NIGHTWISH - LANTERNLIGHT, A Layman's Reaction 

A Layman's Reaction: NIGHTWISH - LANTERNLIGHT
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Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen.
Origin: Kitee, Finland
Genre: Metal
The song "Lanternlight" by Nightwish is about love and how we should guide others in the same way that we have been guided. The song's composer, Tuomas Holopainen, wrote the lyrics and music to reflect on his father's passing. He also plays the piano in the song's official video.
Lyrics:
[Verse 1: Floor Jansen]
Gone is the hurt, the wait
Gone is the warmth of day
A stray boat saved, happy memories engraved
On into a velvety night
Beneath a lanternlight
[Chorus: Floor Jansen]
Last night brought the heaviest of snows
Melting the songs of old
Tying the boat, write a new one soon
Sending me to the drowning moon
Far above a lanternlight
[Verse 2: Floor Jansen, Troy Donockley]
I'm in the light and flood
I'm in the four winds
I am the waves shaping pebbles flawless gems
I am the snow on your palm
[Chorus: Floor Jansen, Troy Donockley]
I am the secret stream
Moss beneath your feet
I am you who climbed off of my back
Not long ago
A sheltered song in a world now gone
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[Bridge: Floor Jansen]
Turn loose the swaying boat
Meltwater, sound of spring
I hear our song now, sung by the free
For a thousand more tomorrows
Of an incomplete weave
To the meadows I go
I’ll be waiting for you
Once upon a lanternlight
[Outro: Troy Donockley, Floor Jansen]
I walk now toward the trees
I am the secret stream
The night falling at my feet
Into the forest of Yesterwynde