NIGHTINGALE LYRICS

1. Recollections (Breathless. Part II)

The memories of you will never fade away
You will always be a lonely stranger to my soul
Where are you now I guess that I will never know
(And) maybe you have died again to have a body of your own

One day you will be reborn, no recollection at all
No memories of who you were and who you used to be (no)

One day I have to explain, relive the heartache and pain
Cause you have the right to know just how it used to be (yeah)

I know that your soul will be alive again
You'll be around us like the wind and the rain and the stars
One day your soul will be alive again
I really hope you won't remember
Who you were and what you could do

[All instruments/vocals: DS]

2. Shadowman

I'm in too deep
Climbing up and down these walls
My heart is lost
Though I never thought I'd give it up

Now I'm back in the darkness
Of the waiting room for ones to be
I sacrifice your body and my soul
So that he'll be coming back for you
So that he'll be coming back for you

Cause when you feel all the darkness surround you
You're selling your soul to the shadowman
In pain you are begging your master to guide you
Back to the dark though you don't know why
And now you realize that your soul is no longer alive
And than you feel that you are dead inside

The stars align
In a formation never seen before
A premonition, a prophecy
(And) the shadow has returned to life

I hope you won't remember
Who you were and how you used to be
You gave it up cause you couldn't take the pain
Of always looking through a strangers eyes

All the stars alight
In the newborn night
They are falling from the sky
And the colors here around me is fading to gray

Now I can feel that the powers surround me
Caught in the spell of the shadowman
The spirits awake and they gather to hide you
Cause this is the end and I don't know why
What in the world can I have done to deserve the pain
That is burning inside me as I close my eyes.

The light of the day has awakened to open up my eyes
Where are you now, did he take you away
The spirits arise and they tell me that they will show the way
They will lead me to a sanctuary
If you were there it would really ease the pain
(Aaaah :) He will return tonight

[Lead: DS/TN/DS/TN]

Now you're on the outside looking in
Waiting for the battle to begin
Waiting for the shadowman to take a part of me
Wonder why he couldn't end it all
When he had the chance to make me fall
Could it be the love inside of you?

Now I can see that the darkness surround me
The night is in league with the shadowman
All of the spirits are gathered beside you
Guarding your soul in the candlelight
If we are strong and fill our hearts with love we'll survive
The joy and the laughter will defend your life

[Guitars: DS]
[Keyboards: DS]

3. The Glory Days

All I can feel is the beat of my heart
And I count every breath that I take
The darkness will drain all the pleasure and pain
And delete all emotions inside of me

(For better or worse)
There's a shadow in my soul now
I feel it inside as I am fading away
(The replay of my life)
I see it running in my mind now
Familiar faces smiling back at me
On the day I was born

Now I am dying all alone

A view from the past will remind me of the good times
That I had in the innocent days
I was one of the young with a spirit so strong
Never knew make believe from reality

(The tears that I cry)
Through the eyes of the betrayer
It might be the last that I taste in this life
(There's no room for the sorrow)
In this is image of a lifetime
Only delight and the joy life has given me

Oh, it's taking me back to the glory days
I smile as I fade in this empty space
The memories awake and it feels like I'm alive (like I'm alive)
In the glory days.

[Lead: DS/TN]

I have no regrets, I know there is no return
Awaiting the end of it all
But I'm walking on air every minute in here
This is a beautiful way to go

It's taking me back (taking me back) to the glory days
I smile as I fade in this empty space
The memories awake (the memories awake) and it feels like I'm alive (like I'm alive)
In the glory days.

I know the end will soon be here
And all I am will disappear
I wish I could stay in wonderland
And relive the glory days

[Guitars: DS]
[Keyboards: DS]

4. Falling

The darkness returned in this void where I will fall
All the dreams from my past they're all clouded by their call
I'm getting used to funerals that no one attends
So I'm following the shadows to where they will descend
(Oooh ...)

All I can hear is the rhythm of my heart
And the blood that will run for the last time in my veins
Nothing here can save me I am already forlorn
So let me leave this body let my soul be reborn

Now I feel that I am fading away (fading away)
Another destiny, a different day

I am no longer you, I'm falling
You are no longer me, I'm falling
We are no longer one, I'm falling

[Lead: TN]

The feelings growing stronger
Now I know that it's you (I know that's you)
After all these years of pain
You're finally through

The pattern in the sky
I see a soul is reborn
The shadows, they gather in a celebration of life

Now I know he's no longer falling (falling)
Now I know he's no longer falling (falling)
Now I know that he's no longer falling (falling, no longer falling)

[Lead: Arjen Lucassen]

[Guitars: TN]
[Bass: TN]
[Keyboards: TN]

5. Into the Light

The dawn replace the night
It brings me shelter from the darkness
And let me live another day.

