I think the story Tuomas wrote is about an old lonely man who spended his lifetime on an island far away from "the normal day-life". I don't think that he was born on that island because in the chorus it says he left tears behind long ago, maybe when he'd left his
home. He lived there so long that the world had begun to forget him, the only people who know "the light at the end of the world" (his beacon) are the travelers who are making their ways over the sea, but they know only the light of the tower, not the man who spends
his life in there. In the song the narrator (Tuomas of course) wants to remain the people of this "one of the world's-unseen" and the lyrics explain how the old man is standing at the beach and looking ("gazes") at the horizon, maybe suddenly he wants to go back, to leave the island while he is daydreaming about the good old times when he's seeing the bird (albatross) flying so free.
He sets the sails one last time, of the ship which he didn't used so long and sails out at the ocean. There the song discribes that he's "saying farewell to the world", maybe that means after the last time on the ocean he's happy and all his targets in his life are reached, so he can die there.
I think this could tell the line where it says "and a smile beneath his brow". It says "brow", so the smile he does is in his eyes, I think, and that could mean that he's happy.
I don't know who s the "princess in the tower" of course it's not the old man^^ or who are the
"Children in the fields", if life gave him it all (the island), does it mean that the named persons
are on the island to?! Then he wouldn't be alone, but maybe it's an easy thing in the song I don't
check, so can anyone help me? I don't know if the rest of my suppositons are right, I can't ensure that only one idea of the meaning is right^^ it's just the things I've realized yet.
So please, someone could use this to tell me the secret message of this song, if there is one.
i think the song is about a man who chose to spend his life for others. he left behind everything (rich, love, power,...) (or you can call it sacrifice) to leave for people and he feel happy with the path he's chosen.
i think the song is about a man who chose to spend his life for others. he left behind everything (rich, love, power,...) (or you can call it sacrifice) to leave for people and he feel happy with the path he's chosen.
I think the story Tuomas wrote is about an old lonely man who spended his lifetime on an island far away from "the normal day-life". I don't think that he was born on that island because in the chorus it says he left tears behind long ago, maybe when he'd left his home. He lived there so long that the world had begun to forget him, the only people who know "the light at the end of the world" (his beacon) are the travelers who are making their ways over the sea, but they know only the light of the tower, not the man who spends his life in there. In the song the narrator (Tuomas of course) wants to remain the people of this "one of the world's-unseen" and the lyrics explain how the old man is standing at the beach and looking ("gazes") at the horizon, maybe suddenly he wants to go back, to leave the island while he is daydreaming about the good old times when he's seeing the bird (albatross) flying so free. He sets the sails one last time, of the ship which he didn't used so long and sails out at the ocean. There the song discribes that he's "saying farewell to the world", maybe that means after the last time on the ocean he's happy and all his targets in his life are reached, so he can die there. I think this could tell the line where it says "and a smile beneath his brow". It says "brow", so the smile he does is in his eyes, I think, and that could mean that he's happy.
I don't know who s the "princess in the tower" of course it's not the old man^^ or who are the "Children in the fields", if life gave him it all (the island), does it mean that the named persons are on the island to?! Then he wouldn't be alone, but maybe it's an easy thing in the song I don't check, so can anyone help me? I don't know if the rest of my suppositons are right, I can't ensure that only one idea of the meaning is right^^ it's just the things I've realized yet. So please, someone could use this to tell me the secret message of this song, if there is one.
And sorry about my english
i think the song is about a man who chose to spend his life for others. he left behind everything (rich, love, power,...) (or you can call it sacrifice) to leave for people and he feel happy with the path he's chosen.
i think the song is about a man who chose to spend his life for others. he left behind everything (rich, love, power,...) (or you can call it sacrifice) to leave for people and he feel happy with the path he's chosen.