Bless The Child - Nightwish

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

A 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 & Ocean Soul’s nothing but a name…

The Child bless thee & keep thee forever

Nightwish —

/C: Nightwish — Bless The Child