1. NIGHTWISH - PLANET HELL

Denying the lying
A million children fighting
For lives in strife
For hope beyond the horizon

A dead world
A dark path
Not even crossroads to choose from
All the bloodred
Carpets before me
Behold this fair creation of god!

My only wish to leave behind
All the days of the earth
This everyday hell of my kingdom come

The first rock thrown again
Welcome to hell, little saint
Mother gaia in slaughter
Welcome to paradise, soldier

My first cry neverending
All life is to fear for life
You fool, you wanderer
You challenged the gods and lost

Save yourself a penny for the ferryman
Save yourself and let them suffer
In hope
In love
This world ain't ready for the ark

Save yourself a penny for the ferryman
Save yourself and let them suffer
In hope
In love
Mankind works in mysterious ways

Welcome down to my planet hell

Save yourself a penny for the ferryman
Save yourself and let them suffer
In hope
In love
This world ain't ready for the ark

Save yourself a penny for the ferryman
Save yourself and let them suffer
In hope
In love
Mankind works in mysterious ways


2. WITHIN TEMPTATION - DANGEROUS

I know I won't change, I have tried
Was feeling so caged, hands tied
I can't find anything feeling so right, it's blinding hope

The reaper is close, save a spot
A matter of time, can't deny
I won't try to run, run, run
This destiny's mine

The countdown has begun
The walls are falling down
My life is on the line
The fear is mine...

It's dangerous to sacrifice
It makes your blood run to throw the dice
It's dangerous, it's what you like
It's what you'll die for to live this life
We're going on and we'll never stop
We're going on till our worlds collide
It's dangerous
So dangerous
Dangerous

I know it's not safe, close my eyes
I search for the edge of earth
'Cause that's the only place I'll ever find that makes me Hope

A thief in the night, out of sight
It's out there waiting to ignite
The favor will rise, rise, rise
Taking over my mind

The countdown has begun
The walls are falling down
My life is on the line
The fear is mine...

It's dangerous to sacrifice
It makes your blood run to throw the dice
It's dangerous, it's what you like
It's what you'll die for to live this life
We're going on and we'll never stop
We're going on till our worlds collide
It's dangerous
So dangerous
Dangerous

Nothing matters anyhow
It's like I'm floating on the ground
Into the hands, there I dive
With my life flashing by
Like the time is slowing down
When the world is out of sight
All the memories in my mind
Won't leave me behind
It's dangerous... (dangerous)
It's dangerous... (dangerous)
It's dangerous!

It's dangerous to sacrifice
It makes your blood run to throw the dice
It's dangerous, it's what you['re] like
It's what you'll die for to live this life
We're going on and we'll never stop
We're going on till our worlds collide
It's dangerous
So dangerous
Dangerous


3. EPICA STORM THE SORROW

Along the way I find myself
To be confined within me
My place where all the others mind to interfere

To press the meaning of it all
To overcome my limits
And dance away from any void and empty tasks

The storm is wild
The storm is high
I can’t survive the storm

Believe yourselves and look away
From all the thrive within you
Leave all your worries at the door
And drift away

I’ve tried to appear into the core
But could not storm the sorrow
My hollow heart has bled me dry, left me to stray

Another time
Without a chance
Condemned me wrong
Send me to heaven

Intertwine the lines
And swim beneath the dark
Realize the pain we’re living
Dreamer as it need reweaving

In the memories of the deep enough to know
Centuries of dreams unending
Another way of you led tears when someone had betrayed

No time to ever go to waste
It’s not that complicated
You’re free to live your life at ease
No more restrain

No heat for shadows on your way
That try to steal your laughter
Your lights will drive them all away
Be confident

Will I refrain
Can I repent
Will you be there
Your eyes have paced
Where I’m alone in ire

Intertwine the lines
And swim beneath the dark
Realize the pain we’re living
Dreamer as it need reweaving

In the memories of the deep enough to know
Centuries of dreams unending
Another way of you led tears when someone had betrayed


4. WITHIN TEMPTATION - AND WE RUN

It burns into your heart, the darkness that you fear.
You were never free, and you never realized.
And love is a word you've never heard.
Your heart ain't cold 'cause it burns,
A desire to leave the mire.

Take your breath 'til nothing's left.
Scars of life upon your chest.
And I know wherever it goes

And we run, with a lonely heart
And we run, for this killing love
And we run, 'till the heavens above
Yeah we run, running in the dark
And we run, 'till we fall apart
And we run, 'till the heavens above

Don't blink, you'll miss it.
Lift up your head.
We gotta get gone.
Yeah, we outta here.
Don't blink, you'll miss it.
Lift up your head.
Too late, we gone.
Yeah, we outta here.

