Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

SONATA ARCTICA

ECLIPTICA (1999)

  1. Blank File
  2. My Land
  3. 8th Commandment
  4. Replica
  5. Kingdom For A Heart
  6. FullMoon
  7. Letter To Dana
  8. Unopened
  9. Picturing The Past
10. Destruction Preventer

SONATA ARCTICA

ECLIPTICA

1. BLANK FILE

It is your new best friend
New eye in your private den
And you can find the world inside it every day
They know what you did today
Hear everything you say
And when they send you mail
They know where you will go sometime next day

They know your life
They have this file about you
They built your life
So they know what you like and know what you yearn
But they don't know a thing about me
I'm not that easy
A blank file in their memory

Caught in the web again
Inside your private den
Where you can go to moon or meet
Some people you will never see
You are a file in there
Money in an open fair
You're a slave among the slaves
Waiting for Y2K with a fear

They know your life
They have a file about you
They built your life
So they know what you like and know what you yearn
But they don't know a thing about me
I'm not that easy
A blank file in their memory

Still they try to take over, control my life
But no one can do it but me
I'm not that easy
A blank file in their memory

Know what you like and know what you yearn
But they don't know a thing about me
I'm not that easy
A blank file in their memory

I am waiting
Hoping and praying
To see how this will end
When they go down

How can it be, that you cannot see
What they are doing with thee
You are a life
New file in their memory
Now they know what you like and know what you yearn
But they don't know a thing about me
I'm not that easy
A blank file in their memory

How can it be, that you cannot see
What they are doing with thee
Spending your time, living your life
Inside their machines there is one empty file
It is me.

2. MY LAND

My own land has closed its gates on me
All alone in world, it's scaring me

I am here to prove you wrong
I'm accused of something I live for

In my dreamland, there's some who understands
A friendly soul, trusting life in your hands

Yes, I gave it all I can
Now it's invaded by a stranger

Keep in mind what you have heard today
You might find that you are not so brave
Are you man enough, carrying the load all alone
When others have your own

My old land is but a pile of sand
Cold and bare but something still is there

Yes, I gave it all I can
Now it's invaded by a stranger

Keep in mind what you have heard today
You might find that you are not so brave
Are you man enough, carrying the load all alone
When other have your own

I am a patriot, you are my land
You have my soul, you have all I had
Now I am here, I want it back

In my dreams I climb the hills I see
And let a gentle breeze lead me to
Plains I once have seen and
Clear blue sky, I swim in lakes I find
I build a house right there
That you can't take, never take away

I am here to claim my land
You can't keep me away forever

Keep in mind what you have heard today
You might find that you are not so brave
Are you man enough, carrying the load all alone
When others have your own
Are you man enough, carrying the load all alone
When others have your own.

3. 8th COMMANDMENT

All those lies suit you
They are custom made to drive you out of reality
Lies are true for you
You know, what you do is reaching a point of insanity

When you wake from your dream you know what is true?
Ring of bell inside your head is playing with your mind

Remember to pray and what the Bible says
And you will live through eternity
You haven't heard of this?
There is something you missed
It will cost you so heavily

You must sleep in the stinking bed that you made
When you're down where you belong, hear what they say

Stay for a while
Stay forever
Sing for the times
You are bound to betray
Run for your life
Run forever
Your eyes tell a lie
And the liar must always die

When you're done with him
You know where you have been
He will treat us all equally
Can you feel the fire burning

You must sleep in the stinking bed that you made
When you're down where you belong, hear what they say

Stay for a while
Stay forever
Sing for the times
You are bound to betray
Run for the light
Run forever
Your eyes tell a lie
And the liar must always die

Stay for a while
Stay forever
Sing for the times
You are bound to betray
Run for your life
Run forever
Your eyes tell a lie
And the liars must always die

Stay for a while
Stay forever
Sing for the times
You are bound to betray
Run for the light
Run forever
Your eyes tell a lie
And the liars must always die.

