[Verse 1]
Amidst the stars
I roamed the universe
I found my sun
In the heart of the Milky Way

[Pre-Chorus]
Under the heaven's dome
I wandered across the land
Followed the North Star
I saw the familiar signs

[Chorus]
In the midst of a maple grove
Behind the oaken trees
By the edge of the fir forest
Under the little-leafs
I’ll sing the song of life
I'll drum to the sun
Watching the creation
Listening to the river of time

[Verse 2]
It flows
The wheel of life sparkles
In the play of shadow and light
Continues the story of the song

[Pre-Chorus]
I'll journey back to the stars
I’ll soar through galaxies
Freed from the yoke of time
Into the gyre of eternity

[Chorus]
In the midst of a maple grove
Behind the oaken trees
By the edge of the fir forest
Under the little-leafs
I'll sing the song of life
I'll drum to the sun
Watching the creation
Listening to the river of time

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
When the wheel has come full circle
And my journey here is done
I will roam amidst the stars
Salute the splendor of the sun

[Chorus]
In the midst of a maple grove
Behind the oaken trees
By the edge of the fir forest
Under the little-leafs
I'll sing the song of life
I'll drum to the sun
Watching the creation
Listening to the river of time

[Refrain]
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones

[Verse 1]
Someone had scattered the skeletons
The hip bones and the spines
Piled the ribs and the shoulder blades
Heaped the skulls into a mound

[Refrain]
Bones
Bones

[Verse 2]
I waited for many a day and night
But found no one to ask
These people, who had they once been
And what had happened here

[Chorus]
From darkness they arrived
The spirits of the night
The moon rose to its zenith
Phospherous, blue and white
From darkness they arrived
Lucid and mercurial
The creeping figures in the fog

[Verse 3]
I stayed yet for another night
Despondent and spiritless
To watch this nameless patch of land
A field covered by bones

[Refrain]
Bones
Bones

[Chorus]
From darkness they arrived
The spirits of the night
The moon rose to its zenith
Phospherous, blue and white
From darkness they arrived
Lucid and mercurial
The creeping figures in the fog

[Guitar Solo]

[Keyboard Solo]

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 4]
And came the dawn I knew
Who these people had once been
I had learned their story
I had been taught their fate

[Refrain]
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones

[Chorus]
From darkness they arrived
The spirits of the night
The moon rose to its zenith
Phospherous, blue and white
From darkness they arrived
Lucid and mercurial
The creeping figures in the fog

From darkness they arrived
The spirits of the night
The moon rose to its zenith
Phospherous, blue and white
From darkness they arrived
Lucid and mercurial
The creeping figures in the fog

[Verse 1]
Your spirit dances under ancient trees
By a forest road
On a mossy rock, your shadow lingers
You will join the circling sun

[Pre-Chorus]
Close your eyes and listen closely
To the sound beneath your thoughts
You will find the heart of time
Echoing the beating drum

[Chorus]
Leave your body and shift your shape
The weasel slips into the stump
The otter dives beneath the roots
Into the depths of the earth
Past the earth and gravel, beneath the ground
Swoops the black-throated bird
Swims the seal and the walrus black
Into the watery abyss

[Verse 2]
Beyond the gates to lightless lands
Carved in spruce, hammered in oak
On the doors of the Mansions of Manala
Death is the only word you'll find

[Pre-Chorus]
Close your eyes and listen closely
To the sound beneath your thoughts
You will find the heart of time
Echoing the beating drum
Echoing the beating drum

[Chorus]
Leave your body and shift your shape
The weasel slips into the stump
The otter dives beneath the roots
Into the depths of the earth
Past the earth and gravel, beneath the ground
Swoops the black-throated bird
Swims the seal and the walrus black
Into the watery abyss

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
You must turn from that door, run through the gate
Swoop as the walrus and the black-throated bird
Dart as the otter, flit as the weasel
Rise from the dirt into the light

[Chorus]
Leave your body and shift your shape
The weasel slips into the stump
The otter dives beneath the roots
Into the depths of the earth
Past the earth and gravel, beneath the ground
Swoops the black-throated bird
Swims the seal and the walrus black
Into the watery abyss

[Verse 1]
Between light and shadow
In the haze, bleak and gray
In the foggy veil of blue, I was drawn by the dawn
Outlined by the day
There among my own
Reared by my kith and kin
I learnt the words and the everyday chores
The toil, the lot of man

