Band: Nightwish
Album: Once
Release Date: 7 June 2004
Release Date: 7 June 2004
Genre: Symphonic, Power Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Cover Art by: Markus Mayer
Producer: Tuomas Holopainen, Tero Kinnunen
- Line Up CD: from left -
* Tuomas Holopainen: Keyboards, Piano
* Jukka Nevalainen: Drums, Percussion
* Tarja Turunen: Lead Vocals
* Marco Hietala: Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Emppu Vuorinen: Guitars
01. Dark Chest Of Wonders - Lyrics:
Once I had a dream
And this is it
Once there was a child's dream
One night the clock struck twelve
The window open wide
Once there was a child's heart
The age I learned to fly
And took a step outside
Once I knew all the tales
It's time to turn back time
Follow the pale moonlight
Once I wished for this night
Faith brought me here
It's time to cut the rope and fly
Fly to a dream
Far across the sea
All the burdens gone
Open the chest once more
Dark chest of wonders
Seen through the eyes
Of the one with pure heart
Once so long ago
The one in the Big Blue is what the world stole from me
This night will bring him back to me
Fly to a dream
Far across the sea
All the burdens gone
Open the chest once more
Dark chest of wonders
Seen through the eyes
Of the one with pure heart
Once so long ago
Fly to a dream
Far across the sea
All the burdens gone
Open the chest once more
Dark chest of wonders
Seen through the eyes
Of the one with pure heart
Once so long ago
02. Wish I Had An Angel - Lyrics:
I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
I wish I had your angel tonight
Deep into a dying day
I took a step outside an innocent heart
Prepare to hate me fall when I may
This night will hurt you like never before
Old loves, they die hard
Old lies, they die harder
I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
I wish I had your angel
Your Virgin Mary undone
I'm in love with my lust
Burning angel wings to dust
I wish I had your angel tonight
I'm going down so frail and cruel
Drunken disguise changes all the rules
Old loves, they die hard
Old lies, they die harder
I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
I wish I had your angel
Your Virgin Mary undone
I'm in love with my lust
Burning angel wings to dust
I wish I had your angel tonight
Greatest thrill, not to kill
But to have the prize of the night
Hypocrite, wanna be friend
13th disciple, who betrayed me for nothing
Last dance, first kiss
Your touch, my bliss
Beauty always comes with dark thoughts
I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
I wish I had your angel
Your Virgin Mary undone
I'm in love with my lust
Burning angel wings to dust
I wish I had your angel tonight
I wish I had an angel
I wish I had an angel
I wish I had an angel
I wish I had an angel
03. Nemo - Lyrics:
This is me for forever
One of the lost ones
The one without a name
Without an honest heart as compass
This is me for forever
One without a name
These lines the last endeavor
To find the missing lifeline
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
My flower withered between
The pages two and three
The once and forever bloom
Gone with my sins
Walk the dark path, sleep with angels
Call the past for help
Touch me with your love
And reveal to me my true name
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
Oh, how I wish to dream again
Once and for all and all for once
Nemo my name for evermore
Nemo sailing home
Nemo letting go
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
Oh, how I wish to dream again
Once and for all and all for once
Nemo my name for evermore
Name for evermore
04. Planet Hell - Lyrics:
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 blood red carpets before me
Behold this fair creation of God
My only wish to leave behind
All the days of the earth
And 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 never ending
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
05. Creek Mary's Blood - Lyrics:
[Featuring: John Two-Hawks]
Soon I will be here no more
You'll hear my tale through my blood
Through my people and the eagle's cry
The bear within will never lay to rest
Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears
White man came, saw the Blessed Land
We cared, you took, you fought, we lost
Not the war but an unfair fight
Sceneries painted beautiful in blood
Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears, once we were here
Where we have lived since the world began
Since time itself gave us this land
Our souls will join again the wild
Our home in peace and war and death
Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears, once we were here
Where we have lived since the world began
Since time itself gave us this land
Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears, once we were here
Where we have lived since the world began
Since time itself gave us this land
06. The Siren - Lyrics:
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?
07. Dead Gardens - Lyrics:
[Featuring: Jouni Hynynen]
The story behind the painting I drew is already told
No more tear stains on the pages of my diary
Tired but unable to give up
Since I'm responsible for the lives I saved
The play is done
The curtain's down
All the tales are told
All the orchids gone
Lost in my own world
Now I care for dead gardens
My song is little worth anymore
Time to lay this weary pen aside
The play is done
The curtain's down
Where are the wolves, the underwater moon
The eleven path, the haven of youth
Lagoons of the starlit sea?
