Nightwish

Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band, formed in 1996.

• The Moonwitch took me to a ride on her broomstick, introduced me to her old friend Home Gnome, told me to keep the sauna warm for him. - "Elvenpath"
• Your trembling paw in my hand, dreaming of that northern land, touching me with the kiss of a beast. - "Beauty and the Beast"
• Forever shall the wolf in me desire the sheep in you. - "Beauty and the Beast"
• Love me before the last petal falls - "Beauty and the Beast"
• However cruel the mirrors of sin, remember beauty is found within. - "Beauty and the Beast"
• Was the wine of the grail too sour for man to drink? - "The Carpenter."
• They tell me to lie on the grass and observe my saviour - the one crucified to the chirping of birds- "The Carpenter."
• Hymn of gathering stars as my guide as I wander on this path of the night- "Astral Romance."
• The nightwish I sent you centuries ago has been heard by those who dwelled in a woe- "Astral Romance."
• Departed by the guillotine of death, I received a letter from the depth. The dream of my lover it carried inside- "Astral Romance."
• Burying my dreams, dig up my sorrows.. oh lord, why the angels fall first? - "Angels Fall First"
• Not relieved by thoughts of Shangri-La, nor enlightened by the lessons of Christ, I'll never understand the meaning of the right. Ignorance, lead me into the light. - "Angels Fall First"
• Sacrifice me, Tutankhamen, and let me be your queen. - "Tutankhamen"
• "Old love lies deep," you said, "Deeper shall be the wound between your legs." - "Nymphomaniac Fantasia"
• Know why the nightingale sings is the answer to everything. - "Know Why The Nightingale Sings"
• Migrating with the geese, my soul has finally found peace. Doesn't matter that man has no wings, as long as I hear the nightingale sing. - "Know Why The Nightingale Sings"

• Without you, the poetry within me is dead - "Gethsemane"

• Enchantment has but one truth: I weep to have what I fear to lose - "Gethsemane"

• We shall come to set the dolphins free, we shall wash the darkened bloodred sea. Our songs will echo over the mountains and seas, the eternity will begin once again in peace. - "Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean"

• Disgraced is my virginity, death has woven my wedding dress- - "Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean"

• A sight so cursed: breasts which never nursed. - "Passion and the Opera"

• In my world, love is for poets, never the famous balcony scene. - "Swanheart"

• Crystal pond awaits the lorn. Tonight another morn for the lonely one is born - "Swanheart"

• We're floating in the moonlit sky, and people far below are sleeping as we fly. - "Walking in the air"

• Sorrow has a human heart. From my god it will depart. I'd sail before a thousand moons, never finding where to go. - "Sleeping Sun"

• I wish for this night-time to last for a life time, the darkness around me, shores of a solar sea, oh how I wish to go down with the sun, sleeping, weeping, with you... - "Sleeping Sun"

• From cradle to coffin, shall my wickedness be your passion. - "Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean"

• I am the Fallen, you are what my sins enclose. Lust is not as creative as its discovery... - "She Is My Sin"

• Need to understand, no need to forgive, no truth, no sense left to be followed. - "The Kinslayer"

• In this world of a million religions everyone prays the same way. - "The Kinslayer"

• For me, for you, time devours passion's beauty, with me, with you, tonight, any dream will do... - "Come Cover Me"

• Drown into my eyes and see the wanderer. - "Wanderlust"

• Now let us lie, sad we lived and sad we die. Even in your pride, I never blamed you. - "Two For Tragedy"

• A dreamy-eyed child staring into night on a journey to a storyteller's mind - "Wishmaster"

• Just a child without a fairytale am I, dark but so lovely, a little match girl freezing in the snow...- "Bare Grace Misery"

• If you read this line, remember not the hand that wrote it
  

Remember only the verse, songmaker`s cry, the one without tears:
For I`ve given this its strength and it has become my only strength. - "Dead Boy's Poem"

• Roaming on razor-sharp castles, ruling all but myself, now my night is laid to sleep. - "Crownless"

• The age will say "This poet lies", heaven never touched earthly face. The age will say "This night was ours", blessed with the Deep, the Silent, the Complete. - "Deep Silent Complete"

