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The Islander Lyrics

Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
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Album

Dark Passion Play

(2007)
TypeStudio Full-length
GenresSymphonic Metal, Power Metal
LabelsSpinefarm Records, Nuclear Blast
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10. The Islander (5:05)
Track rating :  80 / 100 Votes :  1 [ ]
An old man by a seashore
At the end of day
Gazes the horizon
With seawinds in his face
Tempest-tossed island
Seasons all the same
Anchorage unpainted
And a ship without a name

Sea without a shore for the banished one unheard
He lightens the beacon, light at the end of world
Showing the way lighting hope in their hearts
The ones on their travels homeward from afar

This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind long ago

The albatross is flying
Making him daydream
The time before he became
One of the world's unseen
Princess in the tower
Children in the fields
Life gave him it all:
An island of the universe

Now his love's a memory
A ghost in the fog
He sets the sails one last time
Saying farewell to the world
Anchor to the water
Seabed far below
Grass still in his feet
And a smile beneath his brow

This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind so long ago
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Dark Passion Play - Lyrics
Dark Passion Play - Album Credits
Members
  • Anette Olzon : Vocals
  • Emppu Vuorinen : Guitars (electric, acoustic), Songwriting (track 8), Arrangements
  • Marco Hietala : Bass, Vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12), Acoustic Guitar (track 10), Songwriting (tracks 10, 12), Arrangements
  • Jukka Nevalainen : Drums, Percussion, Arrangements
  • Tuomas Holopainen : Keyboards, Piano, Backing Vocals (track 5), Songwriting (tracks 1-7, 9, 11-13), Lyrics, Arrangements
Additional musicians
  • Andrew Busher : Choirs
  • Heather Cairncross : Choirs
  • Laurence Davies : French Horn
  • Maurice Murphy : Trumpet
  • John Barclay : Trumpet
  • Catherine Bott : Choirs
  • Ian Balmain : Trumpet
  • Yona Dunsford : Choirs
  • Lawrence Wallington : Choirs
  • Derek Watkins : Trumpet
  • David Porter-Thomas : Choirs
  • Andy Crowley : Trumpet
  • Alison Jiear : Choirs
  • Peter Beachill : Trombone
  • Andy Wood : Trombone
  • Richard Edwards : Trombone
  • Dave Stewart : Trombone (bass)
  • Beverley Skeete : Vocals (choirs solo)
  • Owen Slade : Tuba
  • Stephen Henderson : Percussion
  • Tommy Blaize : Vocals (choirs solo)
  • Sara Jane Skeete : Choirs
  • Chris Tombling : Violin
  • Warren Zielinski : Violin
  • Gary Kettel : Percussion
  • Dave Woodcock : Violin
  • Frank Ricotti : Percussion
  • Skaila Kanga : Harp
  • Jackie Shave : Violin
  • Bogusław Kostecki : Violin
  • Cathy Thompson : Violin
  • Jenny O'Grady : Choirs
  • Bryan Chambers : Choirs
  • Pete Hanson : Violin
  • Cherith Millburn-Fryer : Choirs
  • Jonathan Rees : Violin
  • Lance Ellington : Choirs
  • Steve Morris : Violin
  • Tom Pearce : Choirs
  • Simon Fischer : Violin
  • Dermot Crehan : Violin
  • Anne Marie Cullum : Choirs
  • Tom Pigott-Smith : Violin
  • Fay Simpson : Vocals
  • Perry Montague-Mason : Violin
  • Sonia Slany : Violin
  • Claire Henry : Choirs
  • Thomas Bowes : Violin
  • Helen Brookes : Choirs
  • Liz Edwards : Violin
  • Simon Preece : Choirs
  • Sam Burkey : Choirs
  • Ricci P. Washington : Choirs
