JAN 2004 UPDATE
"I was raised to be unwanted weed."
"I was raised from a broken seed."
(Sonata Arctica - Broken)
OCT 2003 UPDATE
”Empty the stare, in a sense and underwear.”
”Empty the stare, innocent and unaware.”
(Sonata Arctica - The Cage)
“You think you are running away.”
“…you are right in the way.”
“You think you are right, in a way.”
(Sonata Arctica - Silver Tongue)
“The pressure from your so called friends who see too much.”
“The pressure from your so called friends was simply too much.”
(Sonata Arctica - Sing in Silence)
“I have found the hole in you.”
“I have found the whole in you.”
“I have found the whore in you.”
(Sonata Arctica - Last Drop Falls)
“It was sweet to love you.”
“Forced me to love you.”
(Sonata Arctica - Last Drop Falls)
“Eating low the loves tonight.”
“It’ll all collapse tonight.”
(Sonata Arctica - Fullmoon)
“The fullmoon is arrogant.”
“The fullmoon is here again.”
(Sonata Arctica - Fullmoon)
“Gotta make the lovegod bleed tonight.”
“Gotta make the love complete tonight.”
(Sonata Arctica - Fullmoon)
“I’m American, I’m American.”
“I’m a replica, I’m a replica.”
(Sonata Arctica - Replica)
“Sweet the sin her eyes.”
“Sweetness in her eyes.”
(Sonata Arctica - San Sebastian)
“Now I’m here to rule you wrong.”
“Now I’m here to prove you wrong.”
(Sonata Arctica - My Land)
“Deep in my world you have work today.”
“Keep in mind what you have heard today.”
(Sonata Arctica - My Land)
“With colours of your own.”
“When others have your own.”
(Sonata Arctica - My Land)
“In junior high she’s every guy.”
“In junior high se said goodbye.”
(Sonata Arctica - Mary Lou)
“Only a child, Redlance…”
“Only a child, reckless…”
(Sonata Arctica - Mary Lou)
“Into the moon again.”
“Need to come home again.”
(Sonata Arctica - Mary Lou)
“Eating far too little we noticed someone new.”
“Eating far too little we know this.”
“Eating for two, he noticed someone new.”
“Eating for two, he’s going out with someone new.”
(Sonata Arctica - Mary Lou)
“You’re lovely hurt and so is he.”
“You’re lovely hurt or so it seems.”
“In love we hurt or so it seems.”
“In love with her or so it seems.”
(Sonata Arctica - Tallulah)
”I see you walking hand in hand with long-haired runner of the band.”
”. . .with longer grammar.”
“. . .with longer drummer of the band.”
“. . .with longered drummer of the band.”
”I see you walking hand in hand with long-haired drummer of the band.”
(Sonata Arctica - Tallulah)
”I grew up to be an one-day weed.”
”I grew up to be and unwanted weed.”
(Sonata Arctica - Broken)
”I’d give my everything to you, follow you to the bottom of oblivion.”
”I’d give my everything to you, follow you through the garden of oblivion.”
(Sonata Arctica - Broken)
“I sat in your cold mind.”
“I sat in your coalmine.”
(Sonata Arctica - The End Of This Chapter)
“I looked dragon skies.”
“I looked Draco’s skies.”
“Across darkened skies.”
(Sonata Arctica - The End of This Chapter)
”Look out the window, surprise!” From: Darklyrics.com (old website version)
”Lood out the window, chez moi.”
”Look out the window, c’est moi!”
(Sonata Arctica - The End of This Chapter)
”Baby, I won’t let you, baby.”
”Bury it, I won’t let you bury it.”
(Muse - Time Is Running Out)
“Last precious eat the wounded ones.”
“Our species eat the wounded ones.”
(Nightwish - The Kinslayer)
“Ruled by Mantricker’s mighty swords.”
“Ruled by magic and mighty swords.”
(Nightwish - Elvenpath)
”I hear you, through the symphony voices of nature
The purity I could never die for”
”I hear you, through the symphonic voices of nature
The purity I could never doubt”
(Nightwish - The Carpenter)
”And observe my saviour”
”The one who survived to the chirping of birds”
”And observe my saviour”
”The one crucified to the chirping of birds”
(Nightwish - The Carpenter)
“… to the champion of the world.”
“… to the chirping of birds.”
(Nightwish - The Carpenter)
”The darkness surrounds me
Shores of a silent sea”
”The darkness around me
Shores of a solar sea”
(Nightwish - Sleeping Sun)
“Recall the night you melted my happiness away?
”The night you left with a kiss of time.”
”Recall the night you melted my ugliness away?”
”The night you left with a kiss so kind.”
(Nightwish - Beauty of the Beast)
”In the shattering shade of the forest.”
”In the sheltering shade of the forest.”
(Nightwish - Elvenpath)
“As I wander undiscovered tonight.”
”As I wander on this path of the night.”
(Nightwish - Astral Romance)
"elongated woman"
"bald headed woman"
"more than a woman"
(The Bee Gees - More Than a Woman)
”Yesterday I went outside in my grandma's green-blue dress.”
”Yesterday I went outside with my momma's mason jar.”
(Weezer - Butterfly)
”Hear you me, my girl! Hear you me, come on in!”**
”Hear you me, Mykel! Hear you me, Carli!”
(Weezer - Mykel and Carli)
**(Names pronounced Michael and Carly.)
SEPT 2003 UPDATE
"While you are sleeping, I’m still your earring."
"While you are sleeping, I steal your earring."
(Nightwish - The End of This Chapter)
"As then years go by, in the Broca divide." **
"Another misspelled rhyme, in the book of time."
(Nightwish - UnOpened)
**(Broca divide is an area in the brain which is believed to be play part in prehistoric man’s thinking.)
"He's not around anymore."
"He's not a man anymore."
(Nightwish - FullMoon)
"Take along the evil, take along the weak, no one knows how by he feels."
"Take along the evil, take along the wheat, no one knows how high he feels."
"Take along the evil, take along the weak, no one knows how high he flees."
"Temple of the evil, Temple of the weak no one knows how bad he feels."
(Sonata Arctica - Black Sheep)
"Live with the first light, live with me."
"Live with the Blacksheep, live with me."
(Nightwish - Black Sheep)
"Walk All Over You"
"One More Broken Shoe"
(AC/DC - Walk All Over You)
"Shot Down in Flames"
"Sugar In Veins"
(AC/DC - Shot Down in Flames)
"Two hundred twenty-two days of life, we’ll be the silent by the night."
"Two hundred twenty-two days of light, will be desired by a night."
(Nightwish - Sleeping Sun)
Sources for the correct lyrics:
Official Sonata Arctica
Nightwish - The Official Website
Darklyrics.com
A-Z Lyrics Universe
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