• Sing what you can't say, forget what you can't play. - "Dead Boy's Poem"

• Wish upon a star, no matter who you are. The second star to the right... - "FantasMic"

• End of innocence, unending masquerade, that's where I'll wait for you. - "Sleepwalker"

• Some wounds never heal;

Some tears never will Dry for the unkind, Cry for mankind - "The Kinslayer"

• Facing this unbearable fear, like meeting an old friend." "The Kinslayer"

• Every wish is just a journey away. - "Away"

• His heart beat like a drum. For with the wife of his best friend, he spent his final night of freedom. - "Over the hills and far away"

• One by one, we will fall - "10th man down"

• Today I've killed, he was just a boy, eight before him, I knew them all - "10th man down"

• The distance of our bridal bed await for me to be dead - "Astral Romance (2001)"

• Remember, my child: Without innocence the cross is only iron, hope is only an illusion & Ocean Soul's nothing but a name... - "Bless The Child"
• It is the end of all hope to lose the child, the faith, to end all the innocence, to be someone like me. - "End Of All Hope"
• Angels they fall first, but I'm still here.-"End of all Hope"
• This is the birth of all hope, to have what I once had, this life unforgiven. It will end with a birth - "End Of All Hope"
• Mandylion without a face, deathwish without a prayer. End of hope. End of love. End of time. The rest is silence. - "End Of All Hope"
• I studied silence to learn the music, I joined the sinful to regain innocence... - "Dead To The World"
• It's not the monsters under your bed, it is the man next door, that makes you fear, makes you cry, makes you cry for the child. - "Dead To The World"
• Ever felt away with me, just once that all I need, entwined in finding you one day. Ever felt away without me, my love, it lies so deep, Ever dream of me... - "Ever Dream"
• Put a stake through my heart, and drag me into sunlight... - "Slaying the dreamer"
• I truly hate you all! - "Slaying The Dreamer"
• Whatever walks in my heart will walk alone. - "Forever Yours"
• Crying for me was never worth a tear, My lonely soul is only filled with fear - "Ocean Soul"
• I only wished to become something beautiful, through my music, through my silent devotion. - "Ocean Soul"
• Sane choice in the insane world: beware the beast, but enjoy the feast he offers. - "Beauty of the Beast"
• All of my songs can only be composed of the greatest of pains, Every single verse can only be born of the greatest of wishes. - "Beauty of the Beast"
• Losing Emotion, Finding Devotion, Should I dress in white and search the sea? As I always wished to be, one with the waves, Ocean Soul - "Ocean Soul"
• Would you do it with me, Heal the scars and change the stars - "Ever Dream"
• As he died, he will return to die in me again - "Dead to the World"

• It's time to turn back time, follow the pale moonlight-"Dark Chest of Wonders."
• Old loves they die hard, old lies they die harder. - "Wish I Had An Angel"
• Beauty always comes with dark thoughts. - "Wish I Had An Angel"
• Save yourself a penny for the ferryman, save yourself and let them suffer. - "Planet hell"
• Mother Gaia in slaughter. Welcome to paradise, soldier. - "Planet Hell"
• My fall will be for you, my love will be in you, if you be the one to cut me, I`ll bleed forever - "Ghost Love Score"
• My flower withered between the pages two and three - "Nemo"
• 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. - "Nemo"
• Take me, kill me, cure me, bring me home. Every way, every day, just another loop in the hangman`s noose. - "Ghost Love Score"
• All the tales are told, all the orchids gone, lost in my own world, now I care for dead gardens - "Dead Gardens"
• Redeem me into childhood - Show me myself without the shell - "Ghost Love Score"
• Our souls will join again the wild - our home in peace and war and death. - "Creek Mary's Blood"
• The hopes were high, the choirs were vast. Now my dreams are left to live through you. - "Higher than Hope"*
• Romance is lost. - "Romanticide"
• Your death saved me. - "Higher than hope"*

• 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 - "Nightquest"

• Time for one more daring dream - "Eva"
• Search for beauty, find your shore. - "The Poet and The Pendulum"
• A nightingale in a golden cage. That's me locked inside reality's maze. - "The Escapist"