4. REPLICA

I'm home again, I won the war
And now I am behind your door
I tried so hard to obey the law
And see the meaning of this all
Remember me? Before the war
I'm the man who lived next door

Long ago

As you can see when you look at me
I'm pieces of what I used to be
It's easier when you don't see
Me standing on my own two feet
I'm taller when I sit here still
You ask are all my dreams fulfilled
They made me a heart of steel
The kind them bullets cannot see

Nothing's what it seems to be
I'm a replica, I'm a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I'm not myself, I'm a replica of me

The light is green, my slate is clean
New life to fill the hole in me
I had no name, last December
Christmas Eve I can't remember
I was in a constant pain
I saw your shadow in the rain
I painted all your pigeons red
I wish I had stayed home instead

Nothing's what it seems to be
I'm a replica, I'm a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I'm not myself, I'm a replica of me

Are you gonna leave me now
When it is all over
Are you gonna leave me
Is my world now over

Raising from the place I've been
And trying to keep my home base clean
Now I'm here and won't go back, believe

I fall asleep and dream a dream
I'm floating in a silent stream
No-one placing blame on me
But nothing's what it seems to be

Nothing's what it seems to be
I'm a replica, I'm a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I'm not myself, I'm a replica

Nothing's what it seems to be
I'm a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I'm a replica of

Nothing's what it seems to be
I'm a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I'm a replica

Nothing's what it seems to be
I'm a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I'm a replica of me

I'm home again, I won the war
And now I am behind your door
I tried so hard to obey the law
And see the meaning of it all
Remember me? Before the war
I'm the man who lived.

5. KINGDOM FOR A HEART

What the hell are you standing there for
Expecting me to help you when I'm down myself
Waiting my savior
My world is flooding over
There's no room for air, I can't breathe
I would give a kingdom for one more day

I'd give a kingdom
For one more day as a king of your world
I'd give a kingdom for one more day

What the hell am I waiting here for
Expecting you to come and give away your life
Just for a moment of my time
Have a hole where I should have a heart
I'm made of wood, I'm falling apart
I would give a kingdom for one more day

I'd give a kingdom
For one more day as a kind of your world
I'd give a kingdom for one more day

I'd give it all for a heart
If I was a King I would give away my kingdom
Treasures and crowns wouldn't mean a thing
If I only had a heart
If I only had a heart

Now I know I will never love you
I'm man without a heart
I'm not allowed to feel human feelings
I'm king of the land, I'm a ruler of seas
I'd give it away in one moment
If I only had one moment

I'd give a kingdom
I'd give a kingdom
I'd give a kingdom
For just one more day

I'd give it all for a heart
If I was a King I would give away my kingdom
Treasures and crowns wouldn't mean a thing
If I only had a heart

I'd give it all for a heart
If I was a King I would give away my kingdom
Treasures and crowns wouldn't mean a thing
If I only had a heart
If I only had a

I'd give it all for a heart
If I was a King I would give away my kingdom
Treasures and crowns wouldn't mean a thing
If I only had a heart
If I only had a heart.

6. FULLMOON

Sitting on a corner all alone
Staring from the bottom of his soul
Watching the night come in from the window, window

It'll all collapse tonight
The full moon is here again
In sickness and in health
Understanding, so demanding
It has no name
There's one for every season
Makes him insane to know

Running away from it all
"I'll be safe in the cornfields", he thinks
Hunted by his own
Again he feels the moon rising on the sky

Find a barn which to sleep in
But can he hide anymore
Someone's at the door
Understanding, too demanding
Can this be wrong
It's love that is not ending
Makes him insane to know

She should not lock the open door
Run away, run away, run away
FullMoon is on the sky and he's not a man anymore
She sees the change in him but can't
Run away, run away, run away
See what became out of her man
FullMoon

Swimming across the bay
The night is gray, so calm today
She doesn't wanna wait
"We've gotta make the love complete tonight"

In the mist of the morning he cannot fight anymore
Thousands moon or more
He's been howling
Knock on the door
A scream that is soon ending
Mess on the floor again

She should not lock the open door
Run away, run away, run away
FullMoon is on the sky and he's not a man anymore
Sees the change in him but can't
Run away, run away, run away
See what became out of her man

She should not lock the open door
Run away, run away, run away
FullMoon is on the sky and he's not a man anymore
Sees the change in him but can't
Run away, run away, run away
See what became out of her darling man

She should not lock the open door
Run away, run away, run away
FullMoon is on the sky and he's not a man anymore

See what became out of the man.

