Sonata Arctica - The Ninth Hour lyrics
Tracks 01. Closer To An Animal
02. Life 03. Fairytale 04. We Are What We Are 05. Till Death's Done Us Apart 06. Among The Shooting Stars 07. Rise A Night 08. Fly, Navigate, Communicate 09. Candle Lawns 10. The Elephant 11. White Pearl, Black Oceans Part II - "By The Grace Of The Ocean" 12. On The Faultline (Closure To An Animal) 13. Run To You 01. Closer To An Animal
I am a man
You fell down from that apple tree The other day with me We had already forgotten We one day crawled up From the sea Imagine now If we one day could build A flying contraption and see the world What if we could somehow Store knowledge in a cloud Draw a smiling face on the moon Find the meaning of life Riding the crest of our time With bravado, soon complete Will we see a new one rise behind us A new chance, a new world Our wave It's about to break And we're about to dive in the void It echoes our fall Our paean to avarice I think we're closer to an animal Every day, till we fall... Can you believe We have all those eyes high in the sky And we can now see the world One thing truly makes me blind The wisdom of hindsight The eye in my own hand Riding the crest of our time With bravado, soon complete Will we see a new one rise behind us A new chance, a new world I think I'm closer to an animal Every day, till I fall... If you want it all You can have it all But greed raises oceans too When the glacier of Our broken dreams Melts in your champagne glass Someone knocks on your door Four times... Sand in your hour glass Every grain is a day falling Finding it's rightful place If you want it all You can have it all But greed raises oceans too When the glacier of Your broken dreams Melts in your champagne glass Do we need it all We can have it all Our greed will raise oceans soon And the glacier of Our human dream Gone with the champagne glass In the sea "I am a man In the grand scheme of things Only minutes have passed Since I crawled up from the sea But already I've built a flying contraption And seen the world I've drawn a smiley face on the moon And stored knowledge in a cloud ...What a wonderful gift our mind is. But why am I using ot To destroy this beautiful planet... My only home. If it defines me, if it makes me a human, I need to get closer to my inner animal." 02. Life
Life is an illusion
Time a mere delusion The cage is a creation Of someone's imagination If life makes you glow, then glow like a star You're the night, you're the day Own the sky, live in the clouds, defy gravity A sign, an aberration, your road down to damnation When a restroom illustration predicts the tribulation Let the dreams give you hope, live in a dream Let the music flow With your eyes closed from the vast garden of stars Sing one rhyme, Wait for the punch line The notes are blind But they know when you sing and Smile Life is better alive It is a dumb thing to say, But the fact won't wane away Sing with someone today When your team makes a game winning goal, Get ready to sing Lalalalaa?. With a friend who's right beside you Lalalalaa? With the friends beside you? Time - every light on the blue sky night will beautify Time - cast coins in the waterfall, Two coins, one for each eye Time - the icy tingle of empty vapour on your hand Time - a tiny crack's a grand canyon in its command Just one line, Sing with a feeling Turn back time Make all your stars align The only thing you need, the vanity of happiness When friends align They sing in the key of? Life Life is better alive It is a dumb thing to say, But the fact won't wane away Smile at someone today If the wall smiles back you're alive, and ready to Sing, Life is better alive It is a dumb thing to say, But the fact won't wane away Sing with someone today When your team makes a game winning goal, Get ready to sing Lalalalalalaaa?. With a friend who's right beside you Lalalalalalaaa?. With the friend beside you Lalalalalalaaa?. It is a dumb thing to say, But the fact won't wane away Lalalalalalaaa?. Life is better alive When your team makes a game winning goal, Get ready to sing It is a dumb thing to say, But your life is better alive Life is better alive? 03. Fairytale
It's cold and we're all snowed in
