| Nightwish – Escapist Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Again, this is another song about going from childhood into adulthood (like Dead Boy's Poem, Bless the Child etc.). The lyrics are basically saying that the only way to attempt to reach back into childhood is to become an escapist. It is also another song mourning childhood as it mentions both the "Dead Boy" and "all the dying children". It doesn't actually mean dead children. "Dying" in this case is a metaphor that the children are becoming adults and will never be children again. There's also reference to The Dark Tower by Steven King ("The Tower my soul guide") and there's also another reference to virgin snow like in For the Heart I Once Had that symbolises purity and innocence when you're a child. The Clayborn Voyage can also symbolise the progress to adulthood, so if it's without an end then it's like pretending that adulthood will never come, even though it will. |
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| Nightwish – For the Heart I Once Had Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think this is a direct reference to "Dead Boy's Poem" and "Bless the Child", that convey a child and their childhood being "dead" when they reach adulthood because they have lost all innocence. Time will not heal a Dead Boy's scars. Time will kill. Is a statement saying that no one can go back to how they were in childhood, so the whole song is basically mourning what someone used to be like, and how they can't get it back due to the "weight of the world". There are also countless references to the past and the child, something Tuomas constantly uses in his lyrics as a motif. |
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