Wintersun

Death and the Healing

A windstorm dropped a bird from the Sky
It fell to the ground, and it's wings broke and died
But when the time got by, back to Sky it flied,
'cause the wings healed in time and the bird was I

Time is the death and the healing
Take your last breath, 'cause death is deceiving
Time is the past, now and tomorrow
Days fly so fast and it leaves me so hollow

Time is the death and the healing
Take your last breath, 'cause death is deceiving
Time is the past, now and tomorrow
Days fly so fast and it leaves me so hollow

A snowstorm blew inside a wolf's eyes,
and the frozen tears covered all the mountainsides
But then the time got by and the wolf died,
and someday that wolf would be I

Time is the death and the healing
Take your last breath, 'cause death is deceiving
Time is the past, now and tomorrow
Days fly so fast and it leaves me so hollow

Time is the death and the healing
Take your last breath, 'cause death is deceiving
Time is the past, now and tomorrow
Days fly so fast and it leaves me so hollow

Sadness and Hate

Sad night, the weeper of starwind Sky,
take me where the shimmering lights are fading out
Through the shadows of hate and through the fires of grace
I followed the voice in the night, beautiful as black Sky,
but nothing I found

My thoughts are captured by the magical chants,
of the spirits, but I cannot see them with these dead eyes
Lost I am in these dismal streams
Lost I am forever in my life

The snow is falling on the withering leaves, I am left in the cold
The shadows are crying in the moonlight,
is this night the last of my life

Have we arrived from our journey, I must ask you now,
at last I can cry, 'cause these sad words are calling me tonight
My eyes bleed for you my star, my pride and the love of my heart,
but why did you had to fly so far, I raged and it tore me apart
I promise to you with sadness and hate,
wherever I might go, you will know, you will know

Have we arrived from our journey, I must ask you now,
at last I can cry, 'cause these sad words are calling me tonight
My eyes bleed for you my star, my pride and the love of my heart,
but why did you had to fly so far, I raged and it tore me apart
I promise to you with sadness and hate,
wherever I might go, you will know
Wherever I might go, you will know, you will know

Sad night, the weeper of starwind Sky,
take me where the shimmering lights are fading out
Through the shadows of hate and through the fires of grace
I followed the voice in the night, beautiful as black Sky,
but nothing I found

I give my life to the withering leaves
To the bleeding moonlight
To the crying shadows

The snow is falling on the withering leaves, I am left in the cold
The shadows are crying in the moonlight,
is this night the last of my life

I give my life to the withering leaves
To the bleeding moonlight
I give my life to you

Beautiful Death

My face turned pale before the cold eyes of death
My body was frozen by the stare from the dark
I don't want to think of anything,
but there's storm of thoughts in my head
I wasn't prepared for this, 'cause I'm not ready to die
Nothing could have prepared me for this
(Only way out is through window of dreams)

Nothing but blood so red and deceased
Nothing but pain, I fall on my knees
Tormenting demons, I suffer and bleed
Only way out is through window of dreams

The rain whips the lonely and crushed soul
The dark clouds are closing fast,
the wind is blowing the colours of life away
The growing shadow will darken my dreams,
and with the fire inside me it feeds
I'll be screaming in the stars when it's over
Storms are raging on the path to home, once so silent and calm
The desperate glare of the dark light is cast on the fallen one
And when the illusions sigh no more,
the journey to new dream will carry on
'cause life is just a beautiful death

Life turns a new and strange page
They will try to take everything away from me
You'll never know the future
Save me from the rain
Tell me what matters in life, if anything
I'm struggling with sickness
They will try to take everything away from me
Are you trying to hide from the end
Save me from the rain
Save me from the end

My face turned pale before the cold eyes of death
My body was frozen by the stare from the dark
I don't want to think of anything,
but there's storm of thoughts in my head
I wasn't prepared for this, 'cause I'm not ready to die

The rain whips the lonely and crushed soul
The dark clouds are closing fast,
the wind is blowing the colours of life away
The growing shadow will darken my dreams,
and with the fire inside me it feeds
I'll be screaming in the stars when it's over
Storms are raging on the path to home, once so silent and calm
The desperate glare of the dark light is cast on the fallen one
And when the illusions sigh no more,
the journey to new dream will carry on
'cause life is just a beautiful death

'Cause life will always be withering away from us
I want to be alone with you
And I'll give my heart to you, before I go,
'cause life is just a beautiful, beautiful death

Beyond the Dark Sun

"For years I have traveled in coldness,
but my heart is warm as the darkened Sun above me"

Nothing can never take away,
what I've seen with these tired eyes
Face of the weeping night,
and the shade of the fading light
Face of the weeping night

The dawn will never rise again for my eyes,
and I will never sleep again
I've lost my hope time after time,
cause the light has erased from the Sky

Now when the darkness has become part of me,
I got to let my shadows free
Cause I never looked behind, I never tried to find,
something that could have made me one
Now when the sorrow has taken control of me,
I got to let my shadows free
Cause I never looked behind, I never tried to find,
something that could have made me one
Something that I could reach the Sun