Vote yes for the global warming Reaping the things the poor are sowing What then are the polls showing? Who'll be the superseder, The builder of the walls; a great leader He'll rape us all and say surprise?. and everything is fine. The one who traps the most monkeys in The maze will win The ballots handed did not have all names in You know that? I'm just saying? The New World Order Keeps fishing in the troubled water" Choose me. I will pour more fish in the sea" So, I would need a billion dollars to my name? But no validation, no acclaim? It's like a play, TV-make-up, a toupée, The chosen one may dig one grave. For the nation. Hooray! Fairytale for the ones with no hope Human weakness gets explored And the end is the triumph of the poor, hey it's A fairytale for the ones with the dough And here's the happy rending news Told by the one you'll choose Wait, wait, wait, there is more! All the news your TV's sending, The same news they ́re all dispensing One Ring to rule them all, who's paying, Where's Waldo, Who's the Walrus? Confuse to veil the wrong questions By the only ones with the answers "Facts are stupid things" No, I don't need a billion dollars to my name I don't need a star, The Walk of Fame It's all a play, TV-make-up, a toupée, The chosen one will dig my grave. Hip, hip, hooray! Fairytale for the ones with no hope Human weakness gets explored And the end is the triumph of the poor, hey it's A fairytale for the ones with the dough Turn the page with fingers so, So long and beautiful The moon is rising down Your smile is but a frown Befitting like a tailor-made, upscale suit on a clown "Things have never been more like the way they are Today in history" "Sir, you are urinating on me" "It's freezing and snowing in New York. We need global warming" "Let's steel our wills and lose our minds" Let's steel our wills and lose our minds, our minds No, I don't need a billion dollars to my name I don't need a star, The Walk of Fame It's all a play, TV-make-up, a toupee, The chosen one will dig my grave. Hey-yay! Fairytale for the ones with no hope Human weakness gets explored And the end is the triumph of the poor, hey it's A fairytale for the ones with the dough Turn the page with fingers so, So, long an beautiful Fairytale for the ones with no hope Human weakness gets explored And the end is the triumph of the poor, hey it's A fairytale for the ones with the dough Page by page, we turn and fall asleep Then count the only sheep, too afraid to leap? in to a ravine. "It's not how many people vote and how they vote. It's who counts the votes." [-Josif Vissarionovit? D?uga?vili] 04. We Are What We Are
I walked down from the mountain
Failed to find youth from the fountain I summoned the Gods of old by a song And then I killed them all When there was a storm I sang louder After I failed I tried harder If I didn't like how the lake reflected me The lake would dry I am a human Disgraceful is humanity I am a human Destroyer of many worlds, not one I can end another animal Deeming they are suffering But this ample mercy's not for me Man came down from the mountain Blind for the love all around him The last beautiful heartbeat We could save our world, but we are what we are We should love our Earth, but we are what we are It takes care of our loved ones But we are what we are? You haven't thought of this, have you? The place we call home, without value If you didn't like how the songbird greeted thee, The bird would die? The ship we leave behind us has no anchor. Thus your only child will sail too far from the sun? We could save our world, but we are what we are We should love our Earth, but we are what we are It takes care of our loved ones But we are what we are? We could save our world, but we are what we are We should love our Earth, but we are what we are And take care of our loved ones But we are what we are? We could love our world, but we are what we are We should save our Earth, but we are what we are It would save our loved ones But we are what we are? But we are what we are? But we are what we are? But we are what we are? But we are what we are? But we are what we are? But we are what we are? But we are what we are? But what are we? 05. Till Death's Done Us Apart
You made me smile, dear
