Bless the Child by Nightwish
Time: 06:12
Track #1 from the album Century Child.
Written by: HOLOPAINEN, TUOMAS LAURI JOHANNES / HOLOPAINEN, TUOMAS LAURI JOHANNES / NEVALAINEN, JUKKA ANTERO / VUORINEN, ERNO MATTI JUHANI / KINNUNEN, TERO KALLE SAKARI / NIEMI, RIKU-JUSSI / LAINE, VEIJO TAPIO / HIETALA, MARKO TAPANI
Published by: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Lyrics
I was born amidst the purple waterfalls.
I was weak, yet not unblessed.
Dead to the world. Alive for the journey.
One night I dreamt a white rose withering,
a newborn drowning a lifetime loneliness.
I dreamt all my future. Relived my past.
I witnessed the beauty of the beast.
Where have all the feelings gone?
Why has all the laughter ceased?
Why am I loved only when I'm gone?
Gone back in time to bless the child
Think of me long enough to make a memory
Come bless the child one more time
How can I ever feel again?
Given the chance would I return?
I've never felt so alone in my life
As I drank from a cup which was counting my time
There's a poison drop in this cup of Man
To drink it is to follow the left hand path
Where have all the feelings gone?
Why is the deadliest sin -
to love as I loved you?
Now unblessed, homesick in time,
soon to be freed from care, from human pain.
My tale is the most bitter truth:
Time pays us but with earth & dust
and a dark, silent grave.
Remember, my child:
Without innocence the cross is only iron,
hope is only an illusion
and the Ocean Soul's
nothing but a name...
The Child bless thee
and keep thee forever.
