Nightwish

Bless the child

„I was born amidst the purplewaterfalls,
I was weak, yet not unblessed.
Dead to the world. Alive for the journey.
One night I dreamt a white rose withering,
a newborn drowning a lifetime loneliness.
I dreamt all my future. Relived my past.
And witnessed the beauty of the beast"


Where have all the feelings gone?
Why has all the laughter ceased?

Why am I loved only when I’m gone?
Gone back in time to bless the child.
Think of me long enough to make a memory.
Come bless the child one more time.

How can I ever feel again?
Given the chance would I return?
I’ve never felt so alone in my life.
As I drank from a cup which was counting my time.
There’s a poison drop in this cup of man.
To drink it is to follow the left hand path.


„Where have all the feelings gone?
Why is it the deadliest sin-to love as I loved you?
Now unblessed, homesick in time, soon to be
freed from care, from human pain.
My tale is of the most bitter truth: Time pays
us but with earth&durst, and a dark, silent, grave.
Remember, my child: Without innocence the cross is only iron,
hope is only an illusion& Ocean Soul’s nothing but a name..
The Child bless thee&keep thee forever"