Nightwish - Yesterwynde lyrics
Tracks 01. Yesterwynde
02. An Ocean Of Strange Islands 03. The Antikythera Mechanism 04. The Day Of... 05. Perfume Of The Timeless 06. Sway 07. The Children Of 'Ata 08. Something Whispered Follow Me 09. Spider Silk 10. Hiraeth 11. The Weave 12. Lanternlight 01. Yesterwynde
(Out of the darkness
And into the bright light We carry the ties That we bind to you) I am the broken blooming bough The countless sunsets of a lost world See me. See me? So alike we are, you and us, soon See me, See you On an island of a shipless crew 02. An Ocean Of Strange Islands
A mariner under a sky moonlit
On an island of a crewless ship A few decades of immortality ahead A one-man crew for a one-way trip Islands, islands everywhere I keep my range with crowded sails My waves they kiss every shore I land Steep cliffs will mock my waving hand Islanders, villagers, universal mariners Calling me, guiding me Monsters far beneath Hurricanes on the way Lunatic weathervanes Shipwrecked lovers on a faraway cay Passing by butterflies, fluttering for a day Jokers, jesters, goddesses hominidae Deep delicious blue beneath I'll steer wherever tomorrow is near Light a beacon so I can navigate Through the tempest Through the madness Light a home fire for the sad man With a begging hand Light a beacon so I can navigate Through the tempest Following the quintet Ride on the highest wave Bring me to life To them who dance in the daylight Sail and seek The starbound quay Calling you, calling me To be a part of your story Here raining ash to cover the dead An island of the past wrecks Of you of the endless sundown Hemlock meadows, deepest quicksand Empty harbor by a wasteland Mirrors, mirrors, everywhere For you of mad despair Friends who were for a time Now grapes of sour wine Lords of a single fly Still, I rue no island of shared solitude You who glow in deepest woe Let it be, retiree, the water's fine Sail carefree Sail and seek The starbound quay Calling you, calling me To be a part of your story On these strange islands 03. The Antikythera Mechanism
Unearth a weave of a lost world
Your fathers' voice no more unheard Sixty times to the sun and back I return Just imagine an awake tomorrow Humankind, reconciled, human child, undefiled Navigate, celebrate History, mystery, afterlife will arrive Outermost, reaches of human mind Labyrinth, navigate, animate Avatar of the tides In the end, to the stars Tools of mankind All odds defied This hour is ours Dare us dare From a brave old world, the days of yore An ancient orrеry reading the gods Aiming for truth, starbound, they saw Thе library burns, prophets are crowned Millenia of darkness for the fallow Humankind, reconciled, human child, undefiled Navigate, celebrate History, mystery, afterlife will arrive Outermost, reaches of human mind Labyrinth, navigate, animate Avatar of the tides In the end, to the stars Tools of mankind All odds defied This hour is ours Dare us dare From Lucy's prints To those on the moon And from the moon To the... Humankind, reconciled, human child, undefiled Navigate, celebrate History, mystery, afterlife will arrive Outermost, reaches of human mind Labyrinth, navigate, animate Avatar of the tides In the end, to the stars Humankind, reconciled, human child, undefiled Navigate, celebrate History, mystery, afterlife will arrive Outermost, reaches of human mind Labyrinth, navigate, animate Avatar of the tides In the end, to the stars 04. The Day Of...