And we run, with a lonely heart
And we run, for this killing love
And we long for a heavenly heart

I'ma break these chains, ran through the rain.
Never look back, never quit work through the pain.
This blood in my veins run cold
When I think it'll never be the same
But I never lose hope.
This is my time now, no time for tears, to celebrate.
Put it in the air right now.
Never back down,
You can never wear my crown
'Cause it weighs too much
And I crush every motherfucking thing I touch.
This is love I've never loved so much.
Get involved make the world stand up.
Give my life before I ever give up
"Name in lights", you lost all my trust.
Now it's time to face all of us.
Get in line cause they're callin' us
And it feels so marvelous
Just take my hand and run.

And we run, with a lonely heart
And we run, for this killing love
And we run, 'till the heavens above
Yeah we run, running in the dark
And we run, 'till we fall apart
And we run, 'till the heavens above

Yeah, we out of here.

Don't blink, you'll miss it.
Lift up your head.
We gotta get gone.
Yeah, we outta here.
Don't blink, you'll miss it.
Lift up your head.
Too late, we gone.
Yeah, we outta here.

And we run, with a lonely heart
And we run, for this killing love
And we long for a heavenly heart

Don't blink, you'll miss it.
Lift up your head.
We gotta get gone.
Yeah, we outta here.
Don't blink, you'll miss it.
Lift up your head.
Too late, we gone.
Yeah, we outta here.


5. EPICA - DELIRIUM

Black was the night when I did surrender
I did give in to my weakening sight
Now that I'm empty my dreams once were many
Soul's bitter cry to unleash th divine

When you think there's no way out
And all you see collides
Hope will in the end chase all your fears away

Fighting the source was not recommended
Trails of a wish were the hope to survive
Skins full ablazing release crystal gazing
All of it led to a deeper demise

When you think there's no way out
And no one comprehends
Hope will show your smile again

What I left behind
Another night
Of weary dreams, unravelling
What's been left behind
Another time
Where days of late are far away
Far away

Losing my reasons,
No lies to believe in
Left the obscure to
The means of escape

Core has been shaken,
There is no more pain to break me
Time has commenced and I long to awake

When you think there's no way out
Leave everything behind
You can live your life anew

Dark days behind me
Won't ever break me now

All that I left behind
Another night
Of weary dreams, unravelling
What's been left behind
Another time
Where days of late are far away

Far away

Just another night
In another time


6. NIGHTWISH - PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

In sleep he sang to me
In dreams he came
That voice which calls to me
And speaks my name
And do I dream again
For now I find
The phantom of the opera is there
Inside my mind

Sing once again with me
Our strange duet
My power over you
Grows stronger yet
And though you turn from me
To glance behind
The phantom of the opera is there
Inside your mind

Those who have seen your face
Draw back in fear
I am the mask you wear

It's me they hear

My/your spirit and your/my voice
In one combined
The phantom of the opera is there
Inside your/my mind

He's there the phantom of the opera
Beware the phantom of the opera

In all your phantasies
You always knew
That man and mystery

Were both in you

And in this labyrinth
Where night is blind
The phantom of the opera is there
Inside your/my mind

Sing my angel of music


7. EPICA - MONOPOLY ON TRUTH

Nos docti, pensantes
Sed non semper veridici

At the Zenith of wisdom
No defying myself
To the point of reaction
You propose and I dispose

I see what you mean
It's clear, what you say
The truth isn't just a derivative of your views
Truth is a fiction of your views

These are my thoughts
No discussion
My righteous plan

Just think it over now
Another point of view
It's time we realise our errs
Where is it leading to if nobody sees it
There's never an absolute

Nos docti
Sed non semper veridici

I can be so enchanting
With words beset in gold
Your senseless demanding
You propose and I dispose

This is the way
No discussion
In my life

You're in denial

Can we trust all the facts and believe that the
Fancied wise are just and needed?
Do we want to rely on the views of the
Righteous ones who are succeeding?
If you look all around and see all the
Things that are not meant to be
Then you know it's time to let them go

Your fury can no longer stand
This haunter will come to an end
Looking for leftover friends is in vain
You'll be alone again

No more refusal
Face it, slow down

It is time for renewal
And expect no miracles
Expect no miracles when you're
In an endless fall
No regrets if you're leaving
You're a true deceiver
Accept the here and now
Or regret will end up...

