Whoever Brings the Night

If you have the booklet from the original Dark Passion Play CD you know that there is a picture which shows us sluts in a Harem, so this song is about this "brides for one night", about the dark, seductive way of their unreal love, and about how they kill her "bashful" victims/punters (I don't know the right word,sry) after seducing them. I think the narrator wants to appeal to one's conscience, he writes the most about the unreal love, about the pain and how the people's beauty gets rotten after a time. I think this song is very good (the lyrics are by Emppu, the lyrics by Tuomas) and can be related to not only to Harems, but to the global society or to many countries, just my opinion.

Nicely said LastoftheWilds! claps I'm glad someone is at least looking at the official booklet. I have it right here, next to me. ^^ It's my bible. lol

The song is (in my opinion) reminiscent of the Succubus. For those who don't know, a Succubus is a demonic creature that takes the shape of a woman, sometimes portrayed as a half demon or a winged demoness (and usually very violent or dark a creature). The succubus would seduce her victim, have their fun with them, and then kill the victim and take their soul. That's basically the idea of the song; people believe in a fake love or go to something that they think is beautiful, but really they just set themselves up for sadness and failure. It can link not only to brothels or prostitutes, but even just a regular love life that never worked out; some people really do feel broken hearted or that they've lost something important when they lose love. It's quite an interesting song.

I can't believe no one's commented on this great song yet?! This song kicks ass... Nightwish rocks!

-Nightwish Fan

Actual Lyrics:

We seduce the dark with pain and rapture Like two ships that pass in the night You and I, a whore and a bashful sailor Welcome to a sunrise of a dirty mind

All you love is a lie You one-night butterfly Hurt me, be the one Whoever brings the night

The Dark, created to hide the innocent white, the lust of night Eyes so bright, seductive lies Crimson masquerade where I merely played my part Poison dart of desire

All you love is a lie You one-night butterfly Hurt me, be the one Whoever brings the night

Choose a bride Tonight a fantasy for a zombie Hurt me, I love to suffer Your harem`s a dream for free

Enter Suck from us and live forever Rotten beauty Will haunt you for a lifetime

Come with me underwater And drown to despise me no more Unholy, unworthy My night is a dream for free

All you love is a lie You one-night butterfly Hurt me, be the one Whoever brings the night

Fantastic lyrics

This song curiously reminds me of She is my sin, as if "the Bride too dear(...)" had became less shy... Anyway, a great seductive song. One little advice: bring together Cadence of her last breath and this one, and you'll get an great energizer!

i recommand everyone who liked this song to read the book "eleven minutes" by Paulo Coelho. it was actually the only way i could understand the lyrics...

Sounds like its about prostitutes.

The first two lines of the chorus are so nicely done. At first I wasn't a big fan of a lot of Dark Passion Play, but it's grown on me...this song and For The Heart I Once Had, especially.