Now I never do when I'm alone Pulling on a thread of life Just to see what unravels this time, My love's a clone? Once upon a time there was a boy who wrote a fairytale Ding, dong, ding, dong, Where everything would go wrong And one day then? He found a girl he fell in love with Who thought forever is only a myth They lived the fairytale, prophecy And since slowly grew apart, but? One, two, three, one, two, three She was dancing on their wedding day Hiding deep the secret in her heart? Till death do us apart There's no sign of the love I found In your heart, no more, no love, no wonder You have tried to evade my touch, It is plain to see we're done, my weakness When snow falls on the ruins once more You're still acting like a madonna That you are not I can hurt you now? I know the pain, you're already crushing me By kissing me now? You never should have loved me 'Cause maybe my heart is made of stone But still I wonder? If our once forever is done, Then, leave me. In the light of the restless night You fell asleep with the wound, forgot to bleed For me, won't you bleed for me For the love, one drop, not more, my weakness Snow must fall on the ruins once more If you wish to see it end, you'll have to Paint your lips with the blood-red tar of my broken heart Blood-red tar of a broken heart The taste wears off, leaves a tainted scar? I am nailed down on the wheel of torment Spin me again, celebrate ends advent Beautifully rust, my pain of sadness Following your bread crumb trail to my madness The darkest acres of human hearts are Lit by the cinders of lost perfection Once in a life time love, affection Withering tree, most violent passion? Once upon a time there was a man who lived his Fairytale Ding, dong, ding, dong, And everything did go wrong And one day then? He lost the girl he fell in love with She proved forever is only a myth They lived the fairytale, prophecy And were slowly torn apart He is nailed down on the wheel of torment Spin him again, celebrate ends advent Beautifully rusting pain of sadness Following her bread crumb trail to his madness The darkest acres of human hearts are Lit by the cinders of lost perfection Once in a life time love, affection Withering tree, the most violent passion? You made him smile, dear Now he never does, 'cause he's alone Hanging on a thread of life Just to see what'll save him now, He wonders You were like a siren, Living on the island of his love A drought in the chalice of life, so bitter He knew it would kill him one day Once upon a time there was a boy who wrote a Fairytale, Ding, dong, ding, dong, Where everything would go wrong Seems that he has found you now, so break the seal And read the card Ding, dong, ding, dong "Until death has done us apart." 06. Among The Shooting Stars
There was a boy
There was a girl There was a night The moon, full and bright There was a howl Closer and closer There was a scream There was a bite He's always been a dreamer A man without a face The ghosts have silent footsteps Her only real achievement The license to be frail The beauty of her wisdom is permanently veiled No music for the lonely They only know one dance The one they do alone? The silence of their homes Then winter builds a fortress Around their lonely hearts And life becomes a fable A snow globe in the dark The light of the frozen moon The howl, a familiar tune? The bane of an innocent dreamer Two of a kind on a moonlit night They walk among the shooting stars Six words for a hapless drifter A silver blade for the brave at heart "Don't become my work of art "Save me, if you cannot save me I need you to slay me Only the embrace of my true love, Could ever turn me back into a man now? Into the man now? She finds a tiny snow globe A garland made of hay "Oh ghost of silent footsteps Can you expel this bane?" Full moon confessions, lucid fantasy It's not a dream The hate, the fear, they can't alleviate "Soon they will know But now we are together We must go, And get slain together, or fall in love?." Save me, you only could save me Or you'll have to slay me Only an embrace of my true love Can ever change me Please say you can heal me? Need you to break this spell, love Save you, I know I could save you No one has to slay you Take my embrace, please, have my true love, You've already saved me Please, let me just break thee Free from your bane, your globe of snow? 07. Rise A Night
Vast were the storms, no hope for the dying
Home once so blue, a shade of grey in the dark Then a well-lettered man saw a smile on a dolphin It planted a thought with the eye of its mind You could build a ship, sail the stars Find a new home for all of us Fare in the night Find the light We have sealed the fate of our kind We have lost this fight Fly in the dark, and find a warm, blue light One to harbour life A hope arise anew Sailing forth, the Planet Blue will fill our needs We'll go in peace and ask them to Take us to their leaders, my friend And then we'll kill them all! Enslave their poor! And inflict fear, bring the all seeing Eye of Providence down here We found discarded beauty These creatures hate their home? The locals called this all Planet Earth Close their curtains, like a soldier does You're a hero for all of us! Kneel as light Rise a night A new dawn of life for our kind We will rise tonight Wooo? We will win this day, Their leaders, knights We control their minds Sailed in the dark, and found their warm, blue light Can still harbour life Rise a night? Rise a night? Rise a night? Rise a night? 08. Fly, Navigate, Communicate
