin’ on my heaven’s door No dream can heal a broken heart When we’re apart... And the map to find my sleepin wishes Is hidden where I cannot see ...On the sea of wishes When I’m awake, I need your poison kisses My dream that no one misses To fall back in a living dream... Tears me apart, always somehow
AS IF THE WORLD WASN’T ENDING Started a dangerous game that´s not won by The person who made the first move Chose to be targeted by all those eyes And now, some of you think I´m a fool...
While the spotlight’s seeking me... Forget the world for now, my Love, And live these days with me As if the world wasn´t ending...
I guess I am guilty, I´m only a man But this world is imperfect too, And that just has to do...
...cheers...
I chose not to hear what the smart people said. And instead played my cards like a fool Every day took a chance to get caught in the fire, These flames do not burn like I do... I wait in line to be hung by the neck, Until everyone sees I´m right I need to have my chains
Masks removed we hide here While the spotlight’s seeking me... Forget the world for now, my Love, And live these days with me As if the world wasn´t ending... Take me where I cannot hear The people calling me... Pour Whisky, Brandy, Vodka... Come and live this night with me... As if the world wasn´t ending---
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE Now I am crawling in (my crawling skin) I can’t wake up anymore (can’t find the door) I try to make a deal (with myself) to avoid the blinding door... (once again) The party’s over, the flies are back, Unexplained. Mean and bad. The deepest wound, still no scab. Full HD sci-fi scream, The time is out, mind is clean, it’s blank I’m missing a little time... I found a truth beneath the lie Buried deep, explain me why The world is upside down... I do not know a soul in here, But i can remember the faces And the truth is in their eyes... Everything’s mixed with gray Say g’nite and welcome the day cannot see hues, So that is why the grays wear green? I don’t like this state of mind... I can see, but I can’t find it, Horrified to see what the following two days will bring Can I trust my own eyes? Is that me in disguise? Is this bliss or am I insane? Found the thin red line of madness Far from the Skyland Mountain...
I found a truth beneath a lie Buried deep, explain me why The world is upside down... I do not know a soul in here But I can remember the faces... The truth is in their eyes... Don’t really want to know... Don’t want to go out there... I feel hypnotized... The truth is somewhere... Wake up, I only want to wake up Don’t wanna fall asleep, but I’m already dreaming I feel my skin is peeling off. What I’ve been concealing? Something underneath... My crawling skin (my crawling skin) I can’t wake up anymore (not anymore) I’ve seen how this will end... (oh it will end) Don’t want to soak anymore... The truth is out there. Somewhere between two fairy tales, Caught somewhere deep between someone’s truth and a lie Another really rainy morning, it’s a perfect day... I’m too tired to be hypnotized now It’s all to real for me anyway Wake up, I only want to wake up, Don’t wanna fall asleep, but I’m already dreaming I feel my skin is peeling off. What I’ve been concealing? Something underneath my crawling skin...