I hear the night birds sing
Their final encore to the moonlight
The morning sun is on the rise.

In the safety of the light
I see the world ignite.
For some a day, for some a lifetime.

The spirits all around us
Are so anxious in their daydreams
I know something here ain't right.
I hear that you're awake
Your eyes are smiling when you see me
You are purity personified.

In the safety of the light
I see the world ignite.
For some a day, for some a lifetime.

The real life tragedienne
Defy the shadows again
Out of the darkness, into the light
A will of steel inside
Rule over time and tide
Out of the darkness, into the light

The nightfall dim the light
And bring me closer to the darkness
And deprive me of another day.
Oh, I hear the night birds sing,
They sing the tribute to the moonlight
While the sun dies in the sky

The real life tragedienne
Defy the shadows again
Out of the daylight
Into the night
I must be strong inside
Now there's no place to hide
Out of the daylight
Into the night

Among the shadows here
All goodness disappear
Out of the daylight
Into the night
I must be strong inside
Now there's no place to hide
Out of the daylight, into the night

[Guitars: TN]
[Keyboards: TN]

6. Eternal

Anyway the wind blows.
I know you will return
And we will face it all again.
Now someone calls my name
I here the echoes in the rain
Now you have come for me

I can see the dark reflection
I can feel it in the air
The beginning of the end
I hear the voices call
Knowing that there's no hope at all
Soon I will join the dead

When I'm gone, I'm gone forever
I will never tell you
The reason why I left you all alone

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes
The pride and passion
The trials and the tribulations end tonight

And I'm never gonna be there when you stumble
I'm never gonna be there when you fall.
I hope that someone out here will remember (then) to tell you about me.

(And) suddenly the world was filled with silence
And even though the moonlight disappeared
I can see my destiny before me
It's real, no delusion.

I can feel my blood run cold
Oh, the creature I behold
It's got the kingdom of the night in its hands
The world around is liquefied
All the life around me died
I feel so weak and now a power is taking over me

Now I feel his energy surround me
I'm falling lifeless to the ground
Paralyzed I'm fading
Beyond you, beyond me

Shadowland, a place of beauty
A world eternal
Where wonders will never cease to be
A bed of nails or a bed of roses
Your life can end here
Or be sent back into reality again

I realize I'm deep inside of nowhere
The chamber where the shadows seal your fate
(And) I'm sure that there is someone else here with me
And it feels like I know you

Now the shadowman is rising here before me
I can see him glowing in the dark
Then I hear the echo of a whisper
You're over (you're over), I'm eternal (I'm eternal)

We must improve the shining hour
Her soul is laid to rest
We will never meet again
Your life is in our hands
Please live to fight another day
Someone will come for you

She has put us on the mettle
Practice what you preach
We must find a mother to the son
A boy as right as rain
Still far too young to share the pain
We'll find you another home

The cradle is left in a doorway
For the world to find him
If we only have faith in the angels
Someone will take you to their heart

You awake and cry out in anger
Now the world have found you
A hush bye in the arms of a stranger
Maybe they have found a home for you

I watch your tear-filled face
So pure in a state of grace
If the wish is the father to the thought
You are the answer to my prayers
I know it can be true
Someone will come for you
But until then I keep you warm
And be the mother your deserve

[Lead: TN/DS]

Although the world have been untold
It's like the truth won't unfold
Why have you come here?
Why am I the one?

You're bringing hope to my world
And put an end to my grief
Of all the loved ones I've lost my days
You are the light inside

For a decade and half
For more than five thousand days
(It's) you have been here by my side
(And) you have grown so tall and strong
(And) even though I know that you won't stay forever
And that both of us will leave this world one day
Our bonds will be eternal
Our bonds will be eternal
Our bonds will be eternal
Our bonds will be eternal
Our bonds will be eternal

Our bonds will be eternal

[Guitars: DS]
[12 string: TN]
[Keyboards: DS]

7. State of Shock

The time has come to tell the story.
You have to know.
I must unveil the truth about the way that we are

Oh, I'm afraid
I can't imagine what it must be like
To hear the words that I'm about to tell you: your world is a lie

Oh no I can't believe it nor deny it
Can someone tell me what I am to do now
Why was I abandoned did they leave me for dead
(And) the writing on the wall leaves me in a state of shock

Oh, who am I?
I'm just a stranger to myself
My heart is aching
I must find the truth of my life

Now I will be searching night and day
Until the day I will reveal the secret
A necessary evil but I'll do what it takes
I just have to find the one that will end the state of shock

Now I will be searching night and day
Until the day I will reveal the secret
A necessary evil but I'll do what it takes
I just have to find the one that will end the state of shock

I wave goodbye
I see you're crying
But I'll return to tell the story
So I can paper over the cracks in my soul

I can hear the voices in the night
I can't be real, it's my imagination
I know that I am worried
That I'm tired and afraid
Just a stranger in the dark living in a state of shock

