THE DARK ELEMENT LYRICS

1. Not Your Monster

[Writer: Jani Liimatainen]

Once we
We were the young and the tragic
Trying to make our magic in
This world of temporary things

We were
Searching for sweet perfection
Turning it to affliction while
Not knowing fact from fiction

I was thoughtless
Never that cold and heartless
It was a play reserved for you
When you wanted something new

No more
Call me when you are sober
You are too drunk to remember now
I did write you a love song
You got the words wrong

The pledge, the turn, the prestige
Are not worth anything
When we have to perform them
In front of a blind audience

We all have made our mistakes
Mistakes we've paid for
I'll always be a monster
But not your monster anymore

In the end we
Gave a birth to a hopeless dream
We had it all but prestige and
I have grown to hate our child

I learned
After we closed the curtain
And you had made me disappear
I was not the magician
But the assistant

The pledge, the turn, the prestige
Are not worth anything
When we have to perform them
In front of a blind audience

We all have made our mistakes
Mistakes we've paid for
I'll always be a monster
But not your monster anymore

I have no more cards up my sleeve
And you're no enchanter
I might have been playing the wolf
But you were the vampire

The pledge, the turn, the prestige
Are not worth anything
When we have to perform them
In front of a blind audience

We all have made our mistakes
Mistakes we've paid for
I'll always be a monster
But not your monster anymore

The pledge, the turn, the prestige
Are not worth anything
When we have to perform them
In front of a blind audience

We all have made our mistakes
Mistakes we've paid for
I'll always be a monster
But not your monster anymore

2. Songs the Night Sings

[Writer: Jani Liimatainen]

I used to wish and wonder everyday
Close my eyes and see where it would take me
I'd get lost in my dreams when I was a girl, was a child

Restless heart and mind still open wide
Running careless under clear and blue skies
Even then I did know that one day I would

Walk away from the ones who'd enslave me
Every pain, every soul who would stain me
Leave behind little town where I once swore
I will never die here

Through the forest of green I will wonder
Underneath starry skies I will slumber
I will climb every hill, every mountain
Till I've seen them all

I wanna live the stories I write
See the whole world with my own eyes
Take the unknown trail
And hear the songs the night sings

I wanna feel the flame when it burns
Wanna feel the pain when it hurts
Take the unknown trail
And hear the songs the night sings

And now that I've seen just a little, not a lot
But I know who I am and who I am not
I could weep for the ones who stumble through life like they're lost

Heedless hearts and eyes that must be blind
Living joyless under pale and grey skies
I just want them to know that right now they could

Board the ship, hoist the sail, weigh the anchor
Set a course right towards the horizon
We can sail every sea, every ocean
Till we've seen them all

I wanna live the stories I write
See the whole world with my own eyes
Take the unknown trail
And hear the songs the night sings

I wanna feel the flame when it burns
Wanna feel the pain when it hurts
Take the unknown trail
And hear the songs the night sings

I wanna live the stories I write
See the whole world with my own eyes
Take the unknown trail
And hear the songs the night sings

I wanna feel the flame when it burns
Wanna feel the pain when it hurts
Take the unknown trail
And hear the songs the night sings

I wanna live the stories I write
See the whole world with my own eyes
Take the unknown trail
And hear the songs the night sings

I wanna feel the flame when it burns
Wanna feel the pain when it hurts
Take the unknown trail
And hear the songs the night sings

3. When It All Comes Down

You look so pale, you look so frail
While shadows they dance on your ashen skin
You were so strong, so full of life
Now something is eating you from inside

I fear the worst, hope for the best
Deny it while hearts are put to the test
Unwelcome guest inside your chest
Will claim you and then it is time to rest

Let me ease your pain when the bells they chime
Walk with you for this one last time
I was there when you wore your crown
I'm still here when it all comes down

I hold on tight, I pray to god
Don't leave me for all is not said and done
Can't ease your pain, can't take your place
For time is the truth we all face alone

Let me ease your pain when the bells they chime
Walk with you for this one last time
I was there when you wore your crown
I'm still here when it all comes down

Let me ease your pain when the bells they chime
Walk with you for this one last time
I was there when you wore your crown
I'm still here when it all comes down

4. Silence Between the Words

Was I not there when the dam began to break
There to help you escape
And was I not there when the earth began to shake
There just to keep you safe

Was I not there when I told I needed you
And you told me we're through
And was I not there when you needed someone new
To hand yourself over to

Two of a hearts now oceans apart
Maybe we'll heal but carry the scars
It isn't easy, it's something we must do