Have I felt enough for one man's deed
Or is it time to challenge the Ancient of Days
And let the virgin conceive?
All the tales are told
All the orchids gone
All the tales are told
All the orchids gone
Lost in my own world
Now I care for dead gardens
08. Romanticide - Lyrics:
God love and rest my soul
With this sundown never ending
The feel is gone yet you ain't gonna see me fail
I am the decadence of your world
I am an eider covered in oil
Happy hunting, you double faced carnivore
Tell me why no heart to cry
Hang me high
The music is dead, the amen is said
The kiss of faith is what I beg
A loving heart and soul for sale
Tell me why no heart to cry
Hang me high
Leave me be and cease to tell me
How to feel to grieve, to shield myself from evil
Leave me be, OD of lies is killing
Me, romanticide 'til love do me part
See me ruined by my own creations
Leave me be and cease to tell me
How to feel, to grieve, to shield myself from evil
Leave me be, OD of lies is killing
Me, romanticide 'til love do me part
Dead boy's alive but without sense
I need a near-death experience
Heart once bold now turned to stone
Perfection, my messenger from hell
Wine turns to water
Campfires freeze, love letters burn
Romance is lost
Lord, let me be wrong in this pain
Temporary pain, eternal shame
To take part in this devil's chess game
Spit on me, let go, get rid of me
And try to survive your stupidity
09. Ghost Love Score - Lyrics:
We used to swim in the same moonlight waters
Oceans away from the wakeful day
My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
If you be the one to
Cut me I'll bleed forever
Scent of the sea before the waking of the world
Brings me to thee into the blue memory
My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
If you be the one to
Cut me I'll bleed forever
Into the blue memory
A siren from the deep came to me
Sang my name my longing
Still I write my songs about the dream of mine
Worth everything I may ever be
The child will be born again
The siren carried him to me
First of them true loves
Singing on the shoulders
Of an angel without care for love 'n loss
Bring me home or leave me be
My love in the dark heart of the night
I have lost the path before me
The one behind will lead me
Take me
Cure me
Kill me
Bring me home
Every way
Every day
Just another loop in the hangman's noose
Take me, cure me, kill me, bring me home
Every way, every day I keep on watching us sleep
Relive the old sin of Adam and Eve
Of you and me, forgive the adoring beast
Redeem me into childhood
Show me myself without the shell
Like the advent of May
I'll be there when you say
Time to never hold our love
My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
You were the one to cut me
So I'll bleed forever
10. Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan - Lyrics:
Kerran vain haaveeni nhd sain
En pienuutta alla thtien tuntenut
Kerran sain kehtooni kalterit
Vankina sielt kirjett kirjoitan
Luojani, luoksesi anna minun
Tulla siksi miksi lapseni minua luulee
Sinussa maailman kauneus
Josta kuolema teki minusta taiteilijan
Luojani, luoksesi anna minun
Tulla siksi miksi lapseni minua luulee
Oman taivaan tanne loin
Anna minun paasta pois
11. Higher Than Hope - Lyrics:
Time, it took the most of me
And left me with no key
To unlock the chest of remedy
Mother, the pain ain't hurting me
But the love that I feel
When you hold me near
The hopes were high
The choirs were vast
Now my dreams are left to live through you
Red sun rising
Drown without inhaling
Within the dark holds hard
Red sun rising
Curtain falling
Higher than hope my cure lies
Passion tide, an angel by my side
But no Christ to end this war
To deliver my soul from the sword
Hope has shown me a scenery
Paradise poetry
With first snow I'll be gone
The hopes were high
The choirs were vast
Now my dreams are left to live through you
Red sun rising
Drown without inhaling
Within the dark holds hard
Red sun rising
Curtain falling
Higher than hope my cure lies
I just would like to think that
Not why it happened to me
But why was I saved?
What else could I do now?
