Nightwish - Nightquest (Japanese Bonus track)

Taken from their second album, Oceanborn (1998).
Enjoy!!!

Nightquest

Born to the false world the wanderer
Storyteller the pied piper
On a quest for immortality
Gathering a troop to find the fantasy

Lead by a maid queen of the night
Voice of angel such a divine sight
An amazon to fight and cure
This reality with her feline lure

Patriotic to the promised land
Of never-waking dream

Nightquest a quest not for the past
But for tomorrow to make it last
Simply the best way to walk this life
Hand in hand with a dreamer's mind
Enter the realm don't stay awake
The dreams remain they only break
Forget the task enjoy the ride
And follow us into the night

A merry minstrel with his fingers fast
Playing his lute charming every lass
Joins the troop with a glitter in his eye
"Shall I find fame - or shall I die?"

Warrior with power along the path
A hammerheart his gallantry to last
Rhythm of sirens enemies take heed
For in this war laws are in silent sleep

Patriotic to the promised land
Of never-waking dream

Nightquest a quest not for the past...

Come to the Elfland the eldest said
In my guidance you shall not be afraid
I am the mastermind the wizard to show the way...

Nightquest a quest not for the past...

First ones to walk this path of night
Lady in black lady in white
Followed by legions of night-time wanderers

Guardians of the halls of heart
When we from my homeland depart
To challenge the gods of emptiness
May the quest begin!!!

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[martiballs]

"The Wanderer, storyteller, the pied piper" - Tuomas

"Lead by a maid queen of the night, voice of angels" - Tarja

"A merry minstrel with his fingers fast, playing his lute" - Emppu

"Warrior with power allong the path, hammerheart, his gallantry to last" - Jukka

"First ones to walk this path of night, followed by legions of nightime wanderers" - Their fans

This song is so about themselves!!

[RedEyedFriend]

tuomas holopainen - probably the best songwriter and composer of our time.

enough said.

[karateprincess1]

This is the best album I own and will ever own <3

[Preston6661]

@Fenii88 But you can't deny that Marco is so much better for them and so much more badass. ^_^

[Bleudour]

Tuomas is a genius. Tarja is an angel.

[Fenii88]

There's a part "Come to the Elfland the eldest said

In my guidance you shall not be afraid" which will fit for Marco, 'cos he's oldest.

[Fenii88]

@angelsdoweep Marco wasn't in Nightwish until Century Child :) Sami Vänskä was the first bass player

[angelsdoweep]

@xtreme855 how about Marco?

[shadowfang522]

My mind has just been blown...

[martin140677]

magnifique ....

qui dit mieux???

c'est la music des dieux!!!!

[derkommissar1917]

@martiballs I figured out they were singing about themselves and their fans as soon as I heard the first few lines. I think the song perfectly captures what Nightwish is all about; if you know someone who doesn't "get" Nightwish, play this song for them.

[martiballs]

@The7thsonof7thson I believe he wasn't there when it was written. Remeber that Sami was only a support member for live shows and it didn't officially joined the band until this album was in progress.