| Nightwish – Song Of Myself Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I feel that the "yes" is meant as an unexpected affirmation of the question that was posed in the final line of that verse. like to say: "Nothing noble in dying for your religion" - No point in dying for another man because he believes in the same god as you. "For your Country" - No point in dying for another man because he's from the same country as you are. "For Ideology, for Faith" - No point in dying for another man because they share the same ideology or faith in something as you. "For another man? Yes" - A simple and quick yes is all that is needed to affirm this simple question. Note how the answer is added in quicker than the verse had normally been proceeding from line to line. Simply to say...there is no need to even think about the answer to that question...simply yes. |
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| Nightwish – Song Of Myself Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This line for me is also a peak of emotion for the song. I feel what he trying to say is that nothing is noble in this world except the simple act of caring for another human being so much that despite your prejudices and your way of thinking of the world that you would willfully die for them, that's as simple as it gets and as simple as it needs to be. | |
| Nightwish – Slow, Love, Slow Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I agree with you there and if that is correct, then the "old man" would be Tuomas sitting at the piano. So this song will most likely function as one of the old mans memories of his youth, just my guess. | |
| Nightwish – Song Of Myself Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Beyond epic...words are to low to describe this song. | |
| Nightwish – Slow, Love, Slow Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This song will forever blow my mind. | |
| Nightwish – Scaretale Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| One of the most theatrical and amazing songs ever written by Nightwish. Marco's part is awesome. | |
| Nightwish – Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean (feat. Tapio Wilska) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Well after sitting and listening through these lyrics 4 time in a row I think I have some interesting ideas, just tell me what you think of my lyrical breakdown. ----------------------------------------------------- A snowy owl above the haunted waters poet of ancient gods Cries to tell the neverending story prophecy of becoming floods (This is Tuomas, the snowy owl before his birth, the poet of ancient gods. He wished to become a man to tell his stories, to shout out his prophecies. But in doing so he became exactly what he hates about this world) An aura of mystery surrounds her the lady in brightest white Soon the incarnate shall be born The Creater of the night (this is yet another hint toward himself but as a human. The lady dressed in white, the innocence...his innocence will soon be lost to the man. The incarnate shall be born and his innocence will be gone) Deep dark is his Majesty's kingdom A portent of tomorrow's world There shall the liquid give Him power The red-eyed unborn lord (This is the ocean, with which Tuomas has always had a lifelong love affair. The ocean being deep and dark and unexplainable, the liquid shall give him power) Fatal embrace of the bloodred waters The cradle of infinite gloom The spell to master this Earth Carven on an infant's tomb (this is Tuomas now fully grown, harkening back to the time of his innocence. The bloodred waters being the ocean, but not the ocean that he is of, but instead the ocean of this world and the depravity of men.) "I will die for the love of the mermaid Her seduction, beauty and scorn Welcome to the end of your life -Hail the Oceanborn!" (He would die to gain back the love of the ocean, now fully a man and cast in the image of a man. Welcome to the end of his life as he is now mortal and will one day die. Hail the oceanborn!) "Disgraced is my virginity Death has woven my wedding dress Oh, Great Blue, breathe the morning dew For you are the cradle for the image of god" (virginity again being innocence here, death is all around him and he cannot fight it. He visits the sea often to try and reconnect with it like he once was, but he is a man not the image of god like he once felt. "Brave now, long rest is sweet With me here in the deep (the ocean telling him he will rejoin him one day, upon his death) "I Prayed for pleasure, wished for love Prayed for your..." "Never pray for me!" (Tuomas begging the sea, the ocean for things that he once had, but when he tries to pray for the ocean itself the ocean rejects him as he is only a man) "Who the hell are you for me But a mortal dream to see" (Tuomas questioning his faith in the ocean, as he has been a man far too long) "This apathetic life must drown Forever just for me" (The ocean waits to reclaim him as he will die one day) "Leave me be Leave me be Leave me be..ee eeee... e" (Tuomas hating the ocean for rejecting him, but still wishing to return to his position of innocence from so long ago) "From cradle to coffin shall my wickedness be your passion (Simply the truth, men cannot help but be passionate for wickedness, the ocean being the progenitor of both) We shall come to set the dolphins free We shall wash the darkened bloodred sea Our songs will echo over the mountains and seas The eternity will begin once again in peace (Resolution, Tuomas will one day prove the ocean wrong and regain his innocence, even as a man) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the end the story is of tuomas before he was birthed being a blamless soul and after his birth into the oceans of the world, his innocence is darkened. The ocean represents the evils of the world but also what used to be the goods of the world, more like "Tainted Innocence" and this is what I get from the term "Ocean Soul." A soul that represents the oceans, and the in turn represents the world. At one time so clean and untainted, but now is darkened and black...stained with the wickedness of mankind. Tuomas wanted to become a man to tell his stories and his poetry but in doing so he lost the innocence. Unable to get it back to the position that it once was he has resigned himself to spend time with the sea and plans to one day return to it and hopes to regain his innocence once more before he dies so that he may return to the position he once held. Just my opinion, probably not right...just kinda what I get after cross referencing some of his other songs that deal with similar subjects. |
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| Tarot – I Rule Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This is one their most awesome dark-rockers it's so filled with power and energy...even though it probably doesn't mean anything...just good old fun power metal evidenced by the cough at the end...lol Anyway...great song...love dancing to it...makes me want to swing the long hair I used to have... |