The meaning is found in the silence between the words
No love and no lust, let's do what we must though it hurts
Gone is the face of beauty I found in you
Gone is the grace and gone are the days we knew

Now here we stand, there is nothing left to burn
And I'm out of cheeks to turn
I have no more strength left to fight another day
Have nothing left to say

I hope you've found a girl who will stay until the end
I hope you have found a friend
But I still can't escape this feeling that I failed
Though I know that we can't be saved

I hope that she gives you all that you need
And if I'm telling the truth I sometimes wish she was me
But it is over, there's nothing we can do

The meaning is found in the silence between the words
No love and no lust, let's do what we must though it hurts
Gone is the face of beauty I found in you
Gone is the grace and gone are the days we knew

I know it will take some time
Before we both will be fine
And though we go our separate ways
The love is gone, the memory stays

The meaning is found in the silence between the words
No love and no lust, let's do what we must though it hurts
Gone is the face of beauty I found in you
Gone is the grace and gone are the days we knew

The meaning is found in the silence between the words

5. Pills on My Pillow

Faster pace from systems running wild
Floods of sweat keep on flowing while I try to hide

Thinking feels like I'm walking on broken glass
And the pain won't pass

There are pills on my pillow
There are ghosts in my head
There's things lurking in the corners
That'd be better left for dead

Tell me how could I convince you
Of the visions I've conceived
I'm the modern day Cassandra
Always heard but not believed
Not even by me

Where's the rescue, can't they hear my cries
Trapped in an endless loop, no rhyme or reason why

Breathing feels like there's a boulder inside my chest
And I cannot rest

There are pills on my pillow
There are ghosts in my head
There's things lurking in the corners
That'd be better left for dead

Tell me how could I convince you
Of the visions I've conceived
I'm the modern day Cassandra
Always heard but not believed

My head is a battlefield
And here the good are losing
My heart is a graveyard
Where I lie going crazy

Seconds turn to hours
Hours turn to years
Will I find my way back home
Or stay in this vertigo

There are pills on my pillow
There are ghosts in my head
There's things lurking in the corners
That'd be better left for dead

Tell me how could I convince you
Of the visions I've conceived
I'm the modern day Cassandra
Always heard but not believed
Not even by me

6. To Whatever End

I have secrets to keep
Flames that would need some tending
And these hopeless delights
They all have hopeless endings

I do not know what less I could ask for
So I will wait 'till whatever end

If I cannot have you
Then anyone will do
You want me almost enough
Almost enough to take me

You gave a name to my greatest pain and now
I will claim it to whatever end

End is all that I need
So grant me the rest I long for
Take me for what I am
For I cannot take this no more

Love doesn't die unless I will kill it
So I will go to whatever end

I will burn all the hopes I was tending
Keep on walking the road never-ending
I will learn what I'm worth and I'll know that
I was not meant for someone like you

Should've known that the gown wouldn't be white
And the burden of you wouldn't be light
And for all that I do I can't help it
You will not fall for someone like me

You come just like a storm
And wrap me around your finger
Add insult to my injury
And watch how the pain doth linger

You're still a thing to behold
But I'm not the one to hold you
Last time was the last time
I'll leave like a thief, I have to

Love doesn't die unless I will kill it
So I will go to whatever end

I will burn all the hopes I was tending
Keep on walking the road never-ending
I will learn what I'm worth and I'll know that
I was not meant for someone like you

Should've known that the gown wouldn't be white
And the burden of you wouldn't be light
And for all that I do I can't help it
You will not fall for someone like me

You wouldn't hearken to my heart
You wouldn't open your arms
And I couldn't tear down all of your walls
I couldn't shine in your dark

I will burn all the hopes I was tending
Keep on walking the road never-ending
I will learn what I'm worth and I'll know that
I was not meant for someone like you

Should've known that the gown wouldn't be white
And the burden of you wouldn't be light
And for all that I do I can't help it
You will not fall for someone like me

Should've known that the gown wouldn't be white
And the burden of you wouldn't be light
And for all that I do I can't help it
You will not fall for someone like me

7. The Pallbearer Walks Alone

[Writer: Jani Liimatainen]

There are children who'll never be born
There are souls that can never be saved
There are dreams that will never come true
So just pray it won't happen to you

There are houses that shouldn't be built
There are bridges that shouldn't be crossed
There are calls that just shouldn't be made
But we'll make them anyway

We will walk among the weakest
And we will walk alone
The crucible where the hardest of hearts are forged

Maybe we can keep on trying
And one day we'll become
Beautiful in the eyes of someone

One day no child will be left behind
One day no young boy will march to war
One day no old man will die alone
But that day is not today

