SONATA ARCTICA

RECKONING NIGHT (2004)

  1. Misplaced
  2. Blinded No More
  3. Ain't Your Fairytale
  4. Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night
  5. Don't Say A Word
  6. The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet
  7. My Selene
  8. Wildfire
  9. White Pearl, Black Oceans
10. Shamandalie
11. Hidden Track


Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
SONATA ARCTICA

RECKONING NIGHT

  1. MISPLACED

Sometimes I feel so out of time and place, trapped in the maze
As if I was lost in someone else's life
The values I should keep in high regard don't mean a thing to me

Do you feel, ever feel a need to go back in time?
A dream of mine
To travel far away and one day steal back my life
In the end all I can do is to learn I live in a dreamland

This time was not made for me
I have nowhere to land, no place to rest
Like a bird, without a nest I'm gliding
Under the clouds for evermore

How much suffocated anxiety can be held within?
I was found guilty to the crime against myself
No need to hear the words again
I live and I'd die for my dreamland

This time was not made for me
I have nowhere to land, no place to rest
Like a bird, without a nest I'm gliding
Under the clouds for evermore

I'll never have a chance, I can't understand
I'm a misplaced man
How could this backward land
Learn to understand my dance
What it's like, when every single smile hurts

I have never felt like home here
Always missing something
People aren't connecting
Am I a misplaced soul?

I live in a perfect Hell, I try finding my wishing well
When I drop my last tear, I have accepted this life

A true saint, that I am not, you have never seen me
'Cause I have always been there, standing by your side

I'll never have a chance, I can't understand
I'm a misplaced man
How could this backward land
Learn to understand my dance
What it's like
Every single moment pains me
Never felt like home here
I am missing something
My soul's in a wrong shell.

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  2. BLINDED NO MORE

Your pretty face seduced me, blinded me from how you used me
I walked the long way home, only to get hurt by you again
The longest glance, oh, what illusions did I have of you
A lone reflection splitting in two

You found all seven ways to keep me near, near within your reach
You sure knew how to harness love, but never made me more than want you
I'm not sorry, you will never get more out of me
'Cause I am blinded no more

You sucked out my will to live
You gave me the crown and killed
High road would have none to regrets
Never left, I took the low road instead

Love is a little death between two little lives
Nothing more
Now I have myself to live for

You sucked out my will to live
You gave me the crown and killed
High road would have none to regrets
Never left I took the low road instead

O, my life out of my hands
I always gave eternal love another chance
Say the words I wanna hear, all over again
Consuming love, my only reason

Nothing is service free
Such things cannot be healed
That will do fine for me
So come here, come, come, come

And sucked out my will to live
You gave me the crown and killed
High road would have none to regrets
Never left I took the low road instead

In the same nightmare again
Dark tunnel of love will never end
Taken for granted again
To weak to say it is over
All over

O, my life out of my hands
I always gave eternal love another chance
Say the words I wanna hear, all over again
Consuming love, my only reason

We always seem to end up here and break a lance
Ready to give eternal love another chance
You say the words, I wanna hear, all over again
Lust is my all consuming reasons
Now, take me again
Take me again
Take me again
Take me again
Take me again
Take me again
Take me again
Take me again.

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  3. AIN'T YOUR FAIRYTALE

The ones who seek justice
Will pray for it all their lives
They can and they will skin us all one day oh, can you hear their cries
Oh, can you hear their cries
As far as the men can run from us we're following the trail of blood
So hunt, my young ones

I have always known the storm would come
Listen now my young ones
This is not a story I tell
Of midnight, moon and sun

Are you ready to walk the forbidden road?
Learn again what we tried to forget?
The dark can now take over you

We had a common past, an ancient bond
That people once broke
We would only take what we need
They would harvest our weak

But they hunted us all
We ended the last of them, thus far ten lifetimes ago
In hopes of healing the sore
But the war still went on

Preying for the moon
Hiding for the day
These might be our last times
I ain't gonna see you taken away