[Chorus]
I was born with the sun
(Number and knowledge)
Perished with the moon I was
(I gained from the day)
The song of life's splendor
I was taught by the night
And wise were the dead
(Number and knowledge)
Who stood by my side
(I gained from the day)
As I walked straight and narrow
On my path in the sun

[Verse 2]
From the vault of the heavens
I stole the Moon's magic song
From the pearl in the shell, spied the secret words
Just to forget it all
Between the light and shadow
In the haze, bleak and gray
In the dusk, I faded
Disappeared into the night

[Chorus]
I was born with the sun
(Number and knowledge)
Perished with the moon I was
(I gained from the day)
As I walked straight and narrow
On my path in the sun

[Instrumental Break]

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
I was born with the sun
(Number and knowledge)
Perished with the moon I was
(I gained from the day)
The song of life's splendor
I was taught by the night
And wise were the dead
(Number and knowledge)
Who stood by my side
(I gained from the day)
As I walked straight and narrow
On my path in the sun

[Verse 1]
Upon the strange, I stumbled
The eldritch, I encountered
Speaking in whispers and harsh cries
I had known it inside of me
I had lost it everywhere
It shifted its shape and changed its size
Changed its size

[Pre-Chorus]
Nestled by the rocks
In blood and earthen red
I'll paint the secrets of yore

[Chorus]
I'll roam and I'll seek, I'll come and I will find you
"I am the eagle and the bear, the wind and the emptiness"
In the night of the mind, in the light of the day
"I am the trout and the deer, the wind and the emptiness"

[Verse 2]
In the heart of the wild
Under the gyre of stars
Embraced by the tall, murky woods
Tall, murky woods

[Pre-Chorus]
Nestled by the rocks
In blood and earthen red
I'll paint the secrets of yore

[Chorus]
I'll roam and I'll seek, I'll come and I will find you
"I am the eagle and the bear, the wind and the emptiness"
In the night of the mind, in the light of the day
"I am the trout and the deer, the wind and the emptiness"

[Bridge]
Shrouded in mist, the sinking fens
Where paths will dwindle in the dark
And signs will fade and disappear
My footprint's seen but for a while

[Chorus]
I'll roam and I'll seek, I'll come and I will find you
"I am the eagle and the bear, the wind and the emptiness"
In the night of the mind, in the light of the day
"I am the trout and the deer, the wind and the emptiness"

[Verse 1]
When your brother, the wind, turns against you
And the rising storm roils the waves
When the mountain blue on the distant shore
Is deemed by raging waters, your horizon is lost
When your sister, the wind, turns against you
And the trees are torn from their roots
When the ancient oaks of the forest
Come crashing down to the ground

[Chorus 1]
But when darkness prevails, all hope is lost
And emptiness conquers all
Dims the fire in your heart
The dead will come to your aid
And the wise shall stand by your side

[Verse 2]
When you turn against yourself
You will bury each hope and dream
All blessings will turn to curses
As the fire in your heart
It flickers, soon to go out

[Chorus 1]
But when darkness prevails, all hope is lost
And emptiness conquers all
Dims the fire in your heart
The dead will come to your aid
And the wise shall stand by your side

[Bridge]
They are your tribe and your nation
Who have come for the aid of their kin
Amassed their ancient wisdom
All of their arts appended
They have brought you here today
And will usher you into tomorrow

[Verse 3]
You'll see the mountain blue
Glimmering in the distance
Waiting for you
It's looking at you
It sees your life
It's looking at you
It knows your death

[Instrumental Break]

[Keyboard Solo]
[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus 2]
See the horizon is clearing
The acorn takes root and grows
The curses turn to blessings
Light a fire in your heart
The dead have come to your aid
And the wise now stand by your side

[Outro]
They are your tribe and your nation
And the wise now stand by your side
They are your tribe and your nation
And the wise now stand by your side

[Verse 1]
Kneeling by the side of a stream
I bowed to the clear waters
Shadows danced in the deep
Sparkle of gold on the surface
The brook babbled and shone
As light and shadow slithered

[Chorus]
I spread my arms and clenched my fists
I listened and I closed my eyes
To recognize the balance
I recalled the words of ancient seers
The council of the dead
The advice of the living
I raised my hands, unclenched my fists
The shadow slithered away

