Ensiferum

Abandoned

Sing for your tears,
a song of the hatred
No one can hear,
'cause your life is forgotten
I want to give my life to you,
but my will is tied with puppet strings
I am fighting and screaming alone,
inside this empty room
They let you down, threw you in the rain
They let you down, sent you away

The night is dark when you're alone,
and sometimes it can be so cruel
The rain keeps falling on me so coldly,
'cause your wishes didn't come true

Nothing seems real anymore,
as I dive into the sea of lies
I don't understand this sorrow,
that keeps me sane

They let you down, threw you in the rain
They let you down, sent you away... without a name

They let you down

The night is dark when you're alone,
and sometimes it can be so cruel
The rain keeps falling on me so coldly,
'cause your wishes didn't come true

Lost in Despair

I was lost, on my own,
and I couldn't bear the thought of my life
I was gone, caught in the torturing memories,
and they burned like fire
Water can never heal such pain

Can't you believe
Nothing is real
Can't you see
I cannot feel

Take me away
Bury me in the sand,
cause after all these years I am still the same,
a sad and bitter man

Take me away
Bury me in the sand,
cause after all these years I am still the same,
a sad and bitter man

Crush my hope, grow my hate
There's no home for me
Nothing to give, nothing to say
So tell me it's a dream

Can't you believe
Nothing is real
Can't you see
I cannot feel

Take me away
Bury me in the sand,
cause after all these years I am still the same,
a sad and bitter man

Take me away
Bury me in the sand,
cause after all these years I am still the same,
a sad and bitter man

Crush my hope, grow my hate
There's no home for me
Nothing to give, nothing to say
So tell me it's a dream

Crush my hope, grow my hate
There's no home for me
Nothing to give, nothing to say
So tell me it's a dream
So tell me it's a dream
So tell me it's a dream

Eternal Wait

Over the Forgotten sea (...Forgotten sea)
Voice of angel is calling for me (...calling for me)
Somewhere, where the mountains collide (...mountains collide)
That's where I'll find my new life (...my new life)

I have carried this burden so long for you,
that nothing but sorrow I feel
I have let myself believe,
that nothing would hurt deeper than the truth

Never has the wind blown like thousand years ago
Everything that I've known has left me on my own
Never have I felt the rain fall down like the burning flames
All I see is the face of eternal wait

I hear your silent cry,
lost in the rainy night
No reason to live for,
one reason to die for

I hear your silent cry,
lost in the rainy night
No reason to live for,
one reason to die for

I am the one who has fallen into the path of shadows
(And that road never seems to end)
I am the one who has drowned into the river of tears

Over the Forgotten sea (...Forgotten sea)
Voice of angel is calling for me (...calling for me)
Somewhere, where the mountains collide (...mountains collide)
That's where I'll find my new life (...my new life)

I have carried this burden so long for you,
that nothing but sorrow I feel
I have let myself believe,
that nothing would hurt deeper than the truth

Never has the wind blown like thousand years ago
Everything that I've known has left me on my own
Never have I felt the rain fall down like the burning flames
All I see is the face of eternal wait

Old Man (Väinämöinen)

So much farther off than time could reach,
today it would be too late
So much despair he has bled,
but will he wither away
No one knows that you must keep,
this Old Man wide awake
'Cause no one knows that he could feed,
our lives with a brighter flame

Hush little dreamer, the bearer of light,
has come to set you free
Now little dreamer at last you can sigh,
'cause the nightmares will be released

Sweeter far than life from I found that love was
Sweeter far than love to die as he did
Sweeter far than life from I found that love was
Sweeter far than love to die as he did

Hush little dreamer, the bearer of light,
has come to set you free
Now little dreamer at last you can sigh,
'cause the nightmares will be released

The stars fell from the night Sky,
as he reached his hands in the air
As the Sun peeked between the trees,
the Old Man burst to tears

Sweeter far than life from I found that love was
Sweeter far than love to die as he did