Mask of justice, shield of menacing strength
Will not bend, only break

Can't we respect, can't we neglect
No respecting so neglecting
Those who are suffering in need of help?
Those who suffer, needing our help
You are the one I wouldn't like to become
You are not one I would like to become
Not at all in the end

Hear our calling
Carry me slowly
In the depths of your life
Fear the thunder
Free me from barren fields
And grey thunder lies
Semblance Falling
Under that great façade
The truth loves to hide

Can we trust all the facts and believe that the
Fancied wise are just and needed?
Do we want to rely on the views of the
Righteous ones who are succeeding?
If you look all around and see all the
Things that are not meant to be
Then you know it's time to let them go~
To let them go

Nos docti
Sed plus scimus
Non spernentes
Quod dicunt alii


8. WITHIN TEMPTATION - PARADISE (WHAT ABOUT US?)

There’s no sense; the fire burns
When wisdom fails, it changes all
The wheel embodies all that keeps on turning

Blood red skies, I feel so cold
No innocence, we play our role
The wheel embodies all where are we going

All in all you’d expect the wise to be wiser
Fallen from grace, all and all I guess
We should have known better, ‘cause…

What about us, isn’t it enough?
No, we’re not in paradise
This is who we are; this is what we got
No, it’s not our paradise
But it’s all we want
And it’s all that we’re fighting for
Though it’s not paradise

You and us, or I and them
There comes a time to take a stand
The wheel is watching all; it keeps on burning

The venom works, it’s like a curse
A Trojan horse, when will we learn?
The wheel embodies all; that keeps returning

All in all you’d expect the wise to be wiser
Fallen from grace, all and all I guess
We should have known better, ‘cause…

What about us, isn’t it enough?
No, we’re not in paradise
This is who we are; this is what we got
No, it’s not our paradise
But it’s all we want
And it’s all that we’re fighting for
Though it’s not paradise


9. NIGHTWISH - THE SIREN

A lady with a violin playing to
The seals
Hearken to the sound of calling

Who tied my hands to
The wheel?
The zodiac turns over me
(Come to me)
Somewhere there my fate
Revealed
I hear but how will I see

I tied myself to the wheel
The winds talk to my sails,
Not me
(Come to me)
Somewhere there my fate
Revealed
I hear but how will I see


10. EPICA - UNLEASHED

Declining, all color fading
Defining, time coming for me
Rescinding, my inspiration
Receding consciousness
Set me free!

Back in the day, I can recall that
My thoughts were unclouded and sage
There was no black staining the walls of my memories
Now there's a haze pushing me sideways
And leaving me nothing to gain
Taking me back, locking me cold in disparity

Where was i meant to be?
I feel i'm lost in a dream
Long for the day I can be myself

When I'm free
When my sun has set
Released my soul forever
I'll have no regret
To be free
I'll exist again
No more lost endeavors
Bothing to contend
When I'm free

Color declines, all that defines me
Is failling away, far behind
Nothing to keep me with the time, the here and now

Where was i meant to be?
I feel i'm lost in a dream
Yearning again and only to be myself

Cure me, free me, help me, see me
No more worry, no more losing
Save me, near me, help me, hear me
No more heartache, no misery
Cure me, free me, help me, see me
No more worry, no more agony,
Save me, near me, help me, hear me
No more heartache, no despairing (we despair)
Cure me, free me, help me, see me
No more worry, no repairing (no repair)

Time is just a concept
And always the first thing to fade
Agony and weakness
Nothing we can never evade
Years are cruel, they break us
Bringing on decay and despair
Awareness and perception
Something we can never repair

Freedom for me is all I'm really wanting, needing
Give me power to break out
I can't hold on for any longer
My time has come to end it all

No one to blame, fate's only random
It's nothing we'll ever explain
So it remains

Where was i meant to be?
I feel i'm lost in a dream
Long for the day I can be myself

- Free -

When will I be unleashed?
It's not the way it should be
Yearning again only to be myself
When I'm free

Unleash my consciousness


11. WITHIN TEMPTATION - WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING

You live your life. you go day by day like nothing can go Wrong.
Those colors are made, they're changing the game.
You learn to play it hard.

And I know you wish for more, and I know you try.
And I hope you realize, you know the time is right.

The whole world is watching when you rise.
The whole world is beating for you right now.
Your whole life is flashing before your eyes.
It's all in this moment that changes all.

What are you waiting for?
What are you fighting for?
'Cause time's always slipping away.

The whole world is watching.
Yeah, the whole world is watching.
You're in your right.

You build your walls then break them away
'Cause that is what it takes.
You saved yourself. you found who you are.
That never goes away.