Winter Madness

Divine creations now destroyed to uncover the haunted atmosphere
Strange visions of the ancient spirits, travesty of man appears
Coldness and the storming winds lurking for prey
The forces of the winter reign in dreadful way, there's no escape

I'm following the mistress of night
Through the gates of snow we'll fly
We'll fly

Winter - the realm of eternal ice
Snowfall and darkness descends upon the vales of time
Distant caress of the Sun's fading light
The lands were painted white with the winter's might

My hands are frozen,
my mind is at the edge of madness
Oh how many nights and days,
I've been lost in this land of sadness
Oh how many nights and days,
I've been lost in this land of sadness

Winter - the realm of eternal ice
Snowfall and darkness descends upon the vales of time
Distant caress of the Sun's fading light
The lands were painted white with the winter's might

From the primitive thoughts,
under the glimmering snow
And burning stones - they'll rise
The artful spirit: "You don't have to die,
you can rule in afterlife, just concede your soul to me,
your life is cheap - no price"

Winter - the realm of eternal ice
Snowfall and darkness descends upon the vales of time
Distant caress of the Sun's fading light
The lands were painted white with the winter's might

Sleeping Stars

Oh sleeping stars, why are you so sad tonight?
Oh sleeping stars, will you shine for me tonight?
Oh sleeping stars

Can you see them float in the night Sky?
Can you hear those echoes of their sweet cries, creating a tune?
Can you see them shine so bright?
Can you feel their loneliness through their cold light, touching you?

My eyes feel so heavy when the stars are calling me:
"Join with us eternally"
I'm falling in deep trance and my powers are weakening
I'm falling in a world between dreams and reality

I am now alone in the silent light,
and there's nothing but darkness around me
Deeper into unknown the strange light is guiding me
Wake me until it's too late

Suddenly I feel a warmth go through my body,
but I feel that a part of me has died, I sense the change in me
I must have been away so long,
so please stay with me for a while

Can you see them float in the night Sky?
Can you hear those echoes of their sweet cries, creating a tune?
Can you see them shine so bright?
Can you feel their loneliness through their cold light, touching you?

Battle Against Time

"I'm sailing away to undiscovered seas...

I see a golden light shining far away
I can't tell if I'll make it there someday
I reach my hands but there's no one on my path
I can't sleep 'cause my body is burning
Cold sweat, cannot breath, I'm loosing my mind
Reflection in the mirror shows a different man at night
And as hours and seconds pass by,
I feel my every feeling wither and die
Do I really feel this pain,
'cause sometimes I can't tell if I'm awake

Watching to the night, the hope is gone (...gone)
Carrying so much burden in my heart (...heart)
Watching to the night with tired eyes (...eyes)
Waiting for nothing all my life

Battle against time
I... battle against time

I am covered with cold ice, I am flying in the black Skies
Fighting everyday, but it feels like, it's just the same
Oh time... you cut my heart and soul
You carve my will and passion of life,
'cause the days of emptiness are piercing through me like arrows

I feel nothing, but hate and love
So much fire inside, so much left undone

Hate and love
Hate and love
Hate and love
Hate and love
Hate and love
Hate and love
Hate and love
Hate and love

Watching to the night, the hope is gone (...gone)
Carrying so much burden in my heart (...heart)
Watching to the night with tired eyes (...eyes)
Waiting for nothing all my life

...I'm sailing away and nothing will ever be the same"

I... battle against time

Starchild

[Part I (Wanderer of Time)]

So mysterious is your world,
concealed beyond the stars
Far away from the Earth,
it flows one with time and dark as the night
Million shapes and colours,
are storming inside your mind
Creating endless dimensions,
forming universes without walls

Let go, of the stars, the stars that fell into the sea
Let go, of your thoughts and dreams,
What can you see now?

You cannot save them anymore
Wanderer of time
It's too late now
Creator of dimensions
Destroy the walls of time
Hands of the blind are holding your fate
Tides of life will take you away, will take you away

Starchild
Visions are born from the unknown force
It dominates the way of time
The dream only ends, when the worlds come to an end
Starchild
You cannot escape to the dark streams of the sea,
To suppress your dreams
Nothing can keep you away from the need to create,
'cause your path is free

[Part II (Burning Star)]

I've hold the fire within myself
Years I've walked in the coldest winds
Through the deserts of sand and snow
The time is passing and I know;
That I'm wasting my life, destroying my dreams
I'm diving into the bottomless sea
From sorrow and pain I find my strength
The more pain I feel, the more I see

Now I'm watching my life flowing in the dark
Like streams of fear running through my heart
And it's wearing me down until I'm gone
Soon I'll join the endless whirls of stars
And I fall (something is dying, yet something is born),
deeper into the unknown voids
And I fall (when will I find my silent dawn),
into infinity like a burning star,
I fall like a burning star
I fall like a burning star
I fall like a burning star
I fall like a burning star

[Part III (The Creation)]

The curtains of mist are fading,
and the veils of star clouds are revealed
Storms of new energy,
flows in the depths of my mind
New constellations are born,
in total harmony of perfection
And the dissonant unbalance was broken,
as the colours fell straight from the light

[Part IV (The Sea of Stars)]