Treacherous Gods

The land is silent... before the storm

On the vast fields of snow, the wind is blowing strong
With its frozen cold and relentless touch,
it leaves a dead and hollow land of ice

I have seen through the eyes of a wolf,
and felt all its pain and loneliness
The beautiful land opened before my eyes,
wild as a beast I ran into the night

The calling of the howling wind,
is raging in the realms of North
Creations of ice rising mighty into the Skies,
and Treacherous Gods shall fall

Watching through the falling snow,
there's no sign of life
The fire has gone out in the whirl of time
Behold the face of thunder,
the storm is getting near
When the Sky calls my name, I have no fear

The calling of the howling wind,
is raging in the realms of North
Creations of ice rising mighty into the Skies,
and Treacherous Gods shall fall

They brought us misfortune, but their honor is about to be crushed
My blood flows cold as streams of the North,
we'll never let them take our souls
The calling of the howling wind is raging in the North
Creations of ice, rising mighty into the Skies,
and Treacherous Gods shall fall

Time and time again,
I witness the birth of a new born star
I climb the highest mountain,
to find the essence of a new era

Time and time again,
I witness the birth of a new born star
I climb the highest mountain,
to find the essence of a new era

Victory Song

The plan of invasion,
an Evil deception
Was made in the halls of the dark kingdom
To steal their riches
To slave them all
To make them kneel for a new God

The Guard woke up the sleeping men,
with the sound of a bronze horn
The enemy is getting closer,
so brace yourselves for assault

Swords in their hands they killed each and every man
Who dared to invade their sacred land
Victory songs are raising in the night
Telling all of their undying strength and might

Arrows are raining from the Sky,
as brothers fight side by side
We're outnumbered,
but our destiny is to win

Fight!
Fight with the rage of a bear
Defend!
Our homeland
Crush!
Crush every enemy
And seal!
Our victory

Swords in their hands they killed each and every man
Who dared to invade their sacred land
Victory songs are raising in the night
Telling all of their undying strength and might

Ei urhot kaukaisen Pohjolan
Uhan eessä taipuneet
Jälleen pauhaa kansi taivahan
Veri valuu maahan lumiseen
Moni nähdä ei saa enää huomista
Moni jää heitä kaipaamaan
Jälkipolville jää maa rauhaisa
Voiton laulut soi ainiaan
Voiton laulut soi ainiaan!

Swords in their hands they killed each and every man
Who dared to invade their sacred land
Victory songs are raising in the night
Telling all of their undying strength and might

Swords in their hands they killed each and every man
Who dared to invade their sacred land
Victory songs are raising in the night
Telling all of their undying strength and might
Telling all of their undying strength and might

Smoking Ruins

For many years ago,
he left his home behind
No farewells or a note,
like a thief he fled into the night

Heart full of foolish pride,
he caused a death of his clans man
All prophesies he denied,
and now in exile he grieves

Hear the call of the fallen ones
Wisdom of those whose time has gone
Live your life bravely my first born son,
on battlefields fight, don't run

The wheel of time keeps turning,
a boy becomes a man
But still shame burns him,
at last he understands

He heads back to his homeland
He rides fast like a stormwind
But the flames in the horizon,
tell there is only death to be found

Hear the call of the fallen ones
Wisdom of those whose time has gone
Live your life bravely my first born son,
on battlefields fight, don't run

By the smoking ruins of his past life
He raises his hand to the Skies
"Oh god of thunder,
God of my fathers,
strike me down for what I've done!"

