In my opinion, bits of it sound like the break up the band went through just before Century Child was recorded.
The Child in the song could very well be Nightwish, which Tuomas killed for a short time after Over The Hills was recorded.
Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica helped convince Tuomas to reform the band, but with the new bassist, Marco, leaving Sami Vanska behind.
Which can be easily fit to the first chorus:
"It is the end of all hope,
To lose the child, the faith,
To end all the innocence,
To be someone like me..."
"No will to wake for this morn
To see another black rose born
Deathbed is slowly covered with snow"
The next line and part of the chorus could be very well relating to the rebirth of the dead child:
"This is the birth of all hope
To have what I once had
This life unforgiven
It will end with a birth"
"Angels, they fell first but I'm still here
Alone as they are drawing near
In heaven my masterpiece will finally be sung"
In it, he's probably refering to their first album "Angels Fall First", saying that they're still here, even if they died, and they will eventually be heard.
"Wounded is the deer that leaps highest
And my wound it cuts so deep
Turn off the light and let me pull the plug
Mandylion without a face
Deathwish without a prayer
End of hope
End of love
End of time
The rest is silence"
Just summing up and repeating what is already said about the band's breakup and reformation. Deathwish, again, could very well be a play on words for Nightwish.
In my opinion, bits of it sound like the break up the band went through just before Century Child was recorded.
The Child in the song could very well be Nightwish, which Tuomas killed for a short time after Over The Hills was recorded.
Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica helped convince Tuomas to reform the band, but with the new bassist, Marco, leaving Sami Vanska behind.
Which can be easily fit to the first chorus:
"It is the end of all hope, To lose the child, the faith, To end all the innocence, To be someone like me..."
"No will to wake for this morn To see another black rose born Deathbed is slowly covered with snow"
The next line and part of the chorus could be very well relating to the rebirth of the dead child:
"This is the birth of all hope To have what I once had This life unforgiven It will end with a birth"
"Angels, they fell first but I'm still here Alone as they are drawing near In heaven my masterpiece will finally be sung"
In it, he's probably refering to their first album "Angels Fall First", saying that they're still here, even if they died, and they will eventually be heard.
"Wounded is the deer that leaps highest And my wound it cuts so deep Turn off the light and let me pull the plug
Mandylion without a face Deathwish without a prayer End of hope End of love End of time The rest is silence"
Just summing up and repeating what is already said about the band's breakup and reformation. Deathwish, again, could very well be a play on words for Nightwish.