I'm floating in the sea of stars,
I'm drifting away from the shore
I will be lost in the dream when the dark days come,
but I will make the time run backwards and,
I'll make the stars shine again
I will light up the Sky to a bright crimson nights
And they'll shine together forever
With brilliant silver colours they'll shine forever

[Part V (Finale)]

The whirls of stars takes you now far away,
away from the cold nightmare
Let go of you thoughts and dreams,
and you will feel the warmth once again
Starchild in the Sea of Stars you fall,
you fall like a burning star
Starchild in the Sea of Stars you fall,
but there is no end to creation

Sons of Winter and Stars

(I Rain of Stars)

The awakening of darkened Skies
The symphony of dying lights
The blazing fire came pouring down
And life and death became unbound

Sons of winter and stars - rise!
Sons of winter and stars - rise!

Sons of winter and stars! Rise! Rise!
Fly with us through the darkness
Sons of winter and stars! Rise! Rise!
And we shall embrace the stars
And we shall open the doors of time

(II Surrounded by Darkness)

I have awaken the darkness
Taste the fear! Taste the pain!
I am the one who seeks vengeance

Into the darkness we fly
Into the shadows they hide
Into the darkness we fly
They will never survive, they'll die
Oh, they will die!

I sacrifice everything, just for one moment
I throw away everything that matters to me the most

I'm flying through the darkness
The fire casts a shadow on me
I tear a part of my heart for creation of dimensions
And we fly beyond the restless shadows
We fly beyond the stars
We fly beyond the birth of the worlds

So old I've become
But now I realize
All this time I thought it was you that would save the Sun
Oh, rain comes and washes the hate away
Now I am at the crossroads with questions
Somewhere, someday I will find what I am here for
Who am I

(III Journey Inside a Dream)

I'm wondering now where will you take me
From the horizon the light comes alive
Into the mountains high we set our way
Will we find our way in this long winter night
I see the land of fading Sun and rising mountains
And I finally feel that I've found my home
But oh, how it feels so cold when my dreams wither in fragments of time
Revealing that this land will die

Before the winds so cold
The world was shattered in the fragments of time
Before the autumn rains
The coldness will again awake

Falling snow, so soft and cold
Dying moon cast down so weak
Frozen lake, the dancing spirits
Calling me to join in the cosmic dream
The silence is tempting me now...

(IV Sons of Winter and Stars)

We are the Sons of Winter and Stars
We've come from a far beyond time
Forever the fire burns in our hearts
Our world shall never die
In the arms of the wind we ride till dawn
As the waves of the ocean grind so strong
We wander in the stars until we're gone
Our fate is sealed by eternal Sun

We are the Sons of Winter and Stars
We've come from a far beyond time
Forever the fire burns in our hearts
Our world shall never die
In the arms of the wind we ride till dawn
As the waves of the ocean grind so strong
We wander in the stars until we're gone
Our fate is sealed by eternal Sun

Until we fade away
Until we drift into the dark
It's not too late to find a way
And fly in cold embrace of stars

Until we fade away (...fate will find it's way)
Until we drift into the dark
It's not too late to find a way (...fate will find it's way)
And fly in cold embrace of stars

Mysteries of time
Unfolding in cosmic dreams
Leaving life and death meaningless
Before the revelation of infinity

Embrace the stars!

The energy flows in me like a river of stars
I'm surrounded by the circle of fire, but eternal ice has frozen my heart
I'm lost in the pathways of time
But now the time has come for us!

We are the Sons of Winter and Stars
We've come from a far beyond time
Forever the fire burns in our hearts
Our world shall never die
In the arms of the wind we ride till dawn
As the waves of the ocean grind so strong
We wander in the stars until we're gone
Our fate is sealed by eternal Sun

We are the Sons of Winter and Stars!
We are the Sons of Winter and Stars!

Time

Darkness and frost are starting to reach
The heart of this land with a cold disease
Sleep now for a while before the storm awakes
And one day it will reward you for the burden of wait
The roots go deep into the frozen dead ground
Listen to the land of snow, it makes no sound
For ages searching the warmth of the Sun
If it never finds me, I can die as one

Time will go on and we are drifting away in the night
I've been searching so long, but I will find you even if it takes my whole life
But tonight I feel so alone and I know that you are forever gone
Oh time, don't fade away when I need you here, oh please don't leave me now

Time!
Time! Fades away!
When time fades away!
And I'll never be the same

Time! Time! Time! Time!

You want so much from me - I feel nothing but grief and despair
How can I make you feel again - all my dreams are just visions I can't bear
You want something that I can't give - I cannot keep living in this bitter dream
And I don't care anymore
It feels like my life is ending

Oh, another year gone by
But nothing has changed in my life
And time goes on forever and ever
And it waits for no one

Time will go on and we are drifting away in the night
I've been searching so long, but I will find you even if it takes my whole life
But tonight I feel so alone and I know that you are forever gone
Oh time, don't fade away when I need you here, oh please don't leave me now
Oh please don't leave me now

Time fades away
And I fade away
And I'll never be the same
Time! Fades away!
When time fades away!
And I'll never feel the same
And I fade away!
When time fades away!
And I'll never feel the same