Take shelter, skies are humming
Harmageddon, 2nd coming War of the worlds, the end of history Take shelter, floods are rising The Wrath of thunderous drumming End of days For mankind, and for your kin Fill those empty moments, fear more In this grave new world of `84 Fast death, last breath, A.I. to kill us all Horse waste covering London Martians among us, Y2K Hoard, all aboard, the end is near We are the ill-starred kids of your junkyard The innocent islands unscarred The moment of our nadir So many times passed the due date Too late, gather up It`s the day of Purgatory, same old story Cower before a caliphate glory The Big Read of today will gallow you, Keep you small Here’s a million ropes for the hangman Nightmare cavalcade for the sandman Mind virus, fear of the well-known Keep us safe We are too many for our Mother Crops will burn so why bother A new strain sent you back into your cave Obey, stay away, cover up Fear the words, feeding humanity Hide the unshot guns And the crippled dancing It`s a long road to a dreamworld All the pain and suffering to feel for It`s there, but yours is an empty sermon Made up the sun rising Made sense of equus flying Time for another fear made real A need to feel dread, gloom, awe A lust for never-ending doom porn A man-shaped evil walks among us Obey, stay away, cover up Fear the words, the feed, feed the human beast Hide the unshot guns The end is fear 05. Perfume Of The Timeless
Something from the earth came
Something for the world Mosaic of broken fragile pieces Tesserae of the deceased Born to a novel world Endless chain unbroken Silent clocks rewinding My song it is for mankind Embers to the stars We are their heir, dust on their palm We are because of a million loves We're the perfume of the timeless Last sighs on a dеath bed Time set for a curious ghost Livеs lived plain and epic Of eudaemonia 12 score and 1 chain of lives unending Welcoming as my offspring Walks me to the weave My song it is for mankind Embers to the stars We are their heir, dust on their palm We are because of a million loves We're the perfume of the timeless Last sighs on a death bed We are their heir, dust on their palm We are because of a million loves We're the perfume of the timeless Last sighs on a death bed Time set for a curious ghost We are their heir, dust on their palm We are because of a million loves We're the perfume of the timeless Last sighs on a death bed We are their heir, dust on their palm We are because of a million loves We're the perfume of the timeless Last sighs on a death bed Time set for a curious ghost We are their heir, dust on their palm We are because of a million loves We're the perfume of the timeless Last sighs on a death bed We are their heir, dust on their palm We are because of a million loves We're the perfume of the timeless Last sighs of a million loves 06. Sway
Child of mankind
Of yesterwynde Sway away the woe in us A grateful soul never needed much Emanate the heavens Through your touch Sway over the mountaintops Soar over the swaying crops Adorn your garden with A perfect day Sway over the discontent Ghost stories in a tent Your house lands on the witch See yourself It has begun to snow again In this perfect village, home The birds have flown, the birds have known Where you rest your worn out wings Sway over the mountaintops Soar ovеr the swaying crops Adorn your garden with A perfеct day Sway over the discontent Ghost stories in a tent Your house lands on the witch See yourself Some stories heal and some will scar The big reveal awaits in awe The big reveal awaits us all The big reveal The big reveal awaits us all The big reveal awaits us all Sway over the mountaintops Get that dance out of you Sway away, sway away Over the mountaintops Sway away 07. The Children Of 'Ata
Fonu oku mafu he mamahi 'oka malu efiafi
Kuo hapax koe 'e 'oseni Foki maiki “api hoku ngaahi foha Still vastness in the horizon Fifteen long months under mocking sun Land threw us there, away from world Plays to us music yet unheard We were there We were there Still vastness in our heartbeat Solitude and woe tear us apart? They say that man is the foulest beast Roaming the hills of self-deceit But we came back We came back We are the ones to tell you why The world of us, it will survive Light a fire for the boat afar Campsite Gaia We all are The children of 'Ata This guitar we built still chimes with hope Never gave our souls to the carrion crows Every new day we saw the sun rise Every new day we beat the lord of flies We were there We're still here We are the ones to tell you why The world of us, it will survive Light a fire for the boat afar Campsite Gaia We all are The children of 'Ata Ko 'etu lotu ke tau mo'ui 'Oku mau keoi lepa atu pe We are the ones to tell you why We are the ones Ko 'etu lotu ke tau mo'ui 'Oku mau keoi lepa atu pe We're all here On an island of black seas Red in tooth Red in claw Red in love, the passionate young We're still here On an island of soon free Learning to live Yearning to give The stranded a ride back home We are the ones to tell you why The world of us, it will survive Light a fire for the boat afar Campsite Gaia Remember The children of 'Ata 08. Something Whispered Follow Me
Came to be of this world
I see an open door Her waters moonlight lit Her secret ancient lore A cleanest slate untouched By a single wave or breeze Standing on a birthplace of A glorious yesterday Then one day something whispered follow me One life, one strike to follow something real Once there was something hidden within me (Within me) Stardust to dust, a tapestry in between Go find your mountain Go paint a forest blue Go build a treehouse underground And a graveyard with a view Never miss a perfect storm Always follow the herd uncalled Welcome the heaven sent Silence of a thrilling fall Then one day something whispered follow me One life, one strike to follow something real Once there was something hidden within me (Within me) Stardust to dust, a tapestry in between Follow me Follow me Something in between Something whispered Something in between Something whispered Something within me Something whispered Something within me Something whispered 09. Spider Silk
What did you weave during the moonlight hours?