7. LETTER TO DANA

Dana, my darling, I'm writing to you
'Cause your father passed away
It was a beautiful day
And I don't want to bother you anymore
I used to hope you'd come back
But not anymore, Dana

My eyes might have betrayed me, but I have seen
Your picture on the cover of a filthy magazine
And I think my heart just cannot handle that
Dana, my darling, would be so bad

Dana, my darling, I'm writing to you
'Cause your mother passed away
It was a really rainy day
And I didn't mean to bother you anymore
Your mother wished:
Come visit your father's grave, Dana

Your father disowned you, because you have sinned
But he did forgive you in condition he was in
And I hope you won't do those things anymore
Dana, my darling, I'm waiting for

Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear
How I wish that my Dana was here
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
To travel away, far away

No, you can't surprise me anymore
I have seen it all before
But it seems I cannot let you go
Dana, Dana, Dana, Dana

And I think that I told you
I'd wait for you forever
Now I know someone else is holding you
So, for the first time in my life
I must lie
Lie's a sin, mess that I am in
Love is not the thing I feel know
I promise you: I won't write again
'Til the sun sets behind your grave

Dana, oh, Dana, I'm writing to you
I heard you passed away
It was a beautiful day
I'm old and I feel time will come for me
My diary's pages are full of thee

Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear
How I wish that my Dana was here
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
To travel away, far away

Little Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear
How I wish that my Dana was here
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
To travel away, far away

Little Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear
How I wish that my Dana was here
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
To travel away, far away.

8. UNOPENED

Another misspelled rhyme
Written in the book of time
In one page I've spent all my life
Ink ain't even dry
I've been living in a lie
How could I trust in someone of your kind?

And I got today another letter in the mail
I can't read it here, not today
And when years go by
The unopened letter meets my eye
I'm older and wiser, but still afraid

What if I read it and it is full of love
How can I face it if I am wrong

Do you feel? Do you care about me?
Did you wait and love me all this time?

I am here, would you come and find me
Does your writing guide me through this all

What if you'll tell me that I am wrong

Do you feel? Do you care about me?
Did you wait and love me all this time?

I am here, would you come and find me
Does your writing guide me through this all

Do you feel? Do you care about me, baby

I am here, would you come and find me

Do you feel? Do you care about me?
Did you wait and love me all this time?

I am here, would you come and find me
Does your writing guide me through this all

Do you feel? Do you care about me?
Did you wait and love me all this time?

9. PICTURING THE PAST

In a house where no one never sleeps
Lays a man who sees more with his eyes
Picturing the past before him
In a bed, alone, with clothes on
Paying for service he doesn't really need

With his eyes he sees more love and lust
More tears, far too much to handle
Can't tell a soul, not this time
They'd lock him right up
Too much of burning bushes
Too much for his weak soul

In his mind, oh so jaded
He's gone too far behind
Of all the visions seen
This one makes him scream

He cannot live neither die in this world
Burning sensation inside, you know how that hurts?
Making up for the crimes of your life
With scythe as your sword
You must fight 'till the end of time

Don't look behind
Or you will fall through the time

Only time can make you see behind
Of the curtain hiding the secret
Your time is up when you see the light

You can live as a noble man but when time
You won't be left behind

With the sound of time ringing in his head
He leaves the house where no-one sleeps
Job well done knowing that at least one will be pleased
Hiding is always useless, pictures will fade with time

Seeking for a winner of the day
Prize of the life is here
Of all the visions seen this one makes him scream

He cannot live neither die in this world
Burning sensation inside, you know how that hurts?
Making up for the crimes of your life
With scythe as your sword
You must fight 'till the end of time

He cannot live neither die in this world
Burning sensation inside, you know how that hurts?
Making up for the crimes of your life
With scythe as your sword
You must fight 'till the end of time.

10. DESTRUCTION PREVENTER

I'm at home where my coat's hanging
I'm a shepherd of rising sun
I believe and trust in my land
I control, I am in charge of
Everyone's future, red button is mine

Miss the times when I was roaring
In the center of all mankind
I said how you should live your life
I controlled, I was in charge, now
Hiding the red storm will rise and destroy us all

Heat in the center, destruction preventer
If you release one, you release them all
You can't defend her, kneel down and surrender
Your end is at hand if they blow

If you go and have their way now
You will never have your choice
Catch a breath of air in your lungs
It might be you never get to
Do it again, because this
Now this is the end

Yesterday I saw a light, moving fast across the sky
Now I see glow, left and right
Stars are falling down tonight, I fear
And the pouring rain
Eating my green grass, leaving a stain
Never healing back to be the same

Now, tell me who won here tonight
The price of winning worthless fight
We'll make the same mistakes again
Unless this is truly the end

Heat in the center, destruction preventer
If you release one, you release them all
You can't defend her, kneel down and surrender
Your end is at hand if they blow

Heat in the center, destruction preventer
If you release one, you release them all
You can't defend her, kneel down and surrender
Your end is at hand if they blow.

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