Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes lyrics
Tracks 01. Thousand Lakes (intro)
02. Into Hiding 03. The Castaway 04. First Doom 05. Black Winter Day 06. Drowned Maid 07. In the Beginning 08. Forgotten Sunrise 09. To Fathers Cabin 10. Magic and Mayhem 01. Thousand Lakes (intro)
-Instrumental-
02. Into Hiding
The islander slips into hiding
And takes to his heels Out of dark Northland The murky house of Sara He whirled out of doors as snow Arrives as smoke in the yard To flee from bad deeds There he had to become someone else He must change his shape As an eagle he swept up Wanted to soar heavenward The sun burnt his cheeks The moon lit his brows 03. The Castaway
A bird flew out of Lapland
An eagle from the North East One wing ruffled the water And the other swept the sky It's tail skimmed the sea It flutters, it glides It looks, it turns round "Why, man are you in the sea Fellow, among the billows?" 04. First Doom
The mountains of North
Shall erupt and flames Of darkland will raise Hail to one who hails Blood for one who bleeds O you mistress of northland Queen of darkland I may wash my hands of the Evil master's blood For that is no man's doom Which I bring That is child's doom And it shall be the First doom 05. Black Winter Day
This is how the lucky feel
How the blessed think Like daybreak in spring The sun on a spring morning Like the flat brink of a cloud Like a dark night in autumn But how do I feel In my gloomy depths? A black winter day No, darker than that Gloomier than an autumn night 06. Drowned Maid
I went to wash at the shore
I went to bathe in the sea And there I, a hen, was lost I, a bird Untimely died Let not my brother Ever in this world Water his war-horse Upon the seashore! Waters of the sea So much blood of mine Fishes of the sea So much flesh of mine Such the death of the young maid End of the fair little hen 07. In the Beginning
I have a good mind
Take into my head To start of singing Began reciting We seldom get together And meet each other On these poor borders The luckless lands of the north Those words we have got From the North's furthest fields, From the heaths of Kalevala 08. Forgotten Sunrise
Once I had a mind
And thoughts was given But nowadays, in this evil age All my sense is somewhere else Once I had a soul I was one with my god But now I am abandoned Banished from these lies Long my tale's been in the cold For ages has lain hidden I know how to bewitch fire And how to fame flames I know how to banish worms And turn snakes away 09. To Fathers Cabin
O old man, good god
Careful man of heaven Keeper of storm clouds Make misty weather And create a tiny cloud In whose shelter I may go 10. Magic and Mayhem
Hey there, tiny wench
My perpetual serf Put stew in a pot Bring water for the guest Before we part Before your neck is broken You strike first Son of the north |