Act 1

Tarja Act 1 Lyrics
1.Anteroom Of Death

(feat. Van Canto)

Two faced drama rebellion
Are you the Joker, King or Queen?
Place your cards as they're coming
Came to win
Lost everything
Gambling rider pull the strings
Pull them tighter

Let them in
Come and play another day
Throw your mask away
I don't care what you say
Cause your lovely words decay
Come and play another day
Welcome to the anteroom of death

Hide your conspiracies so
Who's got the keys
And who has not?
Sell your fortune to me
Cause I can still read behind all that
Burn your fingers
Trade a dream
Watch the clock as it's ticking

Come and play another day
Throw your mask away
I don't care what you say
Cause your lovely words decay
Come and play another day
Welcome to the anteroom of death

Blinded in the dark
I'm touching the scars of tainted hearts
If you're searching
Learn to see
Honesty is all you need
Take a bow
Finally

Come and play another day
Throw your mask away
I don't care what you say
Cause your lovely words decay
Come and play another day
Welcome to the anteroom of death


2.Boy And The Ghost

The streets are empty
Inside it's warm
His hands are shaking
They locked the door

A voice is calling
Asking to get in

All he wanted was a toy
All he needed was a gentle heart
To lead him through the dark
When his dreams are running wild

Boy and the ghost

Fire's not burning
The lights went out
The lights went out

Big family dinner
The untold pain
Their eyes are sparkling
On his frozen face

Angels calling
Asking to get in

All he wanted was a toy
All he needed was a gentle heart
To lead him through the dark
When there's nowhere left to fall

Boy and the ghost

His eyes are burning
The lights went out
The dream is on

Wake up, wake up
There's an angel in the snow
Look up, look up
It's a frightened dead boy

With so much hate
Such bad dreams
You could have seen
The toy's the key
But no one saw

No one saw

All he wanted was a toy
All he needed was a beating heart
To lead him through the dark
Boy and the ghost

When there's nowhere left to fall
Nowhere to hide
The silence is hurting
Inside it's cold
Sleep or die
Nowhere to go
Nowhere to hide

His light went out


3.My Little Phoenix

Gracefully she's circling higher.
She has the wind beneath her wings
and looks down on us
She said:
'Robbed of my innocence, had no more time to play.
I sure got my feathers burned, but I'm stronger than the
flames'.

Here she comes, here she comes.
I've been waiting for so long.
Here she comes
rose again from the flames
my little Phoenix

Eternity is set in her eyes
throwing sparks back at the world that'll never die.
And I think:
'She has robbed of her innocence, had no more time to play.
She's only a little girl, but she stronger than the flames'

Here she comes, here she comes.
I've been waiting for so long.
Here she comes
rose again from the flames
my little Phoenix

Here she comes
I've been waiting for my little Phoenix

You've got to get close to the flame to see what it's made of
You've got to get close to the flame to see what you are made
of.

Here she comes, here she comes.
I've been waiting for so long.
Here she comes
rose again from the flames
my little Phoenix


4.Ciaran's Well

Misty cold nights
You'll hear her sigh
And sing bitter
Sweet lullabies

For years she prayed
The saints would cast
A spell for the
Forest to let her go

She sings
She dreams
She prays

She sings
She plays...
She stays...

The black old well
Holds ancient tales
And makes all wishes come true
So throw your dream
Into the dark
And Blue will come for you


5.Dark Star

Burning out in the distance you're falling
Starting to fade
Light is condemned to be tied down by gravity close to the end
Do you still remember?
Before the weight that pulled you under
Dared you to rise

Where are you now?
Are you proud of the life you wasted?
Wearing the crown of illusion you created
You'll never know what it feels like to shine
You're the master in your own mind
But a slave to all
You are a dark star

Empty
Is never enough
You keep clawing for what you can't reach
Smothering space filled without any grace and I can't breathe
Nothing lasts forever
Even the stars will loose their luster returning to dust

Where are you now?
Are you proud of the life you wasted?
Wearing the crown of illusion you created
You'll never know what it feels like to shine
You're the master in your own mind
But a slave to all
You are a dark star


6.Naiad

She hears the distant soft caress
there in the gloom.
Colors surround with tenderness
guiding her through.

