Élan Lyrics
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Album | Endless Forms Most Beautiful(2015) |
| Type | Studio Full-length |
| Genres | Symphonic Metal |
| Labels | Scarecrow Records, Nuclear Blast Records, Roadrunner Records |
Album rating : –
Votes : 0
Votes : 0
Leave the sleep and let the springtime talk
In tongues from the time before man
Listen to a daffodil tell her tale
Let the guest in, walk out, be the first to greet the morn
The meadows of heaven await harvest
The cliffs unjumped, cold waters untouched
The elsewhere creatures yet unseen
Finally your number came up, free fall awaits the brave
Come
Taste the wine
Race the blind
They will guide you from the light
Writing noughts till the end of time
Come
Surf the clouds
Race the dark
It feeds from the runs undone
Meet me where the cliff greets the sea
The answer to the riddle before your eyes
Is in dead leaves and fleeting skies
Returning swans and sedulous mice
Writings on the garden's book
In the minute of a lover's look
Building a sandcastle close to the shore
A house of cards from a worn out deck
A home from the fellowship, poise and calm
Write a lyric for the song only you can understand
Riding hard every shooting star
Come to life, open mind, have a laugh at the orthodox
Come, drink deep let the dam of mind seep
Travel with great élan, dance a jig at the funeral
Come!
In tongues from the time before man
Listen to a daffodil tell her tale
Let the guest in, walk out, be the first to greet the morn
The meadows of heaven await harvest
The cliffs unjumped, cold waters untouched
The elsewhere creatures yet unseen
Finally your number came up, free fall awaits the brave
Come
Taste the wine
Race the blind
They will guide you from the light
Writing noughts till the end of time
Come
Surf the clouds
Race the dark
It feeds from the runs undone
Meet me where the cliff greets the sea
The answer to the riddle before your eyes
Is in dead leaves and fleeting skies
Returning swans and sedulous mice
Writings on the garden's book
In the minute of a lover's look
Building a sandcastle close to the shore
A house of cards from a worn out deck
A home from the fellowship, poise and calm
Write a lyric for the song only you can understand
Riding hard every shooting star
Come to life, open mind, have a laugh at the orthodox
Come, drink deep let the dam of mind seep
Travel with great élan, dance a jig at the funeral
Come!
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful - Lyrics
▶ 3. Élan Lyrics
Endless Forms Most Beautiful - Album Credits
Members
- Floor Jansen : Vocals
- Troy Donockley : Uillean Pipes, Low Whistle, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Vocals (tracks 6, 8), Backing Vocals (tracks 3, 6, 8, 9, 11)
- Emppu Vuorinen : Guitars
- Marco Hietala : Bass, Vocals (tracks 2, 4, 11), Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5-9, 11), Songwriting (tracks 2, 5, 6, 11), Lyrics (tracks 2, 4)
- Tuomas Holopainen : Keyboards, Piano, Songwriting, Lyrics
Additional musicians
- Christopher Sabiski : Choirs
- Alistair Spencer : Choirs
- George Webb : Choirs
- Perry Montague-Mason : Violin
- Emlyn Singleton : Violin
- Dermot Crehan : Violin
- Patrick Kiernan : Violin
- Mark Berrow : Violin
- Rita Manning : Violin
- Bogusław Kostecki : Violin
- Everton Nelson : Violin
- Chris Tombling : Violin
- Steve Morris : Violin
- Jackie Hartley : Violin