Your death saved me
Being in the dark about something
I can't even tell you how scary it is
You don't know what's inside
You don't know what's gonna happen to you
And the best way to put somebody at ease is to inform him
Even if it's the grim truth
Red sun rising
Drown without inhaling
Within the dark holds hard
Red sun rising
Curtain falling
Higher than hope my cure lies
Red sun rising
Drown without inhaling
Within the dark holds hard
Red sun rising
Curtain falling
Higher than hope my cure lies
Cover Art by: Markus Mayer
Producer: Tuomas Holopainen, Tero Kinnunen
* Tuomas Holopainen: Keyboards, Piano
* Jukka Nevalainen: Drums, Percussion
* Tarja Turunen: Lead Vocals
* Marco Hietala: Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Emppu Vuorinen: Guitars
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(Finland: Kitee, North Karelia)   |
01. Dark Chest Of Wonders - Lyrics:
Once I had a dream
And this is it
Once there was a child's dream
One night the clock struck twelve
The window open wide
Once there was a child's heart
The age I learned to fly
And took a step outside
Once I knew all the tales
It's time to turn back time
Follow the pale moonlight
Once I wished for this night
Faith brought me here
It's time to cut the rope and fly
Fly to a dream
Far across the sea
All the burdens gone
Open the chest once more
Dark chest of wonders
Seen through the eyes
Of the one with pure heart
Once so long ago
The one in the Big Blue is what the world stole from me
This night will bring him back to me
Fly to a dream
Far across the sea
All the burdens gone
Open the chest once more
Dark chest of wonders
Seen through the eyes
Of the one with pure heart
Once so long ago
Fly to a dream
Far across the sea
All the burdens gone
Open the chest once more
Dark chest of wonders
Seen through the eyes
Of the one with pure heart
Once so long ago
02. Wish I Had An Angel - Lyrics:
I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
I wish I had your angel tonight
Deep into a dying day
I took a step outside an innocent heart
Prepare to hate me fall when I may
This night will hurt you like never before
Old loves, they die hard
Old lies, they die harder
I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
I wish I had your angel
Your Virgin Mary undone
I'm in love with my lust
Burning angel wings to dust
I wish I had your angel tonight
I'm going down so frail and cruel
Drunken disguise changes all the rules
Old loves, they die hard
Old lies, they die harder
I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
I wish I had your angel
Your Virgin Mary undone
I'm in love with my lust
Burning angel wings to dust
I wish I had your angel tonight
Greatest thrill, not to kill
But to have the prize of the night
Hypocrite, wanna be friend
13th disciple, who betrayed me for nothing
Last dance, first kiss
Your touch, my bliss
Beauty always comes with dark thoughts
I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
I wish I had your angel
Your Virgin Mary undone
I'm in love with my lust
Burning angel wings to dust
I wish I had your angel tonight
I wish I had an angel
I wish I had an angel
I wish I had an angel
I wish I had an angel
03. Nemo - Lyrics:
This is me for forever
One of the lost ones
The one without a name
Without an honest heart as compass
This is me for forever
One without a name
These lines the last endeavor
To find the missing lifeline
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
My flower withered between
The pages two and three
The once and forever bloom
Gone with my sins
Walk the dark path, sleep with angels
Call the past for help
Touch me with your love
And reveal to me my true name
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
Oh, how I wish to dream again
Once and for all and all for once
Nemo my name for evermore
Nemo sailing home
Nemo letting go
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
Oh, how I wish to dream again
Once and for all and all for once
Nemo my name for evermore
Name for evermore
04. Planet Hell - Lyrics:
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 blood red carpets before me
Behold this fair creation of God
My only wish to leave behind
All the days of the earth
And 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 never ending
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
05. Creek Mary's Blood - Lyrics:
[Featuring: John Two-Hawks]
Soon I will be here no more
You'll hear my tale through my blood
Through my people and the eagle's cry
The bear within will never lay to rest
Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears
White man came, saw the Blessed Land
We cared, you took, you fought, we lost
Not the war but an unfair fight
Sceneries painted beautiful in blood
Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears, once we were here
Where we have lived since the world began
Since time itself gave us this land
Our souls will join again the wild
Our home in peace and war and death
Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears, once we were here
Where we have lived since the world began
Since time itself gave us this land
Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears, once we were here
Where we have lived since the world began
Since time itself gave us this land
06. The Siren - Lyrics:
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?
07. Dead Gardens - Lyrics:
[Featuring: Jouni Hynynen]
The story behind the painting I drew is already told
No more tear stains on the pages of my diary
Tired but unable to give up
Since I'm responsible for the lives I saved
The play is done
The curtain's down
All the tales are told
All the orchids gone
Lost in my own world
Now I care for dead gardens
My song is little worth anymore
Time to lay this weary pen aside
The play is done
The curtain's down
Where are the wolves, the underwater moon
The eleven path, the haven of youth
Lagoons of the starlit sea?