In the forgotten sweet abyss
another sound
twilight floating memories
always without.

Gloaming
there above the surface
an illusion
reaching down for me.

What lies beneath
beyond the ocean s door
tranquil is the kiss
of the azure rising deep
sleeping ever more
Naiad s mystery
what lies beneath.

Guarding their immorality
saints in the sand.
Stranger than beautiful eerie
an ancient land

Circle of sixteen turned to stone
and still they keep
shimmering crystal promises
one space between.

Breathing the newborn waves.
Kneeling for the sea she became.


7.Tired Of Being Alone

Once, you dreamed of me.
Twice, you wished that I'd pull you out.
You chose your life and put me down.
Still you don't understand.

Tired of being alone.

What you have dreamed
Is not what I am so far.
Let me be the one,
Please understand me how I am.
But I don't want to walk alone,
I need your hands to warm my soul.

Tired of being alone. (x2)

I will do my best to become your love,
I'll try to fill the emptiness in our hearts.
So tired of being alone.

Tired of being alone.

I want to feel,
I need to fall in love with you.

Tired of being alone.


8.(Medley)


9.Falling Awake

(feat. Joe Satriani)

Phantom voices with no words to follow
At the mercy of the cold and hollow
I withdrew into my sanctuary of silence
My defence

In this moment I am just becoming
Liberated from my cell of nothing
No sensation there was only breathing
Overcome oblivion

Falling Awake
From a walking sleep
And all that remains
Is the dying memory
And now I can dive for
these dreams I make
Like I am Falling
I am falling awake

Waves of melodies once forgotten
like a symphony across the ocean
Never knew that they could hear my calling
deep within
crashing in
rushing in
like falling

Falling Awake
From a walking sleep
And all that remains
Is the dying memory
And now I can dive for
these dreams I make
Like I am Falling
I am falling awake

There is no returning to that emptiness,
loneliness
The dream that lives inside of me
won't fade away, it's wide awake

Falling Awake
From a walking sleep
And all that remains
Is the dying memory
And now I can dive for
these dreams I make
Like I am Falling
I am falling awake


10.I Walk Alone

Put all your angels on the edge
Keep all the roses, I'm not dead
I left a thorn under your bed

I'm never gone

Go tell the world I'm still around
I didn't fly, I'm coming down
you are the wind, the only sound

Whisper to my heart
when hope is torn apart
and no one can save you

I walk alone
Every step I take
I walk alone

My winter storm
Holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone

Go back to sleep forever more
Far from your fools and lock the door
They're all around and they'll make sure

You don't have to see
What I turned out to be
no one can help you

I walk alone
Every step I take
I walk alone

My winter storm
Holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone

Waiting up in heaven
I was never far from you
Spinning down I felt your every move

I walk alone

I walk alone
Every step I take
I walk alone

My winter storm
Holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone


11.Underneath

Even in my darkest times
Overcome with worry
Find the comfort in the storm
No reason to be sorry
Look inside for a place to hide
All around the faithless wait full of expectations
They will never see the beauty in the imperfections
The more I show
The less they know

Out of reach
Underneath
Learned to breath
Underneath
Something inside of me
Invisible turning the fragile
Unbreakable
But they cannot take away
They cannot take away
What I believe
You cannot take away
Cannot take away
What's underneath

Every little cut runs deep
Masked in my tomorrow
Bringing wisdom that I need for all the time I borrow
My other side is left behind

Out of reach
Underneath
Learned to breath
Underneath
Something inside of me
Invisible turning the fragile Unbreakable
But they cannot take away
They cannot take away
What I believe
You cannot take away
Cannot take away
What's underneath


12.Little Lies

Take my faith with an open hand and warm embrace
My confidant
Use my words
Take the good away and leave the worst to sell me out

Little lies
Little lies
Making up tragedies
Nothing is as it seems
Who cares what is real
Little lies
Little lies
Only to entertain
The message is the same for those who believe