Step right in, here the souls become cynical
Right this way to the end of our days
We were told that the end would be beautiful
No one told that the pallbearer walks alone

There are thoughts that should never be thought
There are things that should never be bought
There are words that are better unsaid
While our future it hangs by a thread

There are things that should never be done
There are wars that can never be won
There are songs that shouldn't have to be sung
And I guess this is one

We will walk among the weakest
And we will walk alone
The crucible where the hardest of hearts are forged

Maybe we can keep on trying
And one day we'll become
Beautiful in the eyes of someone

One day we won't slay our brothers
One day we won't hate each other
One day we'll help one another
But that day is not today

Step right in, here the souls become cynical
Right this way to the end of our days
We were told that the end would be beautiful
No one told that the pallbearer walks alone

The pallbearer walks alone

One day we won't slay our brothers
One day we won't hate each other
One day we'll help one another
But that day is not today

Step right in, here the souls become cynical
Right this way to the end of our days
We were told that the end would be beautiful
No one told that the pallbearer walks alone

The pallbearer walks alone

8. Get Out of My Head

You inflict pain
Pump it in my veins
Then smile and watch me go insane

My masochistic ways
You know all to well
So call it what you will
A rose by any other name
Is still a rose

Get out of my head
Get out of my bed
Don't want you
I'd rather be lonely

Get out of my life
Get out of my mind
In your heart there
Is only room for you

Get out of my head
I want you out of my bed
Get out of my head

A slave you train of me
A puppet on a string
You want a pet, don't want a ring

So this is how you play
You speak, I obey
Just call it what you will
A rose by any other name
Is still a rose

Get out of my head
Get out of my bed
Don't want you
I'd rather be lonely

Get out of my life
Get out of my mind
In your heart there
Is only room for you

Get out of my head
I want you out of my bed
Get out of my head

Breathe again
Feel again
Dream again
Is all that I wish to do

Free again
Sane again
Whole again
Is all that I wish to be

Get out of my head
Get out of my bed
Don't want you
I'd rather be lonely

Get out of my life
Get out of my mind
In your heart there
Is only room for you

Get out of my head
I want you out of my bed
Get out of my head

Get out of my head

9. If I Had a Heart

I have tried
And I have failed you

I am here but my love
Lies somewhere else
And I can't say
I want to stay here anymore

Who am I to challenge gods and their ways
This is me, so hate me if you need

If I had a heart
It would surely break
And if I could feel
I would be ashamed
If I had a heart

I have sinned just to win all my life
And I will hurt you, desert you this time again

Face to face, skin to skin
Can't feel a thing
And I can't change
I can't make you understand

If I had a heart
It would surely break
And if I could feel
I would be ashamed

If I knew the words
I'd apologise
And if I were you
I would walk away

If I had a heart
It would surely break

10. You Will Learn

You must pay any price and
You must bear any burden
Now that you're here let me teach you
A lesson in life

Your every night is a fight for survival
To pay any price, to bear any burden
Now that you're here let me teach you
A lesson in love

You must crawl before you learn to walk
But you wouldn't have it any other way

You will learn what to burn, what to yearn
And who to keep, who to leave
You will learn when to turn
When to run and when to hide, when to fight

You will learn what to fix, what to break
And who to love, who to hate
You will learn what you are
It will hurt but you will learn, you will learn

Life is not fair and all heart's don't break even
Wounds don't heal, the taste won't grow sweeter
Now that you're here let me teach you
A lesson in pain

You will fall before you're standing tall
But you would not have it any other way

You will learn what to burn, what to yearn
And who to keep, who to leave
You will learn when to turn
When to run and when to hide, when to fight

You will learn what to fix, what to break
And who to love, who to hate
You will learn what you are
It will hurt but you will learn, you will learn

11. I Have to Go

Let's go back in time
To when you were lying by my side
There in that dingy hotel room
Smelling of smoke and cheap perfume

Where you would go out for a cigar
While I was there tuning my guitar
And you'd come see me as I play
Later we'd drink the night away

For all the places I have been
And all the people I have seen
Only with you it felt like home
Like I was not here all alone
But still the lights were shining bright
The bus was right on time
And I had to go

That was long ago
Sometimes when the things are moving slow
I wonder if you still think of me
Of where I am and how I've been

Am I in England or Japan
Am I being good or being bad
I could be boarding on a plane
I could be wasting life away

For all the places I have been
And all the people I have seen
Only with you it felt like home
Like I was not here all alone
But still the lights are shining bright
The bus is right on time
And I have to go







THE DARK ELEMENT LYRICS