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| Tarot – Painless Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Great acoustic metal...seriously...the harmonies and all are great...I can listen to this song several times on end without getting board...I love the ambiguous drumming...sweet. | |
| Tarot – Ghost of me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Powerful song, very much similar to some of Tuomas' Writing...but with Marco's special powerful words and style. Really haunting beautiful song. | |
| Sonata Arctica – Land Of The Free Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Just a good power metal song. Interpret it however you like, not saying that other observations are wrong, but I feel it could be taken in many ways depending on the individual. Love the solo and "hey" part...gets me dancin' every time. |
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| Sonata Arctica – The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Real Puppet Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I have been listening to power metal and the like for several years now, this is one of the most lyrically interesting songs by this band. I'll try and explain it the way I see it without being too wordy. Lyrics (So many years ago, many more than I'd Even care to bear in my mind) This is the man telling the story to the listener, I see it as a sort of Jekyll and Hyde type story. There's the man...and there's his greed. (From the darkest of all places I found you) Here's where the greed first enters the story. (All the limbs in their right places And a heart made of real gold) The man recounting how perfect this puppet was in his eyes. (Sell me your little doll, oh sir, I ask you kind) His first request to buy the doll from the puppet master. (Every night I returned to watch them The master and the puppet in the show) Pretty self evident, but this obviously shows this mans greedy...obsession...with this puppet. (He said: "Oh, no, I cannot sell him... Priceless he is, masterpiece of mine") Here is where is gets interesting, this is the puppet master not giving in to greed, be it his own or the mans. (Please, sell me your puppet, sir Name your price, oh please, Whatever you may ask, Tenfold the price I pay) His second plea this time trying his hardest to appeal to the puppet masters greed. ("Did I not make it clear? This debate is over I will never part from this puppet, my son...") Again the puppet master shows his honor and his true love and will to perform in the show, even though he was just offered a lot of money to sell the puppet. (With hungry eyes I followed them all night) This is where the mans greed gets the best of him. (The blind master and the puppet he had made) This is the man expressing somewhat of a person hatred for the puppet master, calling him blind and stupid to have turned down his offer. ("No, sir, to sell is not my will!") This is the mans greed, he telling the listener that he didn't just want this perfect doll so as to resell it and make a profit, but again, he truly was greedily obsessed with this doll. (The doll is mine, even if I have to kill...) (So it shall be... if this is what it takes) He kills the puppet master. ("Greed is truly blinder than me...") This is him being remorseful now in his later years and remembering how blind he thought the puppet master was, but now realizing that he himself and his greed were far blinder. ("Heart of gold is what you wish for?" "So, this little boy... wants to be... a puppet, for real...") The puppet masters last words as some have said. Greed is the puppet master now, pulling the mans strings, making him act exactly as it wishes. (So I have the golden heart Now only needing the voice of the master) The man realizing that just having the "perfect puppet" isn't enough to be a skilled puppet master. (Never feel hunger, never grow older My dream was to be a star in a real puppet show) But his greed will never die, and thus he is bound by its will, to perform even though he may not be as good as the master he killed, he's done it now and is stuck with this life he chose for himself. [SOLO] Cool Solo. (It's so hard to remember my life The times before the show) Years down the road now and he's again reminiscing his choices and how he's stuck to the life he chose, he may be making good money doing what he's doing this many years down the road, but he still despises his choices, as do we all down the road. (Can I ever cut off the strings? "Take a bow, now dance and sing...") (Sing!) Him wondering about how he might be able to redeem himself if ever...but instantly his greed reaffirming that he's stuck to this life. (Would you turn to a child again? "No, never, I am your Guide") The "child" is representative of his innocence and the times before his greed ruled his life, but he is where he is because of his choices and apparently half of him likes it, the greedy half, and the other half hates it. (You can see a small grin on the face Of the master, when the puppet's in his place) The grin is representative of how greedily happy he is while doing the show, he has fulfilled his life dreams but at great cost to his personal innocence. (Be careful what you wish for Wishes might come alive) This is a great epilogue, back to real time now, and this is the man cautioning the listener using his own tale as an example. (The twines are pulling me every day and night...) Even this late in his life, he can't give it up, his greed is still his master. (The show, the glitter and all the fame I'd give away for a life) This is the man saying that if he could ever get free from his greed he would give it all away to get his normal life back. (Some things can end with a word, they say This only ends with a sharp knife) (Knife!) This is really the only set of lines that I can't really see much of a hidden lyrical meaning to. simply said perhaps the man kills himself out of sheer depression and self hate, but I dislike taking such great songs like this at face value, so I will refrain from trying to dig for a deeper meaning for this set of lyrics. Overall, this story can be summed up in a very simple few words, and it's not a new story or one that's never been told before. Be careful what you wish for and put your time into searching for, you just might get your wish and years later find that it was all a worthless victory, because it has only gained you sorrow and loneliness. Be it through greed or just simple self drive, we as humans rarely are impressed with the choices we have made in our lives, and when it is our turn to tell stories to others, this is the last kind of story that we really want to tell to others. Just my thoughts, tell me what you think. |
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