Heading for the dawn
Of our way of life
You're welcome to give it your best try
Look me in the eyes, oh wolves
This ain't your fairy tale

It took so many years to teach them
How to cry wolf
We made the people serve the purpose
Those ignorant fools
My young ones!
Teach the ones below you something you learned
And learn from the ones above you
Fear is your deepest wisdom
For these last day

Preying for the moon
Hiding for the day
These might be our last times
I ain't gonna see you taken away

Heading for the dawn
Of our way of life
You're welcome to give it your best try
Look me in the eyes, oh wolves
This ain't your fairy tale

The ones who seek justice
Will pray for it all their lives
They can and they will skin us all one day oh, can you hear their cries
Oh, can you hear their cries
As far as the men can run from us we're following the trail of blood
So hunt, my young ones
The pack they have always feared is back

On your last day, remember, we never die
Death does not exist for us

They don't fear the wolf, but the wild within
No glory to the way this must end
This is a story I told
Unfolding before you

Preying for the moon
Hiding for the day
These might be our last times
I ain't gonna see you taken away

Heading for the dawn
Of our way of life
You're welcome to give it your best try
Look me in the eyes oh wolves
This ain't your fairy tale

The ones who seek justice
Will pray for it all their lives
They can and they will skin us all one day oh, can you hear their cries
Oh, can you hear their cries
As far as the men can run from us we're following the trail of blood
So hunt, my young ones
The pack they have always feared is back.

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  4. RECKONING DAY, RECKONING NIGHT
      Instrumental

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  5. DON'T SAY A WORD

I am your poison candygram
The love that's meant to fade away
Vade retro, alter ego
Move aside, I'm choking on this life
I think I tolerate your hate
As long as you're afraid
And all I wanted was to be with you
And suffer every day

Under the moon I hold a wake for a promise torn
Mortally wounded, feeling sheltered me
Once again my shadow will enter your life
Time to walk with me the last mile

I read the book about a man, a love, a woman, how they die
How I was waved aside
Listen how the headless doves cry
I truly see a madman in the mirror when I'm weak
I spent a year in love before I realized it's me

Open your blue eyes, tell me that you love me, whore
Make me believe it, oh I know you're lying
Broke the vow I thought you made, my angel, why
Could I let you wait out the night

Mother always said: "My son, do the noble thing"
You have to finish what you started, no matter what
Now, sit and watch and learn
"It's not how long you live but what your morals say"
Cannot keep your part of the deal
So don't say a word, don't say a word

It won't be long now, love, like mist I slowly feel the room
I place black candle on your chest
The path of night is manifest
I never wanted us to end up in this catatonic phase
It wasn't me who ran away
You made me stray

Open your blue eyes, tell me that you love me, whore
Make me believe it, oh I know you lie
Broke the vow I thought you made, my angel, why
Settling the score, we pass the twilight

Mother always said: "My son, do the noble thing"
You have to finish what you started, no matter what
Now, sit and watch and learn
"It's not how long you live but what your morals say"
Cannot keep your part of the deal
So don't say a word, don't say a word

Strawberry blonde your stranglehold on my heart is bound to end
I suppose, life sometimes
It doesn't go the way it was meant
Though you never were a believer
I assure you, I won't die before you
You read the book now

The part "ashes to ashes, dust to dust"
Short is the flight of this little sparkle
Love sounds familiar, but the emotion escapes me
I will carpe the diem while it's in here
And see how the fear of death becomes her

We had it all so sweet
Made for me, you, indeed
Big secrets, small the lie
Don't cry for me, oh, argentite

No words you say tonight
Can make this be alright
I'll help you follow through
Remember this?: Pacta sunt servanda

The wounds are to deep
I need to keep the scars
To prove there was a time
When I loved something more than life
Unlike the last time here
I now have the means and a will sincere
Your knight is nowhere near
Unfortunate for you, this make me your God

Closing your eyes, don't ever say you love me, whore
You never meant a word
I know you lied
When there is life there is despair, indulge me now
And stay alive this night
I promise you the end before the first light arrives

Mother always said: "My son, do the noble thing"
You have to finish what you started, no matter what
Now, sit and watch and learn
"It's not how long you live but what your morals say"
Cannot keep your part of the deal
So don't say a word, don't say

Mother always said: "My son, do the noble thing"
You have to finish what you started, no matter what
Now, sit and watch and learn
"It's not how long you live but what your morals say"
Cannot keep your part of the deal
So don't say a word, don't say a word.