Did you create or did you wait and trap the unaware fly? Sucking him dry Where did you get that little cross on your back? Marked for life, a needle in a haystack A laboring beast ready to feast Spin away the delicate silver silk of your web On your masterpiece Cut the thread, once you're done with the newly dead And weave a new one Spider silk, cocooned in unsung wonders Motionless, she looks for stolеn moments Spinning away, a mystery play Emotionless, shе picks a life in waiting Cutting the yarn, another death creating Spider silk, a beautiful spin Spin away the delicate silver silk of your web On your masterpiece Cut the thread, once you're done with the newly dead And weave a new one Spin away the delicate silver silk of your web On your masterpiece Cut the thread, once you're done with the newly dead And weave a new one Spin away, spin away, spin away, spin away Spin away, spin away, spin away, spin away Spin away, spin away, spin away, come spin away Spin away, spin away, spin away, spin away (Oh, come spin away) Spin away, spin away, spin away, spin away Spin away, spin away, spin away, come spin away Spin away, come spin away Spin away the delicate silver silk of your web Cut the thread And weave a new one Spin away the delicate silver silk of your web On your masterpiece Cut the thread, once you're done with the newly dead And weave a new one Spin away the delicate silver silk of your web On your masterpiece Cut the thread, once you're done with the newly dead And weave a new one Spin away (Spin away), spin away (Spin away) Spin away (Spin away), spin away (Spin away) 10. Hiraeth
Hiraeth
Walk with me a while By this creek of life Beneath a cathedral Of trees cloud-high Step in to this view Get that dance out of you Never-ending Longing for the "what if"s For a home that once was For a ghost love lullaby Ever-tending Watering the dead fields Living with the hurt will Tear the blue from shining eyes Loneliness Caressing me A beast still roams these hills Long to belong Bleeding birds singing songs Nights filled with light we don't see Never-ending Longing for the "what if"s For a home that once was For a ghost love lullaby Ever-tending Watering the dead fields Living with the hurt will Tear the blue from shining eyes Never-ending Never-ending Longing for the "what if"s Home 11. The Weave
Light
First cry, language of the unheard Old ghosts dancing to a new birth Knit from souls vanished long gone Into one, a Reaper's sideshow First step, open gates to homesteads Last thought innocent and unscathed Tenth spring, sirens knitting mindscapes Passion of the young, anchors aweigh He of myriad songs Of a lifelong call Cries its moment to the stars Rips a withering heart To fall apart The unweaving has begun The unweaving has begun To fall apart Rips a withering heart Cries its moment to the stars Of a lifelong call He of myriad songs Thе unweaving has begun Passion of the young, anchors awеigh Tenth spring, sirens knitting mindscapes Last thought innocent and unscathed First step, open gates to homesteads Into one, a Reaper's sideshow Knit from souls vanished long gone Old ghosts dancing to a new birth First cry, language of the unheard Light 12. Lanternlight
Gone is the hurt, the wait
Gone is the warmth of day A stray boat saved, happy memories engraved On into a velvety night Beneath a lanternlight Last night brought the heaviest of snows Melting the songs of old Tying the boat, write a new one soon Sending me to the drowning moon Far above a lanternlight I'm in the light and flood I'm in the four winds I am the waves shaping pebbles flawless gems I am the snow on your palm I am the secret stream Moss beneath your feet I am you who climbed off of my back Not long ago A sheltered song in a world now gone Petrichor The timeless Turn loose the swaying boat Meltwater, sound of spring I hear our song now, sung by the free For a thousand more tomorrows Of an incomplete weave To the meadows I go I’ll be waiting for you Once upon a lanternlight I walk now toward the trees I am the secret stream The night falling at my feet Into the forest of Yesterwynde |