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Nightwish - An Ocean Of Strange Islands (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Erno Vuorinen
Erno Vuorinen
Guitar
Floor Jansen
Floor Jansen
Vocals
Jukka Koskinen
Jukka Koskinen
Bass Guitar
Kai Hahto
Kai Hahto
Drums
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Producer
Troy Donockley
Troy Donockley
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
Light a beacon so I can navigate
Through the tempest, through the madness
Light a homefire 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
[Chorus]
Sail and seek
The starbound quay
Calling you, calling me
To be a part of your story
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
Friends, who were for a time
Now grapes of sour wine
Lords of a single fly
Still, I rue no island of shared solitude
[Bridge]
You who glow
In deepest woe
Let it be, retiree, the water's fine
Sail carefree
[Chorus]
Sail and seek
The starbound quay
Calling you, calling me
To be a part of your story
[Outro]
On these strange islands
Written by: Donockley Troy, Hahto Kai Juhani, Holopainen Tuomas Lauri Johannes, Jansen Floor E M, Kinnunen Tero Kalle Sakari, Koskinen Jukka-pekka, Tuomas Holopainen, Vuorinen Erno Matti Juhani

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