Feed the flames Empty wishes with no room to blame
My sacrifice
Deep inside
There is nothing left to stand behind
But

Little lies
Little lies
Making up tragedies
Nothing is as it seems
Who cares what is real
Little lies
Little lies
Only to entertain
The message is the same for those who believe

Little Lies
Little lies
Nothing is what it seems


13.Oasis / The Archive Of Lost Dreams

Far from the light to reach beneath a veil of mist
Countless stories were left to rest in peace
Darkened and calm
The grave uncared
Once a haven filled with hope
The archive of lost dreams
We send our inner fears for the ocean to score
Waiting it takes them all away from the shore
Deepest beliefs from billions of souls
Longing for our wishes to find a way back home
Aah...Naiad
The last one in the unknown
The keeper of our written dreams
Aah...Promises
None of them were left behind
She blessed them with her kiss
See.
Hear and feel
The miracle of life
Believe the signs and trust you'll stay alive
Descend to find the depth of your heart
Mysterious Naiad
Now the circle's closed forever
Aah...Naiad
The archive is gone
We are on our own


14.Crimson Deep

Sometimes I see the pulse
numb I feel,
so unreal.
Blood on my lips I taste the heavy lead.
What can I find behind the mirror,
I'll never know.
Who's the reflection within?

Should I frame for you the other world?
Another world?
I've heard the voices of Elysium.
The scent of a sudden wish,
never there, everywhere.
Read me the space in-between.

Sharp is the edge of all discovery,
now I see.
A scar without suffering, impossible.
I'll wait until my last day
with no shame.
Who's to blame?
Shaping the signs left for me.
Come to me
I cried
I need you.
I am seeking
the gates unfold inside
my lost soul
in the dark.
Far beneath my breath
I'm burning
at my core.
Show me how
let me see beyond
I will find
my Crimson Deep


15.Into The Sun

Dream against the flow
Let your garden grow
Over land and water
Feel your borders

Walking right into the sun
No fear of the ending
Find new beginning
Over another lonely star

Walking right into the sun

All my sweetest doors
Let them help you out
My emotion
Parted ocean

Walking right into the sun
Don't feel/fear the ending
Find the beginning
Over another lonely star
Brighter than who you are
Walking right into the sun


16.Nemo (Nighwish)

This is me for forever
One of the lost ones
The one without a name
Without an honest heart as compass

This is me for forever
One without a name
These lines the last endeavor
To find the missing lifeline

Oh how i wish for soothing rain
All i wish is to dream again
My loving heart lost in the dark
For hope i'd give my everything

My flower will withered between
The pages two and three
The once and forever bloom
Gone with my sins

Walk the dark path sleep with angels
Call the past for help
Touch me with your love
And reveal to me my true name

Oh how i wish for soothing rain
All i wish is to dream again
My loving heart lost in the dark
For hope i'd give my everything

Oh how i wish for soothing rain
Oh how i wish to dream again
Once and for all and all for once
Nemo my name for evermore

Nemo sailing home
Nemo letting go

Oh how i wish for soothing rain
All i wish is to dream again
My loving heart lost in the dark
For hope i'd give my everything

Oh how i wish for soothing rain
Oh how i wish to dream again
Once and for all and all for once
Nemo my name for evermore
Name for evermore


17.The Phantom Of The Opera

In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came,
That voice which calls to me,
And speaks my name.
And do I dream again? For now I find
The phantom of the opera is here
Inside my mind.

Sing once again with me our strange duet;
My power over you grows stronger yet.
I know you turn from me to glance behind,
The phantom of the opera is there
Inside your mind.

Those who have seen your face
Draw back in fear.
I am the mask you wear,

It's me they hear.

Your spirit and my voice in one combined;
The phantom of the opera is here
Inside (Tarja)my (Marco)your mind.
He's there the phantom of the opera.
Beware the phantom of the opera.

In all your fantasies, you always knew
That man and mystery

Were both in you.

And in this labyrinth where night is blind,
The Phantom of the opera is here
Inside (Tarja)my (Marco)your mind.

