Sonata Arctica
Album • 2024
So, you think you now have found yourself a game With smiles and lies you climb the walls To every heart, far apart The seer’s thousand faces share a name A thousand tales, unfolding now within a day, everywhere Scars keep score The broken pieces, gold on the floor For you, love’s a game, a chore Counting the rounds like a revolving door I’m yours on the day when California falls into the sea The birds know the way and fly away, if one day California falls into the sea You’ll never find the way, the key To lock me down, I’m free Now, as you have failed to hear me out, again Made deaf by your own open mouth… I think it’s only fair I live my life Enjoy the day, go find my beach And have my moments in the sun Scars keep score The broken pieces, gold on the floor For you, love’s a game, a chore Counting the rounds like a revolving door I’m yours on the day when California falls into the sea California falls into the sea California falls into the sea California falls into the sea The day you find a way to lock me down California falls into the sea California falls into the sea You wait for California to fall into the sea I cannot find a tongue you speak I’ve tried them all, can you leave me be? Preeeeego! When California falls into the sea When California falls in to the sea It’s safe to say We’ll never see the day
Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025
Temperature falls, soon the hills are frozen The pawns and the noble alike must bow The gates to the north availed in blue Warm is the ring hidden in my hand Turned has the flow and the sides are chosen We've bent the rules 'till they all were broken Bonfire warming the cooling hearts The game we've played ain't over yet So take your time As no one's gonna win tonight You can see me in the dark Hidden on the lighter side, on frozen land I will thrive, now make your move While unfrozen, there is but one thing You seem to make your own rules Why my every move's a sacrifice How to end this game without letting it go Snow falls, the frozen leaves are left behind Tattered on the mound Every time we move one piece We lose one way to a common ground Walking away with a sense of reason Feels like a victory, tastes like treason We're in a stalemate you call a resolve The easiest thing in the world, being difficult Gone is the golden day Clear the table for the new Maybe you can write yourself the roles anew And one day, someone lets you Take your time Maybe you will find your rhyme And embrace light in your life Queen of the dark, with me you're out of time Out of time, this game, dead, futile
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025
Stories told, made real in life, unfold in many ways It may feel cruel when painted maps have colors I can't see When those days come, you see me dwell in suffering I know the ways worlds may melt down I hear the songs that give me all the power I will need for the day The notes and the lines, all fill me at the same time Strike the chords I believe in We all, we all need songs we can believe in Feel the power and we have a cure for everything We all need songs we can believe in Feel empowered, let go of the songs you cannot sing You're not too old to play I'd love to see a smile adorn your face Light my days, "o sole mio" A song to light the stars, one day you'll need them Yet there are days we feel the need for power To help us fly across the day The notes and the lines, all fill you at the same time When your songs are living And we all, we all need songs we can believe in Feel the power, then we have a cure for everything We all need songs we can believe in Feel empowered, sing out all the songs you're holding in We all need songs we can believe in Feel the power and we have a cure for everything We all need songs we can believe in Feel empowered, learning all the songs you cannot sing We all learn to fly We're eagle-like creatures in the sky Light my days, "o sole mio" A song to light the stars, you have the freedom to sing
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025
Once again Teardrops are racing down Engraving the lines of life The teardrops are racing down Again Oh, sometimes Love's like a thistledown It flies away at times One tear can bring it back down Swirling winds, sails torn to pieces Leading the old Ghost Love Boat aground Can you see me? Time can't make weakness a power Turning the Old Ghost Love Boat around Sewing the sails I'm chasing the storm's Sweet embrace The night has a beautiful face Stranger censes numb my senses May I taste your tears? Salt can make my heart grow harder How come I always find myself taking your place? Again Teardrops are racing down Engraving the lines of life The sails lay torn on the ground And I'm asking Why me? Help me Roses dried hung on the ceiling Maybe one last time, sails I'm a-heaving Engraving the words on skin, wood and steel My Old Ghost Love Boat plows the sea Oh, sweet embrace The night has a beautiful face Stranger cences numb my senses May I taste one tear? One more rose cut, dead and dry on the ground Again Teardrops are racing down Engraving the lines of life The sails lay torn on the ground And I'm asking why again Dry roses keep me afloat I'm seeking My Old Ghost Love Boat Waiting for me on the shoals of love never found
Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025
Guardians of many faces howling at the waning moon Crying for the dying daisies Messenger, a divination, ravenously flying back Has a thousand tricks up his sleeve Guiding you across the river, takes you to the other side Once a fable, now a common myth Teaching one a way of living, another what they must unlearn To become a witch they cannot burn Oh, they cannot climb up all the walls That you have left behind Oh, you have to fly across the sky again to not become a prey You can see the evil in their eyes as they sing! You were made for hungering, you and all the beasts Fear and all the ignorance will fuel their fire Linger on the sky above to gather the crowds The sign to rid their daughters and their sons of all doubt Keeping them company while gazing at the sky The Witch holding their hand is but an Angel defiled Hide away what you may, in the dark the gleaming eyes see you anyway One more night the town may dream in their sleep Days to come may bring nightmares Every waning moon the witch will bring you one lost memory Dancing with her groom, growing wings to cross the sky You can see the evil in their eyes as they sing! You were made for hungering, you and all the beasts Fear and all the ignorance will fuel their fire Linger on the sky above to gather the crowds The sign to rid their daughters and their sons of all doubt Keeping them company while gazing at the sky The Witch holding their hand is but an Angel like a Witch amongst you. Angel Defiled!