Fly, navigate, communicate
You remember, still, All the words I've chosen wrong The hand of time, it seems to accelerate My hour of wolf Morning flight will slice the sky I would like to stay but can't today Talking is flaunting Silence is so taunting The word I don't say has its own gravity Fly, navigate, communicate If you dare. I will abdicate All rights to say when things feel wrong The gate's closed for the day, turn, go away Passport in one hand? Exit the strange land Things you have not planned? Words have their meaning, like salt in the sea For once I'm doing things right I won't communicate in turbulent times, But will navigate and fly I'm trying to land in the sea, but the sea is on fire Now we have to brace for the impact, We'll crash in the sea of bittersweet depravity I can't fly I can't navigate Refuse to communicate oh, I tried today? We can't fly We can't navigate We fail to communicate We're afraid to care 09. Candle Lawns
We were like brothers
Lives entwined Kids who grew up together Dreaming of the world we'd get to see one time I found a girl and you bought a car Seemed like that summer was over in a minute Now it's a fading wedding card And so life goes on, when childhood's gone The times we've had, no words can say And all the things we do won't fade away A real friend's like a shelter on a rainy day Tear of a widow, a hermit's plea Swords of an Angel King We got to see the world in flames before the calm Fought like an eagle Waited for the dove We were the best, never knew there was a limit But now all hell has broken loose? Need you to Give my son my purple heart Brother, leave me, run, don't close my eyes My last save point's getting out of reach My game is over, let me fade away And will you tell my son 'bout the purple heart And what it means to have him keep it today And that he knows I smile in the clouds above Come see me at what he calls candle lawns? 10. The Elephant
I know, I've never been to a war
And hope I never have to see my world go up in flames with greed nor desire All wars be a feast of death And the truth goes by a bodyguard of lies They feed on our fears, War's a contagion A tiny child learned to build a wall He has built a wall He has sealed the door He has been to war He will wage war The shortest war in recorded history took place in 1896 when Zanzibar surrendered to Britain after 38 minutes. The longest war was the so-called 100-year war between Britain and France. It actually lasted 116 years, ending in 1453. One out of every two casualties of war is a civilian caught in the crossfire. There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at seas. The doors that cover the US nuclear silos weigh 748 tons and open in 19 seconds. Wow. About 50% of arms exports go to non-democratic regimes. Since 1495, no 25-year period has been without war. Since 1815 there have beenmore than 210 interstate wars. The NATO attack on Serbia in 1999 during the Kosovo war killed more animals than people. The very first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. Killed the only elephant in Berlin Zoo A victim of that madness No war ends 'till the war is won Our template of doom They will kill the only elephant in your town too Blue diamond, lifeless, formless Little Boy Blue, like his papa once too Blood will stay on the blade Children will learn to destroy the things they can't build Killed the only elephant in Berlin Zoo A victim of that madness No war ends 'till the war is won Our template of doom They will kill the only elephant in your town too Blue diamond, lifeless, formless Little Boy Blue, like his papa once too Blood will stay on the blade He will go to war He will build a wall He will seal the door He will end all wars 11. White Pearl, Black Oceans Part II - "By The Grace Of The Ocean"
Once I felt the embrace of the sea
