song of myself

Singer:nightwish

the nightingale is still locked in the cage

the deep breath i took still poisons my lungs

an old oak sheltering me from the blue

sun bathing on its dead frozen leaves

a catnap in the ghost town of my heart

she dreams of storytime and the river ghosts

of mermaids

of whitman's and the ride

raving harlequins

gigantic toys

a song of me a song in need

of a courageous symphony

a verse of me a verse in need

of a pure-heart singing me to peace

all that great heart lying still and slowly dying

all that great heart lying still on an angel wing

all that great heart lying still

in silent suffering

smiling like a clown until the show has come to an end

what is left for encore

is the same old dead boy's song

sung in silence

all that great heart lying still and slowly dying

all that great heart lying still on an angel wing

a midnight flight into covington woods

a princess and a panther by my side

these are territories i live for

i'd still give my everything to love you more

a song of me a song in need

of a courageous symphony

a verse of me a verse in need

of a pure-heart singing me to peace

all that great heart lying still and slowly dying

all that great heart lying still on an angelwing

now all that great heart lying still

in silent suffering

smiling like a clown until the show has come to an end

what is left for encore

is the same old dead boy's song

sung in silence

all that great heart lying still and slowly dying

all that great heart lying still on an angelwing

a silent symphony

a hollow opus #1

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sometimes the sky is piano black

piano black over cleansing waters

resting pipes

verse of bore

rusting keys without a door

sometimes the within is piano black

piano black over cleansing waters

all that great heart lying still and slowly dying

all that great heart lying still on an angel wing

all that great heart lying still and slowly dying

all that great heart lying still on an angel wing

i see a slow

simple youngster by a busy street

with a begging bowl in his shaking hand. trying to smile but hurting infinitely. nobody notices. i do

but walk by. an old man gets naked and kisses a model-doll in his attic

it's half-light and he's in tears. when he finally cums his eyes are cascading. i see a beaten dog in a pungent alley. he tries to bite me. all pride has left his wild drooling eyes. i wish i had my leg to spare. a mother visits her son

smiles to him through the bars. she's never loved him more. an obese girl enters an elevator with me. all dressed up fancy

a green butterfly on her neck. terribly sweet perfume deafens me. she's going to dinner alone. that makes her even more beautiful. i see a model's face on a brick wall. a statue of porcelain perfection beside a violent city kill. a city that worships flesh. the first thing i ever heard was a wandering man telling his story

it was you

the grass under my bare feet

the campfire in the dead of the night

the heavenly black of sky and sea

it was us

roaming the rainy roads

combing the guilded beaches

waking up to a new gallery of wonders every morn

bathing in places no-one's seen before

shipwrecked on some matt-painted island

clad in nothing but the surf - beauty's finest robe

beyond all mortality we are

swinging in the breath of nature

in early air of the dawn of life

a sight to silence the heavens

i want to travel where life travels

following its permanent lead

where the air tastes like snow music

where grass smells like fresh-born eden

i would pass no man

no stranger

no tragedy or rapture

i would bathe in a world of sensation

love

goodness and simplicity

the thought of my family's graves was the only moment

i used to experience true love

that love remains infinite as i'll never be the man my father is

how can you just be yourself" when you don't know who you are?