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025
Oh, I live for your smile Gain power from the flowers you're gathering And when the hour is blue I see you feeding a blackbird by the pool Feel asking for more would be greed I can but surrender I think you have given me everything Now every hour I confess You're the best thing in my life I have nothing to gain By running around, because suddenly The house is full of it all The racket and reasons we are all here for Feel asking for more would be greed I can but surrender You've given me everything Now every hour I confess You're the best things in my life Nothing can beat this life we have You are the best things I have in my life Every night I thank the stars above For all the best things in my life For all the best things in my life I have nothing to win When everything's splendour It will only take some time Every hour these moments in the sun These are the best things in my, In my life Every hour we fly around the sun These are the best things in my life Every night we fly around the sun We walk around the moon, sometimes Every hour these moments in the sun These are the best things in my life Every night I thank the stars above For all the best things in my... In my... In our... Life
Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025
It's hard to fill open pages and close the book for the day When the daylight, come tomorrow may elude you Find your room in the rubble, clear the floor of your past Can you now believe what your own hands could also do? Sometimes lips can start a a war And sometimes a kiss can save you... Dream of flying, soar amongst storm clouds You, you have to go and save your peers from the man-made God Dream of flying, far above the front-line Dreams are only dreams But sometimes dreams are all we have Hope to see a reaction, touch a cloud with your lips Be a picture of a moment someone holds, one day Have to find a connection for words that weight like a whale Watch the faces that behold you slowly turn pale Love can kill and sometimes lips can end a war Dream of flying, soar amongst storm clouds You, you have to go and save your peers from the man-made God Dream of flying, far above the front-line Dreams are only dreams But sometimes dreams are all we have Sometimes lips can start a a war And sometimes your kiss can save a life And sometimes dreams are all we have And sometimes dreams will make things clear Cold beyond When we go Far beyond Clear Cold Beyond Far beyond Far beyond Clear Cold Beyond You believe in your dream Clear Cold Beyond Let's believe, in a dream... Believe in peace
Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025
I know I'm not the first one To grieve after the first love To walk away the pain and find myself I don't know how I'm feeling When I was just believing That you would be the one made for me Guess I need some time for healing Find one day my sense of self So I can fly high when the skies are blue My thoughts always trail back to you You may say I'm the one, the first to touch your heart Just like in the past, I doubt I'm the last Leaping on a new train Knowing well it's all in vain I must accept that healing takes some time Tears will come while I am kneeling Sense of relief, I'm alive and well Now I can fly high when the skies are blue My thoughts always drift back to you You may say I'm the one, the first to touch your heart Just like in the past, I doubt I'm the last To reach out to a friend in time of need To reflect myself and share the feelings, how I am I will be fine, every day feeling less alone I cannot allow myself to fall apart, I let the stone like tears fall Sense of relief, I'm alive Now maybe I can Fly high when the skies are blue My thoughts always trail back to you You may say I'm the one, the first to touch your heart Just like in the past, I doubt I am the last to Fly high your skies so blue My trials have brought me back to you You may say I'm the one, the first to touch your heart Just like in the past Just like in the past Just like in the past, I doubt this will last
Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025
Step by step Heart to heart Left, right, left We all fall down Like toy soldiers It wasn't my intention to mislead you It never should have been this way What can I say It's true, I did extend the invitation I never knew how long you'd stay When you hear temptation call It's your heart that takes, takes the fall (Won't you come out and play with me) (Chorus) Step by step Heart to heart Left, right, left We all fall down Like toy soldiers Bit by bit Torn apart We never win But the battle wages on For Toy soldiers It's getting hard to wake up in the morning My head is spinning constantly How can it be? How could I be so blind to this addiction? If I don't stop, the next one's gonna be me Only emptiness remains It replaces all, all the pain (Won't you come out and play with me) (Chorus) Step by step Heart to heart Left, right, left We all fall down Like toy soldiers Bit by bit Torn apart We never win But the battle wages on For Toy soldiers Only emptiness remains It replaces all, all the pain (Won't you come out and play with me) (Chorus) Step by step Heart to heart Left, right, left We all fall down Like toy soldiers Bit by bit Torn apart We never win But the battle wages on For Toy soldiers Step by step Heart to heart Left, right, left We all fall down Like toy soldiers Bit by bit Torn apart We never win But the battle wages on For Toy soldiers
Submitted by Finntroll — Nov 09, 2025
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