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Storytime Lyrics

Nightwish - Imaginaerum
Artist
Album

Imaginaerum

(2011)
TypeStudio Full-length
GenresSymphonic Metal, Rock Opera
LabelsNuclear Blast Records
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2. Storytime (5:22)
Track rating :  90 / 100 Votes :  1 [ ]
'Twas the night before
When all through the world
No words, no dreams, then one day

A writer by a fire
Imagined all Gaia
Took a journey into a child-man's heart

A painter on the shore
Imagined all the world
Within a snowflake on his palm

Unframed by poetry
A canvas of awe
Planet Earth falling back into the stars

I am the voice of Never-Never-Land
The innocence, the dreams of every man
I am the empty crib of Peter Pan

A silent kite against the blue, blue sky
Every chimney, every moonlit sight
I am the story that will read you real
Every memory that you hold dear

I am the journey
I am the destination
I am the home
The tale that reads you

A way to taste the night
The elusive high
Follow the madness
Alice, you know once did

Imaginarium
A dream emporium
Caress the tales
And they will dream you real

A storyteller's game
Lips that intoxicate
The core of all life is a
Limitless chest of tales

I am the voice of Never-Never-Land
The innocence, the dreams of every man
I am the empty crib of Peter Pan

A silent kite against the blue, blue sky
Every chimney, every moonlit sight
I am the story that will read you real
Every memory that you hold dear

I am the voice of Never-Never-Land
The innocence, the dreams of every man
Searching heavens for another Earth
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Imaginaerum - Lyrics
Imaginaerum - Album Credits
Members
  • Anette Olzon : Vocals
  • Emppu Vuorinen : Guitars
  • Marco Hietala : Bass, Vocals, Songwriting (track 10)
  • Jukka Nevalainen : Drums, Percussion
  • Tuomas Holopainen : Keyboards, Piano, Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1-9, 11-13)
Additional musicians
  • Steve Morris : Violin
  • Dermot Crehan : Hardanger Fiddle, Violin
  • Eoghan McCarthy : Choirs
  • Gary Kettel : Percussion
  • Neil Bellingham : Choirs
  • David Fuest : Clarinet, Clarinet (bass)
  • Jenny O'Grady : Choirs
  • Garfield Jackson : Viola
  • Dilys McCaffrey : Choirs
  • Owen Slade : Tuba
  • Gerard O'Beirne : Choirs
  • Eliza Marshall : Flute
  • Emma Brain Gabbot : Choirs
  • Rachel Stephanie Bolt : Viola
  • Perry Montague-Mason : Violin
  • Pekka Kuusisto : Violin
  • Steve Mair : Double Bass
  • Catherine Bott : Choirs
  • Oli Langford : Violin
  • Emlyn Singleton : Violin (lead)
  • Athena Koutsovasilis : Choirs
  • Richard Edwards : Trombone (tenor)
  • Andrew Busher : Choirs
  • Sam Barnett : Choirs
  • Anna Gunstone : Choirs
  • John Barclay : Trumpet
  • Soophia Foroughi : Choirs
  • Chris Laurence : Double Bass (principal)
  • Alexandra Gibson : Choirs
  • Jonathan Rees : Violin
  • Tom Bullard : Choirs
  • David Pyatt : French Horn
  • Morag MacKay : Choirs
  • Dave Daniels : Cello
  • Stephen Henderson : Percussion (ethnic), Percussion
  • Chris Tombling : Violin
  • Paul Clarvis : Percussion (ethnic)
  • Nicholas Marcantosis : Choirs
  • Anthony Pleeth : Cello (principal)
  • Julian Leaper : Violin
  • Jacob Ramsey : Choirs
  • Paul Greir : Choirs
  • Julie Andrews : Bassoon
  • Joanna Forbes : Choirs
  • Kai Hahto : Additional Percussion
  • Eleanor Grant : Choirs
  • Skaila Kanga : Harp
  • Lawrence Wallington : Choirs
  • David Theodore : Oboe
  • Grace Davidson : Choirs
  • Bill Hawkes : Viola
  • Bogusław Kostecki : Violin
  • Ben Fleetwood Smyth : Choirs
  • Andy Findon : Flute
  • Claire Henry : Choirs
  • Peter Lale : Viola (principal)
  • Patrick Kiernan : Violin
  • Troy Donockley : Uilleann Pipes (tracks 5, 13), Tin Whistle (tracks 1, 8, 10), Vocals (tracks 10, 12), Bodhrán, Bouzoki
  • Celine Marcantonis : Choirs
  • Andy Wood : Trombone (tenor)
  • Sonia Slany : Violin
  • Shifra Osorio Whewell : Choirs
  • Anais Engelmann : Choirs
  • Andy Crowley : Trumpet
  • Vanessa Heine : Choirs
  • Leon Bosch : Double Bass
  • Alice Fearn : Choirs
  • Tom Pearce : Choirs
  • Michael Thompson : French Horn
  • Nicki Kennedy : Choirs
  • Tony Lewis : Cello
  • Dave Woodcock : Violin
  • Nicholas Sabisky : Choirs
  • Lindsay Ashworth : Choirs
  • Josephine Knight : Cello
  • Rita Manning : Violin
  • Dirk Campbell : Sorna
  • Katialin Dang : Choirs
  • Peter Snipp : Choirs
  • Richard Watkins : French Horn
  • Maciej Rakowski : Violin
  • The Looking Glass Orchestra : Orchestra
  • Elias Christou-Hill : Choirs
  • Frank Ricotti : Percussion
  • Michael Dore : Choirs
  • Nicholas Bucknall : Clarinet
  • Jacqueline Barron : Choirs
  • Kate Musker : Viola
  • Dave Stewart : Trombone (bass)
  • David Porter Thomas : Choirs
  • Anna Noakes : Flute
  • Elizabeth Wiesberg : Choirs
  • Bruce White : Viola
  • Everton Nelson : Violin
  • David Valsamidis : Choirs
  • Ann de Renais : Choirs
  • Dai Emanuel : Violin
  • Vinay Ostrolenk : Choirs
  • Ashby Mayes : Choirs
  • Kate Moore : Trumpet
  • Yona Dunsford : Choirs
  • Paddy Lannigan : Double Bass
  • Rosie Alderton : Choirs
  • Amber Moore : Choirs
  • Derek Watkins : Trumpet
  • Rosemary Forbes Butler : Choirs
  • Frank Schaefer : Cello
  • Abbie Osmon : Choirs
  • Mark Berrow : Violin
  • Nigel Black : French Horn
  • Mary Carewe : Choirs
  • Martin Loveday : Cello
  • Jussi Tegelman : Soundscapes
  • Tom Pigott-Smith : Violin
  • Guy Barker : Trumpet (solo)
  • Mair Dew : Choirs
  • Thomas Spencer Wortley : Choirs
Other staff
  • Lynda Richardson : Conductor (choir)
  • Ville Akseli : Photography
  • Mika Jussila : Mastering Engineer
  • Marco Hietala : Engineer (bass)
  • James Shearman : Conductor (orchestra)
  • Steve Price : Engineer (orchestra)
  • Pip Williams : Arrangements (orchestra)
  • Janne Pitkänen : Artwork
  • Mikko Karmila : Engineer, Mixing Engineer
  • Emppu Vuorinen : Engineer (guitars)
  • Thomas Bowes : Orchestra Leader
  • Mat Bartram : Engineer (assistant, orchestra)
  • Jenny O'Grady : Conductor (choir)
  • Gina Pitkänen : Artwork
  • Tero Kinnunen : Engineer
  • Tuomas Holopainen : Producer
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