And I know you wish for more, and I know you try.
And I hope you realize, you know the time is right.

The whole world is watching when you rise.
The whole world is beating for you right now.
Your whole life is flashing before your eyes.
It's all in this moment that changes all.

What are you waiting for?
What are you fighting for?
'Cause time's always slipping away.

The whole world is watching.
Yeah, the whole world is watching.
You're in your right.

Your sacrifice comes to your mind,
But nothing is wasted. you made it now.
You rise again, breaking out. instead that you take care.
You've paid the price.

The whole world is watching.

The whole world is watching.
Yeah, the whole world is watching.
You're in your right.

What are you waiting for?
What are you fighting for?
'Cause time's always slipping away.

The whole world is watching.
Yeah, the whole world is watching.
You're in your right.


12. NIGHTWISH - THE KINSLAYER

For whom the gun tolls
For whom the prey weeps
Bow before a war
Call it religion

Some wounds never heal
Some tears never will
Dry for the unkind
Cry for mankind

Even the dead cry
- Their only comfort
Kill your friend, I don`t care
Orchid kids, blinded stare

Need to understand
No need to forgive
No truth no sense left to be followed

"Facing this unbearable fear like meeting an old friend"
"Time to die, poor mates, You made me what I am!"

"In this world of a million religions everyone prays the Same way"
"Your praying is in vain It`ll all be over soon"
"Father help me, save me a place by your side!"
"There is no god our creed is but for ourselves"

"Not a hero unless you die our species eat the wounded ones"

"Drunk with the blood of your victims
I do feel your pity-wanting pain,
Lust for fame, a deadly game"

"Run away with your impeccable kin!"

"- Good wombs hath borne bad sons..."
Cursing, god, why?
Falling for every lie
Survivors` guilt
In us forevermore

15 candles
Redeemers of this world
Dwell in hypocrisy:
"How were we supposed to know?"

4 pink ones
9 blue ones
2 black ones

- In memory of the Redeemers 20.4.1999


13. EPICA - NEVER ENOUGH

Can't you hear me screaming, once again?
Voices you can't hear
Because you are consumed and incontent
With everlasting greed

Don't you see me on my hands and knees?
Begging and bleeding
You're smiling as you bite the hand that feeds
But will you never see?

Always wanting what your eyes can't see
needing what your arms can't reach
Thinking you are in need
Always hearing what your ears can't hear
feeling what your hands can't touch
Thinking you're incomplete

(Enough)
It was,
Never enough that I gave to you
All of the horror that you've put me through
(Never enough)
How can I make up my mind this time?
This is where I will draw the line

Sacrificed my life to be with you
Why did you leave me?
There's nothing more from me you can consume
Cause you are incomplete

Always wanting what your eyes can't see
Needing what your arms can't reach
Thinking you are in need
Always hearing what your ears can't hear
Feeling what your hands can't touch
Thinking you're incomplete

(Enough)
It was,
Never enough that I gave to you
All of the horror that you've put me through
(Never enough)
How can I make up my mind this time?
This is where I will draw the line

Everlasting need
Would you please?
Answer me and
Make me complete

Everlasting greed
Would you please?
Set me free
Fulfill all my needs and make complete

(Enough)
It was,
Never enough that I gave to you
All of the horror that you've put me through
(Never enough)
How can I make up my mind this time?
This is where I will draw the line

Never again will I be with you
No promise eternal carrying us through
I finally made up my mind this time
This is the end, I've drawn the line
Never enough to devour your greed


14. WITHIN TEMPTATION - EDGE OF THE WORLD

Can I swallow the soil,
Make it all beautiful?
Can I carry it, carry it, carry it now?

The truth can't bare the sunlight.
You're afraid for the day it does.
Hell when I told you so,
I got burn, burn, burned again.

Heaven forbid that my heart is forsaken.
Hope in the end truth prevails.

I'm gonna run to the edge of the world, run to the edge of The world.
Feel that I'm gonna get home if I try.
I'm gonna run to the edge of the world, run to the edge of The world.
Need to find my way home, home.

He earns fire as a god
But I believed in your heart
And I'm leaving you, leaving you, leaving you now.

The truth can't bare the sunlight.
And don't pretend to be my guide.
Heard you said you'd change it over
But I got burn, burn, burned instead.

Heaven can wait cause my soul is forsaken.
Hope in the end truth prevails.

I'm gonna run to the edge of the world, run to the edge of The world.
Feel that I'm gonna get home if I try.
I'm gonna run to the edge of the world, run to the edge of The world.
Need to find my way home, home.

Just to fall out, no more rain.
Once upon a time.