Living, living in a state of shock
Living, living in a state of shock
Living, living in a state of shock

[Guitars: TN]
[Bass: TN]
[Keyboards: TN]
[Basboll: EO]

8. The One

I look around I don't like what I see
The darkness looking back again
Now I am waiting for the day to appear
And to let the sunlight rescue me

I fell asleep after walking for days
Trying to restore the world
And in my dreams I heard voices so clear
They're calling for me endlessly

I heard a story from another life of mine
About the foe that lives beyond this world
I heard a tale about a shadow once a friend
That brought me with him to the end
And that I've only got myself to blame

And I returned from the vision so real
So confused not knowing what to do
It feels like I have been alive at a dream
In a parallel reality

Oh, through day and night I think about the dream
It has never felt so real before
(And) now I am so afraid to fall asleep
And to know how the story the ends
And why I've only got myself to blame

Now I'm back in the dream
And I am loosing self-esteem
The voices say that they are spirits from the past

They explain about the one
That rules the kingdom of the night
And how my mother was betrayed
And led astray in the world beyond the world
(The world beyond the world)
(The world beyond the world)

Oh, the spirits tell me
Do remain in light
And never ever let the darkness here (never let the darkness)
Take you in its arms and lead you to slumber
Cause the shadows in the dark will deceive (will deceive you)
Then nothing can relieve
And if you won't believe
Then you've only got yourself to blame
(Only got yourself to blame)

[Guitars: TN]
[Bass: TN]
[Keyboards: TN]

9. Shadowland Serenade

I can't believe that this is happening to me
So many years of being young, wild and free
When I'm asleep I'm living like a refugee
A plague upon my soul for all eternity?

How come I never knew until the night that she had spoken?
Why did she have to tell me 'bout the way we used to be?

She made a sacrifice for the sake of your survival

I'm awake in shadowland
Somebody take me to the landscape where the dawn awaits
Wide awake in shadowland
Let me unite with my reality in the light of day again

[Lead: DS]

The sprits took me to the valley of the light
Where the rays of dawn prepare for battle with the night
Withering dandelions are scattered in the wind
And right there by a gateway, no! I can't believe the sight.

Someone is standing there in a silver blue reflection

You see the one that you were in the life you had before.
It's just a memory. They come alive here by the gateway

I'm awake in shadowland
Somebody take me to the landscape where the dawn awaits
Wide awake in shadowland
Let me unite with my reality in the light of day again

As I enter the gateway I can see it disappear into the mist
It seems like there is no return from here
I feel so peaceful inside, like my soul is led to rest
The landscape is so enchanting, I'm spellbound by the light.
(What is happening to me?)
(What is happening to me?)

[Lead: DS/TN]

The dream is taking me to places unknown
I'm not so sure that I wanna be here anymore
I've lost the power to control my awakening
(I'm imprisoned in the world of sleep.)

I can't believe that this is happening to me
A plague upon my soul for all eternity?

(Yaaeh!) Right here in front of me I see the angel of illusion

She's just another image from the comers of your mind
She's just a fantasy from your imagination

I am lost in shadowland
Nothing can take me back to where the dawn relight the day
All alone in shadowland
And I wonder if I'll ever feel alive again

(What is happening to me? ...)

[Guitars: DS]
[Keyboards: DS]

10. Forever and Never

Life, is forever in this world of light
Beyond the veil of time and space.
Here I hide from the shadows

Nothing here can hurt me
I feel stronger now
I was revived at the gate
No more tears and no more pain
Here in the empire of my mind.

I can hear the spirits calling
They say that I must leave now
Or become the dreaming dead

Death is eternal, life is not
I've made my choice this is where I belong
A slave to the illusion

Nothing here can hurt me
I will never leave
Never return to the gate
No more lies and no more sorrow
Here in the empire of my thoughts.

And for as long as the world is turning
And for as long as the sun is burning
I will be here, forever and never leave
And for as long as the world is turning
And for as long as my heart is yearning
I will be here, forever
Forever and never leave

Back in the real world
A family is gathered
Around a hospital bed
Mourning for their son,
Living thru the machine

A gypsy woman found him lifeless in the cold
In the forest, near the tree from the legend of the breathing shadow

For as long as the world is turning
And for as long as the sun is burning
They will miss you forever and never forget
For as long as the world is turning
And for as long as the sun is burning
They will miss you, forever and ever
Forever and never believe that you are gone.

You stop. It's over now.
The machine is silent and so are you.
The gypsy woman spoke to your coffin.
(And) she said: I hope you liked my bedtime stories.

Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!

The end.

[Guitars: TN/DS]
[Bass: TN/EO]
[Keyboards: TN/DS]
[Sambabass: EO]







NIGHTINGALE LYRICS