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  6. THE BOY WHO WANTED TO BE A REAL PUPPET

So many years ago, many more than I'd
Even care to bear in my mind
From the darkest of all places I found you

All the limbs in their right places
And a heart made of real gold
Sell me your little doll, oh sir, I ask you kind

Every night I returned to watch them
The master and the puppet in the show
He said: "Oh no, I cannot sell him
 Priceless he is, masterpiece of mine"

Please, sell me your puppet, sir
Name your price, oh please
Whatever you may ask
Tenfold the price I pay

"Did I not make it clear?
 This debate is over
 I will never part from this puppet, my son"

With hungry eyes I followed them all night
The blind master and the puppet he had made
"No, sir, to sell is not my will!"
The doll is mine, even if I have to kill

So it shall be, if this is what it takes
"Oh, greed's truly blinder than me"
"Heart of gold is what you wish for?"
"So, this little boy, wants to be, a puppet, for real"

So I have a golden heart
Now only needing the voice of the master
Never feel hunger, never grow older
My dream was to be a star in a real puppet show

It's so hard to remember my life
The times before the show
Can I ever cut off the strings?
"Take a bow, now dance and sing"
Sing

Would you turn me to a child again?
"No, never, I am your Guide"
You can see a small grin on the face
Of the master, when the puppet's in his place

Be careful what you wish for
Wishes might come alive
The twines are pulling me every day and night
The show, the glitter and all the fame
I'd give a away for a life
Some things can end with a word, they say
This only ends with a sharp knife.

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  7. MY SELENE

Nocturnal poetry
Dressed in the whitest silver, you'd smile at me
Every night I wait for my sweet Selene

But, still

Solitude's upon my skin
A life that's bound by the chains of reality
Would you let me be your Endymion?

I won't bathe in your moonlight and slumber in peace
Enchanted by your kiss in forever sleep

But until we unite
I live for that night
Wait for time
Two souls entwine

In the break of new dawn
My hope is forlorn
Shadows, they will fade
But I'm always in the shade
Without you

Serene and silent sky
Rays of moon are dancing with the tide
A perfect sight, a world divine

And I

The loneliest child alive
Always waiting, searching for my rhyme
I'm still alone in the dead of night

Silent I lie with smile on my face
Appearance deceives and the silence betrays
As I wait for the time
My dream comes alive
Always out of sight
But never out of mind

And under waning moon
Still I long for you
Alone against the light
Solitude am I

In the end, I'm enslaved by my dream
In the end, there's no soul who'd bleed for me

Hidden from daylight, I'm sealed in my cave
Trapped in a dream that is slowly turning to nightmare
Where I'm all alone
Venial is life when you're but a dream
The book is still open, the pages as empty as me

I cling to a hope that's beginning to fade
Trying to break the desolation I hate

But until we unite
I live for that night
Wait for time
Two souls entwine

In the break of new dawn
My hope is forlorn
We will never meet
Only misery and me

This is my final call
My evenfall
Drowning into time
I become the night

By the light of new day
I'll fade away
Reality cuts deep
Would you bleed with me
My Selene.