Sing, my angel of music!


He's there,the phantom of the opera!


18.Die Alive

Open up the night.
Led by just a feeling.
All around is light.
Everything is healing.

No more fate
and no more mystery.
Even as time falls away
I live my days
every moment and it's memory,
not only to survive: to die alive.

Overwhelming love,
heaven's just a feeling.
Singing in my blood
keeping me from kneeling.

No more fate
and no more mystery.
Even as time falls away
I live my days
every moment and it's memory,
not only to survive: to die alive.

Die alive.

No more fate
and no more mystery.
Even as time falls away
I live my days
every moment and it's memory,
not only to survive: to die alive.

Die alive.

Die alive


19.Never Enough

Life in bloom, the sweetest season
The warm embrace gave me the meaning
Another time, a cross to carry
Cruel facade imaginary
I don't belong

There's no going back
what we used to be
There's no room for us
no place for me

Never enough, never enough
No, never enough, never enough
I gave it all
You still want more

A child's game, the search for reason
A coldest day, I stopped believing
Another war, my endless laughter
A storyline is all they're after
I don't belong


20.Still Of The Night (Whitesnake)12In For A Kill

In the Still of the Night
I hear the wolf howl, honey
Sniffing around your door
In the Still of the night
I feel my heart beating heavy
Telling me I gotta have more

In the shadow of night
I see the full moon rise
Telling me what's in store
My heart start aching
My body start a shaking
An' I can't take no more

Now I just wanna get close to you
An' taste your love so sweet
An' I just wanna make love to you
Feel your body heat

In the Still of the Night
In the Still of the Night

In the heat of the day
I hang my head down low
An' hide my face from the sun
Thru the light of the day
Until the evening time
I'm waiting for the night to come

In the Still of the Night
In the cool moonlight
I feel my heart is aching
In the Still of the Night

In the Still of the Night
I hear the wolf howl, honey
Sniffing around your door
In the Still of the night
I feel my heart beating heavy
Telling me I gotta have more

Now I just wanna get close to you
An' taste your love so sweet
An' I just wanna make love to you
Feel your body heat

In the Still of the Night


21.Until My Last Breath

Cannot cry it loud enough
I'm giving up this ghost
How can I still justify
When you deny my voice
In this nothing I am not allowed
I just follow alone
Words as weapons without a sound
Echoes dying unborn

Until my last breath
You'll never know
Until you feel the silence
When I am gone
Now is vanishing
Everything
What we might have been
Only now you praise
Call my name that you won't see again

Who can change this memory
Inside it needs to burn
Worship by the enemy
The guilty take their turns
Watching as it's disappearing
Shadows all that remain
Wishes slowly crossing over
In this parade of pain

Until my last breath
You'll never know
Until you feel the silence
When I am gone
Now is vanishing
Everything
What we might have been
Only now you praise
Call my name that you won't see again


22.Over The Hills And Far Away

They came for him one winter's night.
Arrested, he was bound.
They said there'd been a robbery
His pistol had been found.
They marched him to the station house,
He waited for the dawn.
And as they led him to the dock
He knew that he'd been wronged.
You stand accused of robbery,
He heard the bailiff say.
He knew without an alibi,
Tomorrow's trial would mourn his freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
For ten long years he'll count the days.
Over the mountains and blue seas,
A prisoner's life for him there'll be.
He knew that it would cost him dear,
But yet he dare not say.
Where he had been that fateful night,
A secret it must stay.
He had to fight back tears of rage.
His heartbeat like a drum.
For with the wife of his best friend,
He spent his final night of freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
He swears he will return one day.
Far from the mountains and blue seas,
Back in her arms is where he'll be.
Over the hills and far away.
Over the hills and, over the hills and,
Over the hills and far away.
Each night within his prison cell,
He looks out through the bars.
He reads the letters that she wrote.
One day he'll know the taste of freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
She prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
Back in his arms he swears she'll be.
Over the hills and far away,
He swears he will return one day.
Far from the mountains and blue seas,
Back in her arms is where he'll be