Have I felt enough for one man's deed
Or is it time to challenge the Ancient of Days
And let the virgin conceive?
All the tales are told
All the orchids gone
All the tales are told
All the orchids gone
Lost in my own world
Now I care for dead gardens
08. Romanticide - Lyrics:
God love and rest my soul
With this sundown never ending
The feel is gone yet you ain't gonna see me fail
I am the decadence of your world
I am an eider covered in oil
Happy hunting, you double faced carnivore
Tell me why no heart to cry
Hang me high
The music is dead, the amen is said
The kiss of faith is what I beg
A loving heart and soul for sale
Tell me why no heart to cry
Hang me high
Leave me be and cease to tell me
How to feel to grieve, to shield myself from evil
Leave me be, OD of lies is killing
Me, romanticide 'til love do me part
See me ruined by my own creations
Leave me be and cease to tell me
How to feel, to grieve, to shield myself from evil
Leave me be, OD of lies is killing
Me, romanticide 'til love do me part
Dead boy's alive but without sense
I need a near-death experience
Heart once bold now turned to stone
Perfection, my messenger from hell
Wine turns to water
Campfires freeze, love letters burn
Romance is lost
Lord, let me be wrong in this pain
Temporary pain, eternal shame
To take part in this devil's chess game
Spit on me, let go, get rid of me
And try to survive your stupidity
09. Ghost Love Score - Lyrics:
We used to swim in the same moonlight waters
Oceans away from the wakeful day
My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
If you be the one to
Cut me I'll bleed forever
Scent of the sea before the waking of the world
Brings me to thee into the blue memory
My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
If you be the one to
Cut me I'll bleed forever
Into the blue memory
A siren from the deep came to me
Sang my name my longing
Still I write my songs about the dream of mine
Worth everything I may ever be
The child will be born again
The siren carried him to me
First of them true loves
Singing on the shoulders
Of an angel without care for love 'n loss
Bring me home or leave me be
My love in the dark heart of the night
I have lost the path before me
The one behind will lead me
Take me
Cure me
Kill me
Bring me home
Every way
Every day
Just another loop in the hangman's noose
Take me, cure me, kill me, bring me home
Every way, every day I keep on watching us sleep
Relive the old sin of Adam and Eve
Of you and me, forgive the adoring beast
Redeem me into childhood
Show me myself without the shell
Like the advent of May
I'll be there when you say
Time to never hold our love
My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
You were the one to cut me
So I'll bleed forever
10. Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan - Lyrics:
Kerran vain haaveeni nhd sain
En pienuutta alla thtien tuntenut
Kerran sain kehtooni kalterit
Vankina sielt kirjett kirjoitan
Luojani, luoksesi anna minun
Tulla siksi miksi lapseni minua luulee
Sinussa maailman kauneus
Josta kuolema teki minusta taiteilijan
Luojani, luoksesi anna minun
Tulla siksi miksi lapseni minua luulee
Oman taivaan tanne loin
Anna minun paasta pois
11. Higher Than Hope - Lyrics:
Time, it took the most of me
And left me with no key
To unlock the chest of remedy
Mother, the pain ain't hurting me
But the love that I feel
When you hold me near
The hopes were high
The choirs were vast
Now my dreams are left to live through you
Red sun rising
Drown without inhaling
Within the dark holds hard
Red sun rising
Curtain falling
Higher than hope my cure lies
Passion tide, an angel by my side
But no Christ to end this war
To deliver my soul from the sword
Hope has shown me a scenery
Paradise poetry
With first snow I'll be gone
The hopes were high
The choirs were vast
Now my dreams are left to live through you
Red sun rising
Drown without inhaling
Within the dark holds hard
Red sun rising
Curtain falling
Higher than hope my cure lies
I just would like to think that
Not why it happened to me
But why was I saved?
What else could I do now?
Your death saved me
Being in the dark about something
I can't even tell you how scary it is
You don't know what's inside
You don't know what's gonna happen to you
And the best way to put somebody at ease is to inform him
Even if it's the grim truth
Red sun rising
Drown without inhaling
Within the dark holds hard
Red sun rising
Curtain falling
Higher than hope my cure lies
Red sun rising
Drown without inhaling
Within the dark holds hard
Red sun rising
Curtain falling
Higher than hope my cure lies
