this song make me feel 20 Years younger and wilder i am waiting since ONCE for such Nightwish music, and Troy and his pipes are a massive ;) bonus, and i love how his music brings so much metalheads to teary eyes ! 10/10 on first listen is unique for me, specially for Nightwish "new" songs... they always grow on me
Tuomas said this song is about people we meet along the way in life, each person represent a island.. and the one steering the ship, Tuomas, or maybe you.. it could be your story right, but Tuomas proberly did write it as him steering the ship. feel some imaginarium vibes here, also some melody parts reminds a bit if the NW song Sahara, and the part singing Mad despair is very Scaretale.. i do think its a great song, i didnt catch it at first listen, i was also pretty tired, maybe thats why, but now i get on a journey with it, sailing this ship.. love it!!
This thought just occurred to me. Could this song be about Marko? Friends, who were for a time, now grapes of sour wine. Lords of a single fly, still, I rue no island of shared solitude. You who glow in deepest woe let it be, retiree, the water's fine, sail carefree.
Great track! This will be an absolute banger live, if and when they get around to touring again. Yeah, I believe the initial plan was to have just the three singles with music videos. I think this was a surprise. Tuomas indicated the other tracks without music videos would also get lyric videos, but he didn't know when.
Lanternlight is still the 3rd single (with full MV) and comes out on the 20th (you should have it upcoming in your subs now). I think they just pushed this lyric video early to help build the momentum. This is also definitely my favourite of the 3 songs released so far - amazing journey - love Floor's delivery, especially getting the chance for some proper belting in the chorus. Master Passion Greed is surely heavier! But agree it was great to have the chunky metal sections in addition to the more melodic more typical (for NW) sections - and then the final reprise on the pipes is so reminiscent of the Moors section of All the works of nature....so beautiful
A mariner under a sky moonlit on an island of a crewless ship, a few decades of immortality ahead, a one-man crew for a one-way trip. Islands, islands everywhere, I keep my range with crowded sails. My waves, they kiss every shore I land, steep cliffs will mock my waving hand. Islanders, villagers, universal mariners calling me, guiding me, monsters far beneath, hurricanes on the way, lunatic weathervanes, shipwrecked lovers on a faraway cay. Passing by butterflies, fluttering for a day, jokers, jesters, goddesses, hominidae, deep delicious blue beneath, I'll steer wherever tomorrow is near. Light a beacon so I can navigate through the tempest, through the madness. Light a homefire for the sad man with a begging hand, light a beacon so I can navigate through the tempest following the quintet. Ride on the highest wave, bring me to life, to them who dance in the daylight. Sail and seek the starbound quay, calling you, calling me to be a part of your story. Here raining ash to cover the dead, an island of the past wrecks, of you, of the endless sundown. Hemlock meadows, deepest quicksand, empty harbor by a wasteland. Mirrors, mirrors, everywhere for you of mad despair. Friends, who were for a time, now grapes of sour wine. Lords of a single fly, still, I rue no island of shared solitude. You who glow in deepest woe let it be, retiree, the water's fine, sail carefree. Sail and seek the starbound quay, calling you, calling me to be a part of your story on these strange islands.
Tuomas really challenging Floor in this one and im sure many other songs on the album as he should .....its damn Floor . As much ss i LOVE Troys pipes at the end .....i wish it was Floor singing us out with a swelling choir behind her .
Great and positive reaction! (the sound of the clip unfortunately too soft) The butterflies somehow make me think of Avantasia, "Kill the pain away" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dj50YIwoFLc.html