  • Patrick Kiernan : Violin
  • Steve Trowell : Choirs
  • Derek Green : Choirs
  • Julian Leaper : Violin
  • Mark Berrow : Violin
  • Lindsay Wagstaff : Choirs
  • Everton Nelson : Violin
  • Rita Manning : Violin
  • Jim McLeod : Violin
  • Mike McMenemy : Violin
  • Emlyn Singleton : Violin
  • Samantha Shaw : Choirs
  • Janet Ramus : Choirs
  • Carol Kenyon : Choirs
  • Zachary LaPorta : Theremin (tracks 1, 11)
  • Gaby Lester : Violin
  • Senni Eskelinen : Kantele (track 11)
  • Peter Lale : Viola
  • Garfield Jackson : Viola
  • Matthew White : Choirs
  • Greg Knowles : Cymbalom
  • Rachel Bolt : Viola
  • Anthony Pleeth : Cello, Cello (solo)
  • Martin Loveday : Cello (solo) (track 1), Cello
  • Tim Grant : Viola
  • Jude Sim : Choirs
  • Andy Findon : Whistle (track 9), Flute
  • Don McVay : Viola
  • Gavyn Wright : Violin (solo) (track 10), Violin
  • Helen Parker : Choirs
  • Ann De Renais : Choirs
  • Kate Musker : Viola
  • Chris Pitsillides : Viola
  • Bruce White : Viola
  • Katie Wilkinson : Viola
  • Jon Thorne : Viola
  • Sarah Eyden : Choirs
  • Gustav Clarkson : Viola
  • Morag MacKay : Choirs
  • Guy Elliott : Lead Treble (track 1)
  • Mary Carewe : Choirs
  • Andy Parker : Viola
  • Michael Clarke : Choirs
  • Matthew Hargreaves : Choirs
  • Rosemary Forbes-Butler : Choirs
  • John Heley : Cello
  • Caroline Dearnley : Cello
  • Sarah Ryan : Choirs
  • Anthony Lewis : Cello
  • Gerard Bentall : Choirs
  • Dave Daniels : Cello
  • Ben Chappell : Cello
  • Jonathan Williams : Cello, Choirs
  • Frank Schaefer : Cello
  • Chris Laurence : Double Bass
  • Tom Williams : Second Treble (track 1)
  • Mary Scully : Double Bass
  • Allen Walley : Double Bass
  • Patrick Lannigan : Double Bass
  • Helen Meyerhoff : Choirs
  • Steve Williams : Double Bass
  • Nollaig Casey : Celtic Fiddle (track 11)
  • Jussi Tegelman : Soundscapes
  • Charlie Baker : Choirs
  • Bob J. Harms : Choirs
  • Helen Keen : Flute (piccolo)
  • Nicki Kennedy : Choirs
  • David Theodore : Oboe
  • Andrew Tinkler : Choirs
  • Nicholas Bucknall : Clarinet
  • Dave Fuest : Clarinet
  • Catriana Sandison : Choirs
  • Troy Donockley : Uilleann Pipes, Whistles, Bodhrán (tracks 10, 11, 13)
  • Joanna Forbes : Choirs
  • Jeremy Avis : Choirs
  • Anthony Pike : Clarinet, Clarinet (bass)
  • Julie Andrews : Bassoon, Contrabassoon
  • Michael Dore : Choirs
  • Richard Watkins : French Horn
  • Richard Berry : French Horn
  • Eliza Lumley : Choirs
  • Mike Thompson : French Horn
  • Susan Flannery : Choirs
Other staff
  • Janne Pitkänen : Artwork, Layout
  • Gina Pitkänen : Artwork, Layout
  • Tuomas Holopainen : Producer, Art Direction
  • Mikko Karmila : Mixing Engineer, Producer, Engineer
  • Mika Jussila : Mastering Engineer
  • Ville Akseli : Photography
  • Gavyn Wright : Orchestra Leader
  • Perry Montague-Mason : Orchestra Leader
  • James Shearman : Conductor (choir)
  • Haydn Bendall : Assistant Engineer (choirs, orchestra)
  • Andrew Kitchen : Assistant Engineer (choirs, orchestra)
  • Richard Lancaster : Assistant Engineer (choirs, orchestra)
  • Robin Baynton : Assistant Engineer (choirs, orchestra)
  • Sam O'Kell : Assistant Engineer (choirs, orchestra)
  • Emppu Vuorinen : Engineer
  • Jenny O'Grady : Choirmaster
  • Tero Kinnunen : Co-producer, Engineer, Arrangements
  • Pip Williams : Arrangements (choir, orchestra)
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