NightWish -
Bless The Child
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"I was
born amidst the purple waterfalls.
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
How
can I ever feel again?
Given
the chance would I return?
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
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
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
Think
of me long enough to make a memory
Come
bless the child one more time
"Where
have all the feelings gone?
Why is
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 the most bitter truth:
Time
pays us but with earth & dust, 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"