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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica
Performer
Tony Kakko
Tony Kakko
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Henrik Bo Kristian Klingenberg
Henrik Bo Kristian Klingenberg
Songwriter
Tommy Portimo
Tommy Portimo
Songwriter
Elias Einari Johannes Viljanen
Elias Einari Johannes Viljanen
Songwriter
Pasi Kalevi Kauppinen
Pasi Kalevi Kauppinen
Songwriter
Mikko P. Mustonen
Mikko P. Mustonen
Songwriter
Tony Kakko
Tony Kakko
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica
Producer
Markus Staiger
Markus Staiger
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was born and raised by the sea, shy yet proud
Learned to stay away from the crowd
In my home, my lighthouse
Hundred-and-one steps, round and down
New Year's Eve, one night on the town
Can change one life into eternity
[Verse 2]
All I could see, her eyes
We got caught in the moment, all of the night
Taken beyond all lines
In silence, leaving them all behind
[Verse 3]
She had found the sails for the following night
The town, for her, was getting way too small
She promised to be mine
Forever, for that one night
[Verse 4]
Moments, passion, small defeats
Concealed emotions found in me
You gave life to the brand new me
[Verse 5]
Crossing the wintry fields
The first hour of morning light
Warmed by the flame inside
The lasting memory of the ending night
[Verse 6]
I never had a chance to stop what hit me
What broke my bones and mauled me
After hours of deep, unwilling sleep
In a cold shelter fell back in the dark
And the hours of the day passed
[Verse 7]
Nightmare awakes me, blinking light
There's no guide, blind ships in the night
Oh, blood red moon
Eat away the night
[Verse 8]
Darkness covers my lonely soul
No one to feed the dying light
[Verse 9]
Good morn, oh dreadful day
I prayed the moon had lit the sea instead of me
For the sails of night
Please tell me everything's alright
[Verse 10]
My voice in the room broke the silence
Everybody killed me with their eyes
Oh, what I was to hear made the people cry
Impossible for me to keep the tears inside
[Verse 11]
All on board the White Pearl have died
Coastal reef has tolled their lives
And you are the light of the night
[Verse 12]
One thing I remember
Before I fell on the ground
Although I never saw the face
A name was inked in his arm
[Verse 13]
Oh, love can be like poetry of demons
Or maybe God likes complex irony
The family name stated I had seen before
Written on the front door
[Verse 14]
Silence in the courthouse
A presence in the room we both could feel
The father of her unborn child and me
[Verse 15]
All on board the White Pearl have died
Coastal reef has tolled their lives
While I was the guide light
[Verse 16]
Back in my tower, run, run, run
Light is out, I hope to see
Black oceans beneath rise and swallow me
[Verse 17]
One step will take me back inside
Another sees my end
No one can love a man who guarded the light
Flaming eyes I must confront
Before I am stated free
[Verse 18]
Defining innocence is hell
After all that has passed
Building new walls inside
My eternal night
Although they took my heart and dried me up
Sometimes I still bleed
[Verse 19]
Show me the way
The light will show me a way on the grisly reefs
Too many dead ends I see
No soul can save me
The respect I lose, the measure of a man
[Verse 20]
Ten thousand steps down, round and round
One night on the town and I'm hell-bound
Black oceans beneath come and swallow me
[Verse 21]
All aboard the White Pearl have died
Coastal reef come claim my life
Black oceans beneath come and swallow me
My little tower, seal my fate
Help me pay and end their hate
Black oceans beneath come and swallow me
One direction, down, down, down
Pitch black night for my old town
Black oceans beneath shall now swallow me
[Verse 22]
I hereby commit my body to the deep
To be turned into corruption
Looking for the resurrection of the body
When the sea shall give up her dead
And the life of the world to come, through our Lord
Amen
Written by: Elias Einari Johannes Viljanen, Henrik Bo Kristian Klingenberg, Pasi Kalevi Kauppinen, Tommy Portimo, Tony Kakko
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