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The official music video to "The Islander", taken from Nightwish' 2007 album "Dark Passion Play". Buy "Dark Passion Play" at Nightwish-Shop: http://smarturl.it/x3o3jcOn this performance:@Marko Hietala - Male vocals, Acoustic guitarsEmppu Vuorinen - Acoustic guitarsTuomas Holopainen - KeyboardsAnette Olzon - Female vocalsJukka Nevalainen - PercussionsTroy Donockley - Bodhran, Uilleann Pipes, Tin WhistleLondon Philharmonic Orchestra - Orchestral parts@Nightwish is:Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards@Floor Jansen - VocalsMarko Hietala - BassEmppu Vuorinen - GuitarsKai Hahto - DrumsTroy Donockley - Uilleann pipes, flutes, additional vocalsFollow us:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nightwish/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nightwish/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NightwishBandMailing list - https://nightwi.sh/newsletterShop - http://shop.nightwish.comSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2NPduAUeLVsfIauhRwuft1Apple Music - https://geo.music.apple.com/us/artist/nightwish/2898807?mt=1&app=musicLyrics The Islander:An old man by a seashore at the end of dayGazes the horizon with sea winds in his faceTempest-tossed island, seasons all the sameAnchorage unpainted and 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 afar[Chorus:]This is for long-forgotten light at the end of the worldHorizon crying the tears he left behind long agoThe albatross is flying, making him daydreamThe time before he became one of the world's unseenPrincess in the tower, children in the fieldsLife gave him it all, an island of the universeNow his love's a memory, a ghost in the fogHe sets the sails one last time saying farewell to the worldAnchor to the water, seabed far belowGrass still in his feet and a smile beneath his brow[Chorus:]This is for long-forgotten light at the end of the worldHorizon crying the tears he left behind long ago[Chorus:]This is for long-forgotten light at the end of the worldHorizon crying the tears he left behind long agoSo long ago
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