- Emil Chakalov : Violin
- Pete Hanson : Violin
- Jim McLeod : Violin
- Sonia Slany : Violin
- Peter Lale : Viola
- Bruce White : Viola
- Martin Humbey : Viola
- Rachel Bolt : Viola
- Andy Parker : Viola
- Martin Loveday : Cello
- Dave Daniels : Cello
- Jonathan Williams : Cello
- Frank Schaefer : Cello
- Paul Kegg : Cello
- Chris Laurence : Double Bass
- Steve Mair : Double Bass
- Richard Pryce : Double Bass
- Andy Findon : Flute, Flute (piccolo)
- Anna Noakes : Flute, Flute (piccolo)
- David Theodore : Oboe
- Nicholas Bucknall : Clarinet
- Dave Fuest : Clarinet, Clarinet (bass)
- Julie Andrews : Bassoon, Contrabassoon
- Richard Watkins : French Horn
- Philip Eastop : French Horn
- Nigel Black : French Horn
- Phil Cobb : Trumpet
- Mike Lovatt : Trumpet
- Kate Moore : Trumpet
- Mark Nightingale : Trombone (tenor)
- Ed Tarrant : Trombone (tenor)
- Andy Wood : Trombone (bass)
- Owen Slade : Tuba
- Skaila Kanga : Harp
- Paul Clarvis : Percussion (ethnic)
- Stephen Henderson : Percussion (ethnic), Timpani
- Frank Ricotti : Percussion (orchestral)
- Gary Kettel : Percussion (orchestral)
- Kai Hahto : Drums
- Richard Dawkins : Narration (tracks 1, 11)
- Jussi Tegelman : Soundscapes
- Alexandra Gibson : Choirs
- Alice Fearn : Choirs
- Ann de Renais : Choirs
- Catherine Bott : Choirs
- Claire Henry : Choirs
- Deborah Miles Johnson : Choirs
- Eleanor Meynell : Choirs
- Emma Brain Gabbott : Choirs
- Grace Davidson : Choirs
- Helen Brooks : Choirs
- Jacqueline Barron : Choirs
- Jenny O'Grady : Choirs
- Joanna Forbes : Choirs
- Jo Marshall : Choirs
- Kate Bishop : Choirs
- Mary Carewe : Choirs
- Morag MacKay : Choirs
- Rosemary Forbes Butler : Choirs
- Sarah Eyden : Choirs
- Soophia Foroughi : Choirs
- Andrew Playfoot : Choirs
- Ben Fleetwood Smyth : Choirs
- Callum MacIntosh : Choirs
- David Porter Thomas : Choirs
- Gabriel Vick : Choirs
- Gerard O'Beirne : Choirs
- James Mawson : Choirs
- Lawrence Wallington : Choirs
- Lawrence White : Choirs
- Michael Dore : Choirs
- Neil Bellingham : Choirs
- Richard Henders : Choirs
- Robin Bailey : Choirs
- Stephen Weller : Choirs
- Steve Trowell : Choirs
- Tom Pearce : Choirs
- Omar Ait el Caid : Choirs
- Bertie Beaman : Choirs
- Delphine Christou Hill : Choirs
- Oliver Cripps : Choirs
- Eleanor Grant : Choirs
- Rowan Hallett : Choirs
- Theo Harper : Choirs
- Jane Jones : Choirs
- Asha Lincogle-Gabriel : Choirs
- Jenson Loake : Choirs
- Celine Markantonis : Choirs
- Kaela Simi Masek : Choirs
- Robert Masek : Choirs
- Marguerite Moriarty : Choirs
- Andrew Morton : Choirs
- Akinoluwa Olawore : Choirs
- Modadeogo Olawore : Choirs
Other staff
- James Shearman : Conductor (orchestra)
- Pip Williams : Arrangements (orchestra, choir)
- Tuomas Holopainen : Producer, Mixing Engineer
- Mikko Karmila : Engineer, Recording, Mixing Engineer
- Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen : Engineer, Recording Engineer, Co-producer
- Mika Jussila : Mastering Engineer, Photography (additional)
- Janne Pitkänen : Cover Artwork
- Jenny O'Grady : Choirmaster
- Lynda Richardson : Choirmaster
- Steve Price : Engineer (orchestra)
- Jeremy Murphy : Engineer (assistant orchestra)
- Gina Pitkänen : Cover Artwork
- Michael Taylor : Recording (dawkins)
- Ville Juurikkala : Photography (band)
- Timo Isoaho : Photography (additional)
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