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Perfume Of The Timeless Lyrics
Something from the earth came
Something for the world
Mosaic of broken fragile pieces
Tesserae of the deceased
Born to a novel world
Endless chain unbroken
Silent clocks rewinding
My song it is for mankind
Embers to the stars
We are their heir, dust on their palm
We are because of a million loves
We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed
Time set
For a curious ghost
Lives lived plain and epic
Of eudaemonia
12 score and 1 chain of lives unending
Welcoming as my offspring
Walks me to the weave
My song it is for mankind
Embers to the stars
We are their heir, dust on their palm
We are because of a million loves
We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed
We are their heir, dust on their palm
We are because of a million loves
We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed
Time set
For a curious ghost
We are their heir, dust on their palm
We are because of a million loves
We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed
We are their heir, dust on their palm
We are because of a million loves
We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed
Time set
For a curious ghost
(We are their heir, dust on their palm
We are because of a million loves)
(We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed)
(We are their heir, dust on their palm
We are because of a million loves)
(We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs of a million loves)
Something for the world
Mosaic of broken fragile pieces
Tesserae of the deceased
Born to a novel world
Silent clocks rewinding
My song it is for mankind
Embers to the stars
We are because of a million loves
We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed
Time set
For a curious ghost
Of eudaemonia
12 score and 1 chain of lives unending
Welcoming as my offspring
Walks me to the weave
Embers to the stars
We are because of a million loves
We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed
We are their heir, dust on their palm
We are because of a million loves
We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed
Time set
For a curious ghost
We are because of a million loves
We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed
We are their heir, dust on their palm
We are because of a million loves
We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed
Time set
For a curious ghost
We are because of a million loves)
(We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs on a deathbed)
We are because of a million loves)
(We're the perfume of the timeless
Last sighs of a million loves)
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The track conveys themes of legacy, human connection, and the passage of time. "You are the result of an unbroken chain of millions of ancestors and their loves. 'Perfume Of The Timeless' reminds us all of this amazing fact." - Toomas Holopainen (Nightwish keyboardist + the song's writer)
The album will be harder than the previous was. Nightwish fans will be happy about that. I really like the previous albums. I love this song, and the official video is awesome! The lyrics are also tough. But we know that Tuomas' lyrics are always layered. I would like to ask you about a line: „12 score and 1 chain of lives unending” What could it mean? I couldn’t find any information anywhere.
@palex I think, maybe I could find the solution :)
@palex I think, maybe I could find the solution :)
@palex I am here with the same question. 1 chain of lives unending might be a reference to DNA, but what does 12 score mean?
@palex I am here with the same question. 1 chain of lives unending might be a reference to DNA, but what does 12 score mean?
@palex This is what you can read at the beginning of the official video of the song: „For you, to be born today, from 12 previous generations…” I thought, after watching the video, that the 12 score might represent the 12 previous generations of people, plus the one going on now. It makes sense then: „(12 score and 1) chain of lives unending
@palex This is what you can read at the beginning of the official video of the song: „For you, to be born today, from 12 previous generations…” I thought, after watching the video, that the 12 score might represent the 12 previous generations of people, plus the one going on now. It makes sense then: „(12 score and 1) chain of lives unending
@palex This is what you can read at the beginning of the official video of the song: „For you, to be born today, from 12 previous generations…” I thought, after watching the video, that the 12 score might represent the 12 previous generations of people, plus the one going on now. It makes sense then: „(12 score and 1) chain of lives unending So in this interpretation it is not 12 score and 1 chainof lives unending. but 12 score+1 chain of lives unending.
@palex This is what you can read at the beginning of the official video of the song: „For you, to be born today, from 12 previous generations…” I thought, after watching the video, that the 12 score might represent the 12 previous generations of people, plus the one going on now. It makes sense then: „(12 score and 1) chain of lives unending So in this interpretation it is not 12 score and 1 chainof lives unending. but 12 score+1 chain of lives unending.
@palex It does make sence for the video, because there is a scene with this message but it is absolutely unobvious for the listener.
@palex It does make sence for the video, because there is a scene with this message but it is absolutely unobvious for the listener.
@palex Often, the meaning of a line of a lyric written by Tuomas can be understood only by watching an interview with him, for example. Yes, I think the reference is in the video, so after watching the video the listener can understand what it means.
@palex Often, the meaning of a line of a lyric written by Tuomas can be understood only by watching an interview with him, for example. Yes, I think the reference is in the video, so after watching the video the listener can understand what it means.