Century Child
Nightwish
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Bless the Child
06 : 12
2
End of All Hope
03 : 55
3
Dead to the World
04 : 19
4
Ever Dream
04 : 43
5
Slaying the Dreamer
04 : 31
6
Forever Yours
03 : 50
7
Ocean Soul
04 : 14
8
Feel for You
03 : 55
9
The Phantom of the Opera
04 : 10
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Beauty of the Beast
10 : 23
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Track Lyrics
Bless the Child Lyrics
[Intro]
"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"
[Verse 1]
Where have all the feelings gone?
Why has all the laughter ceased?
[Chorus 1]
Why am I loved only when I'm gone?
Gone back in time to bless the child
[Verse 2]
How can I ever feel again?
Given the chance would I return?
[Chorus 1]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus 2]
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
[Chorus 3]
Think of me long enough to make a memory
Come bless the child one more time
[Outro]
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 the most bitter truth:
Time pays us but with earth and dust, and a dark silent grave
Remember my child - without innocence the cross is only iron
Hope is only an illusion and ocean soul's - nothing but a name
The child bless thee and keep thee forever
Ocean Soul Lyrics
7 ContributorsOcean Soul LyricsOne more night
To bear this nightmare
What more do I have to say
Crying for me
Was never worth a tear
My lonely soul is only filled with fear
Long hours of loneliness
Between me and the sea
Losing emotion
Finding devotion
Should I dress in white and search the sea
As I always wish to be
One with the waves
Ocean soul
Walking the tide line
I hear your name
Is angels whispering
Something so beautiful it hurts
Long hours of loneliness
Between me and the sea
I only wished
To become something beautiful
Through my music, through my silent devotion
Losing emotion
Finding devotion
Should I dress in white and search the sea
As I always wish to be
One with the waves
Ocean soul
Losing emotion
Finding devotion
Should I dress in white and search the sea
As I always wish to be
One with the waves
Ocean soul
Beauty of the Beast Lyrics
[Part I: Long Lost Love]
[Verse 1]
Trees have dropped their leaves
Clouds their waters
All this burden is killing me
Distance is covering your way
Tears your memory
All this beauty is killing me
[Chorus]
Oh, do you care
I still feel for you
Oh, so aware
What should be lost is there
[Verse 2]
I fear I will never
Never find anyone
I know my greatest pain is yet to come
Will we find each other in the dark
My long lost love
[Chorus]
Oh, do you care
I still feel for you
Oh, so aware
What should be lost is there
Oh, do you care
I still feel for you
Oh, so aware
What should be lost is there
Oh, do you care
I still feel for you
Oh, so aware
What should be lost is there
[Part II: One More Night To Live]
[Verse 3]
Safely away from the world
In a dream, timeless domain
A child, dreamy eyed
Mother's mirror, father's pride
[Verse 4]
I wish I could come back to you
Once again feel the rain
Falling inside me
Cleaning all that I've become
[Chorus]
My home is far but the rest it lies so close
With my long lost love under the black rose
You told I had the eyes of a wolf
Search them and find the beauty of the beast
All of my songs can only be composed of the greatest of pains
Every single verse can only be born of the greatest of wishes
I wish I had one more night to live
[Bridge]
A saint blessed me, drank me deeply
Spitting out the misery in me
Still a sinner rapes a thousand saints
Sharing the same hell with me
Sanest choice in this insane world:
Beware the beast but enjoy the feast he offers
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge, continued]
Sanest choice in this insane world:
Beware the beast but enjoy the feast he offers
[Chorus]
All of my songs can only be composed of the greatest of pains
Every single verse can only be born of the greatest of wishes
I wish I had one more night to live
[Part III: Christabel]
[Outro – Spoken]
"Oh, sweet Christabel
Share with me your poem
For I know now, I'm a puppet on this silent stage show
I'm but a poet who failed his best play
A Dead Boy, who failed to write an ending to each of his poems"