Hear the call of the fallen ones
Wisdom of those whose time has gone
Live your life bravely my first born son,
on battlefields fight, don't run

Hear the call of the fallen ones
Wisdom of those whose time has gone
Live your life bravely my first born son,
on battlefields fight, don't run

Lai lai hei

Hän katsoi maan reunalta tähteä putoavaa
Nyt kauniit kasvot neitosen peittää karu maa
Jokaisen täytyy katsoa silmiin totuuden
Sillä aika ompi voittoisa, mut' tämä maa on ikuinen

Hän katsoi maan reunalta tähteä putoavaa
Nyt kauniit kasvot neitosen peittää karu maa
Jokaisen täytyy katsoa silmiin totuuden
Sillä aika ompi voittoisa, mut' tämä maa on ikuinen

There's a place in the North, far far away
Home for the wandering man
Dreaming fields with Skies so pale
Calm is the glorious land
Flames will send the sign to the Sky
That we have come to feast tonight
The lakes are echoing with our song
Shadows are dancing on the forrest wall
Shadows are dancing on the forrest wall!

Enchantment of the fire and Moon
Lost in the whispering night
The raven's magic enthralls the woods
Crawling in the sweet starlight
We have gathered in this distant land
Full of wisdom, secrets and tales
The morning will never rise again
Roaming wolves are howling for the dead
Roaming wolves are howling for the dead!

Lai lai hei
Lai lai hei

Hän katsoi maan reunalta tähteä putoavaa (...tähteä putoavaa)
Nyt kauniit kasvot neitosen peittää karu maa
Jokaisen täytyy katsoa silmiin totuuden (...silmiin totuuden)
Sillä aika ompi voittoisa, mut' tämä maa on ikuinen

Lai lai hei
Lai lai hei

Windrider

He appears from the mists of a dismal lake,
and the Sky crumbles as he flies through the dimensions alone
The night has laid a cape on his shoulders,
and with a grin on his face he attacks with his loyal soldiers, into the unknown

There's no place for him in this world, and no ties,
and all this hate and grief unite in his mind

Windrider - seeks freedom with vengeance on his mind,
to escape from the crimson skygrave and fly away
Windrider - is waiting for the final day,
when he'll be released from the shackles of a slave

In the eye of the storm he rides with jaded memories of his life,
as the fires are dancing colorfully, he is struggling to survive
Trapped in a maze, can't get away, what have you became now
Take the hammer of the elders and crush your way out

His presence is shaking the land,
as he stands at the mountain peak
His instincts are getting weak,
but there is still hunger in his eyes, that keeps him alive

Windrider - seeks freedom with vengeance on his mind,
to escape from the crimson skygrave and fly away
Windrider - is waiting for the final day,
when he'll be released from the shackles of a slave

His presence is shaking the land,
as he stands at the mountain peak
His instincts are getting weak,
but there is still hunger in his eyes, that keeps him alive

He wears the mask of the hunted
Arts of light for him have been granted
He lives in the fragments of time,
waiting for his time to die

Windrider - seeks freedom with vengeance on his mind,
to escape from the crimson skygrave and fly away
Windrider - is waiting for the final day,
when he'll be released from the shackles of a slave
Windrider
Windrider

Wanderer

In time bleeding wounds will heal
Unlike some which are too deep to see
Like scars in a nomads soul
Their mending is so slow
Not the shout of a hundred enemies
Can make him feel fear inside him
But when sunsets and the cold arrives
With crushing solitude in the darkness of night

He will ride across land and time,
to find a way through this endless night
There's a storm in his heart and the fire burns his soul,
but the wanderer's part is to ride alone

With bare hands he has taken many lives
He has had a hundred women by his side
From enchanted woods to the freezing North
He is known at every sea and far beyond
As the Moon grows and the circle is complete
He lies down and waits for sleep
But there's always a scenery in his mind
Of all that beauty he once left behind

He will ride across land and time,
to find a way through this endless night
There's a storm in his heart and the fire burns his soul,
but the wanderer's part is to ride alone

He will ride across land and time,
to find a way through this endless night
There's a storm in his heart and the fire burns his soul,
but the wanderer's part is to ride alone

He will ride across land and time,
to find a way through this endless night
There's a storm in his heart and the fire burns his soul,
but the wanderer's part is to ride alone