[Verse 2]
Dazzling in its shining green
A living tree was drawn
With specks of light and streaks of shadow
Seizing the light in my hand
I weighed the shadow in another
Heavy as a mountain they were
Each lighter than a feather

[Chorus]
I spread my arms and clenched my fists
I listened and I closed my eyes
To recognize the balance
I recalled the words of ancient seers
The council of the dead
The advice of the living
I raised my hands, unclenched my fists
The shadow slithered away

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
Rising up to stand once more
So tiny under the great trees
I spied the treetops high above
The meander of their branches

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
I spread my arms and clenched my fists
I listened and I closed my eyes
To recognize the balance
I recalled the words of ancient seers
The council of the dead
The advice of the living
The light took wing and flew
The shadow slithered away

[Verse 1]
The river brings butterfly wings
Carries shining feathers of birds
And flowers and branches of trees
And broken bodies maimed
In black waters, they all sank
Devoured by the depths
The bodies in Tuonela's stream
(Tuonela's stream)

[Chorus]
The kings of renown
The mightiest of men
Jumbled together with lowly slaves
All smeared into pulp
The flesh of the families
The bones of the tribes
Deprived of their trophies
Dismembered and crushed

[Verse 2]
In a pool beneath the stream
The waters ceased to boil
Then dulled the roar and foaming froth
Tuonela's river had calmed
By the side of the waters black
In the never-ending night
Flickered a small lantern
A fire danced on the shore
(Shore)

[Chorus]
The kings of renown
The mightiest of men
Jumbled together with lowly slaves
All smeared into pulp
The flesh of the families
The bones of the tribes
Deprived of their trophies
Dismembered and crushed

[Instrumental Break]

[Guitar & Keyboard Solos]

[Outro]
Who was he who walked the night
And stirred on the stony shore
And moved along the murky banks
Roamed the riverside
Who walked the night

[Verse 1]
I called my son to Manala
To see the Land of the Dead
At night I crossed the bridge of dreams
To meet my flesh and blood once again
I took him to the Lightless Lands
To a vale in the Iron Mountain
To the banks of the Silent Stream
To the mouth of the Cave of the Dead

[Pre-Chorus]
An empty castle stood in the back
A humble hut on its yard
A gray door on the humble hut
An iron lock fixed on its door

[Chorus]
Together we crossed over the bridge of dreams
In the borderland
All left undone, in death, we had made complete
In the borderland

[Verse 2]
Father came to me in the night
Crossed over the bridge of dreams
Took me with him to Manala
To see the Land of the Dead

[Chorus]
Together we crossed over the bridge of dreams
In the borderland
All left undone, in death, we had made complete
In the borderland

[Verse 3]
Together we entered the keyhole
And we straddled over the black latch
Opened the door of the hut
Woke up those who dwelled in the castle

[Pre-Chorus]
A gray door on the humble hut
An iron lock fixed on its door

[Chorus]
Together we crossed over the bridge of dreams
In the borderland
All left undone, in death, we had made complete
In the borderland

[Instrumental Break]

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]
An empty castle stood in the back
A humble hut on its yard
A gray door on the humble hut
An iron lock fixed on its door

[Chorus/Outro]
Together we crossed over the bridge of dreams
In the borderland
All left undone, in death, we had made complete
In the borderland

[Verse 1]
I run through the night
On this arduous journey
A heavy burden in my heart
A whole life on my shoulders
Gone are all the familiar places
I know my world no more
Sapped away my strength
Blocked each road and byway

[Chorus]
Starless is the sky tonight
The world frozen in silence
Broken only by the roar
Starless is the sky tonight
The world frozen in silence
Broken only by the roar
Of Tuonela's distant rapids

[Verse 2]
I stumble on the rocks, drift down roads so grimy
Been lost from those that I once knew
Fleeing from shade to shadow
Collapse on the side of a ditch
I roll into black water
Sucked in by the whirlpool
I sink into oblivion

[Refrain]
(I sink into oblivion)
(I sink into oblivion)

[Chorus]
Starless is the sky tonight
The world frozen in silence
Broken only by the roar
Of Tuonela's distant rapids

[Instrumental Break]

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus/Outro]
Starless is the sky tonight
The world frozen in silence
Broken only by the roar
Starless is the sky tonight
The world frozen in silence
Broken only by the roar
Of Tuonela's distant rapids