#theislander

A classic never uploaded on our official channel. In honour of @MARKOHIETALAOFFICIAL's time with us. We wish him nothing but the best in his health and struggles. This is The Islander taken from the Tampere show of "Vehicle Of Spirit".@nightwish is:Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards@FloorJansenOfficial - VocalsEmppu Vuorinen - GuitarsKai Hahto - DrumsTroy Donockley - Uilleann pipes, low whistles, bouzouki & vocalsRECORDED AND MIXED BY KIMMO AHOLA @ AMS OyPost production and directed by:Ville Lipiäinen @ FILMUS OyFOLLOW NIGHTWISH:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nightwish/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nightwish/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NightwishBandMailing list - https://nightwi.sh/newsletterMerchandise - http://shop.nightwish.comSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2NPduAUeLVsfIauhRwuft1Apple Music - https://apple.co/343OFapLYRICS THE ISLANDER:An old man by a seashoreAt the end of dayGazes the horizonWith seawinds in his faceTempest-tossed islandSeasons all the sameAnchorage unpaintedAnd a ship without a nameSea without a shore for the banished one unheardHe lightens the beacon, light at the end of worldShowing the way lighting hope in their heartsThe ones on their travels homeward from afarThis is for long-forgottenLight at the end of the worldHorizon cryingThe tears he left behind long agoThe albatross is flyingMaking him daydreamThe time before he becameOne of the world`s unseenPrincess in the towerChildren in the fieldsLife gave him it all:An island of the universeNow his love`s a memoryA ghost in the fogHe sets the sails one last timeSaying farewell to the worldAnchor to the waterSeabed far belowGrass still in his feetAnd a smile beneath his browThis is for long-forgottenLight at the end of the worldHorizon cryingThe tears he left behind long agoSo long agoSo long agoThis is for long-forgottenLight at the end of the worldHorizon cryingThe tears he left behind so long agoSo long ago#theislander