Loved me, held me, Once I felt so despised by eternity Fall upon me? It's upon me? The waves are high above me This'd be my home Deep in the sea Oh pain, float like a flower The darkest sea refusing me? Music of the seven gentle tides Fade, in distance Darkness was a friend, leaden the candle light Slowly healing for a fortnight I'm alive? Memories; I used to have a home in the light But the meaning's still escaping me All the joy was gone along the barque, with the name? There's a face, my story in the deep dark sea? Memories, he used to have a home in the light The life he can't remember anymore Every night he sees the white barque in a dream Every night adds colours to the memory? Guiding star above the shallow sea The grave of angels Beacon for the ones who need to seize the night For the last time, all onboard the White Pearl? All onboard for the very last time Close your eyes, oh calamity Feel their pain for the very first time See myself in a dream There was a lady who was saved from Without a name to tell, afraid to stay, she left, the leaves were umber My only hope, she's the one I have dreamt of Follow my feelings, in her wake I've become a true blight I huddle in the daylight Banished by my townsmen With blood in my hands Gallop across the moorlands On a branded steed I'd stolen Building my own gallows Grave shallowed for a thief Across the isle with the horse I ride Close my eyes, oh calamity Feel this pain for the very first time I see her eyes, like a dream I found the lady who was saved from the ocean Without a name to tell, afraid to stay, she left, the leaves were umber I wonder, if she's the one I had dreamt of? Feelings get stronger in her wake Without names to tell, afraid to stay, we left, in rain and thunder We ponder, if our dreams we're all handed Only by the grace of the sea Memories, I used to have a home in The Light Now we keep the far-side of the sea And the joy we knew is still alive, trees so green A New Face, The Beauty and the brand new me? The music of my chosen gentle tide? Turned into a story on the other side A lone note in a lone vial "We are alive" THE END. 12. On The Faultline (Closure To An Animal)
I am a man
You fell down from that apple tree The other day with me And now You ask me to apologise for slowly Crawling up from the sea? We never seem to find The time to sit by the fire Under the crescent moon, Lead a meaningful life You ever wonder, love If you could one day board a flying contraption And see the world? Without me? Leave me behind to solve all the puzzles you have Drawn on these walls over time What if I could somehow store Good memories in clouds And fly to touch the moon And your hand at the same time Here I stand and look at my life Barren, cold and incomplete A mirror smiles at me with teary disdain Pointing out the faults in me Memories of holidays with you Will rain on me from time to time We have the road within ourselves To countless paradises When there is a tunnel there's a light, The thought is causing tremors On the faultline between you and I The clouds always trail the sun And floods put out the fires To flush away the signs of The loves of our lives Here I stand and look at my life Barren, cold and incomplete Mirror smiles at me with a teary disdain Pointing out all faults in me Memories of holidays with you Will rain on me from time to time We are the road, the paradise, The broken wheel of fortune When there's a tunnel there's a light, The thought is causing tremors On the fault line between you and I When I'm without you Am I the only human here? Dancing on this fault line? 13. Run To You
She says her love for me could never die
But that'd change if she ever found out about you and I Oh but her love is cold It wouldn't hurt her if she didn't know, 'cause When it gets too much I need to feel your touch I'm gonna run to you I'm gonna run to you 'Cause when the feelin's right I'm gonna run all night I'm gonna run to you She's got a heart of gold, she'd never let me down But you're the one that always turns me on You keep me comin' 'round I know her love is true But it's so damn easy makin' love to you I got my mind made up I need to feel your touch I'm gonna run to you Yeah I'm gonna run to you 'Cause when the feelin's right I'm gonna stay all night I'm gonna run to you Yeah I'm gonna run to you Oh when the feelin's right I'm gonna run all night I'm gonna run to you I'm gonna run to you (I'm gonna run to you) Oh I'm gonna run to you (I'm gonna run to you) 'Cause when the feelin's right I'm gonna stay all night I'm gonna run to you (I'm gonna run to you) Oh I'm gonna run to you (I'm gonna run to you) Yeah I'm gonna run to you (I'm gonna run to you) Oh when the feelin's right I'm gonna run all night I'm gonna run to you (I'm gonna run to you) Oh yeah when the feelin's right I'm gonna stay all night I'm gonna run to you (I'm gonna) |