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  8. WILDFIRE

Oh, why are we so sad?
Are we feeling hurt by their evil lies
And all those empty words?
We are thirsty for payback?
What would we like to do with the town?
Would we like to make it dance?
With the Animal?
Would we?
Would we?!
Tell us what we would like to do
Burn it, burn it all

Burn honey burn, let the fire eat away
I never liked the look of this town
Burn it down now
I run, they all know what I've done
I fetch my gear and take my leave from this mountain

I never had a chance to prove I wasn't guilty
I always seemed to get blamed for
Every little crime I didn't even have a name for

Still running, still defeated in my mind
I never even tried to defend my own pride
The father ain't always like the son
They claim I've purloined
I'm not the one

The story always goes, when the anger within
Builds up for too long
Takes us over
And we all are forced to obey

It was a match made in Hell
Now the whole mountain burns
And every man gets what no man deserves

Our beloved kin, never learned to fit in
Now I pay for my name, live my life in sin
How much lies can I ask from you people?
This town stays in disarray
Till the rules are the same for us all, hey

I've ran on this mountain with no guilt of my own
The trees and the rocks, every cave, every hole
I dropped them a line
"Beware, this mountain will blow in your face
 My land saving grace"

Bells toll over the town
Burn, burn, until it's all gone
Game over, what was a bad joke is now a reality show!

We all are forced to obey
We all are forced to obey

I climbed up the mountain and dug a grave for each day of pain
It's in the past, this moment's so fail
I am what you've made me with years of abuse
So burn!!!!

This is a match made in Hell, now the whole mountain burns
And every man gets what no man deserves

Our beloved kin, never learned to fit in
Now I pay for my name, live my life in sin
How much lies can I ask from you people?
This town stays in disarray
Till the rules are the same for us all, hey

Our beloved kin, never learned to fit in
Now I pay for my name, live my life in sin
How much lies can I ask from you people?
I hereby declare a martial law
And you all, we all are forced to obey, hey!

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  9. WHITE PEARL, BLACK OCEANS

I was born and raised by the sea, shy yet proud
Learned to stay away from the crowd
In my home, my lighthouse
1001 steps down round and round
New Years Eve, one night on the town
Can change one life into eternity

All I could see, her eyes
We got caught in the moment, all of the night
Taken beyond all lines
In silence leaving 'em all behind

She had found the sails for the following night
The town, for her, was getting way too small
She promised to be mine
Forever, for that one night

Moments, passion, small defeats
Concealed emotions, found in me
"You gave life to a brand new me"
Crossing the wintery fields
The first hour of morning light
Warmed by the flame inside
The lasting memory of the ending night

I never had a chance to stop what hit me
What broke my bones and mauled me
After hours of deep, unwilled sleep
In a cold shelter fell back in the dark
And the hours of the day passed

Nightmare awakes me, blinking light!
There's no guide, blind ships in the night
Oh, blood red moon, eat away the night!

Darkness covers my lonely soul
No one to feed the dying light

Good morn, oh dreadful day!
I prayed the moon had lit the sea instead of me
For the sails of night
"Please tell me everything is alright"

My voice in the room broke the silence
Everybody killed me with their eyes
What I was to hear made the people cry
Impossible for me to keep the tears inside

"All on the board The White Pearl have died
 Coastal reef have tolled their lives
 And you are the light of the night"

One thing I remember, before I fell on the ground
Although I never saw the face
A name once inked in his arm

Love can be like poetry of demons
Or maybe God loves complex irony?
The family names stated I had seen before
Written on her front door

"Silence in the courthouse"
A presence in the room we both could feel
The Father of her unborn child and me

"All on the board The White Pearl have died
 Coastal reef have tolled their lives
 While I was the guide light
 Black in my tower, run, run, run
 Light is out, I hope to see
 Black oceans beneath rise and swallow me"

One step will take me back inside, another sees my end
No one can love a man who guarded the light
Guarded the light, one dreadful night
Flaming eyes I must confront before I am stated free

Defining innocence is Hell
After all that has past
Building new walls inside
My eternal night

Although they took my heart and dried me up
Sometimes I still bleed

Show me the way
Show me the way
The light will show me a way on the grisly reefs
Too many dead ends I see
No soul can save me
The respect I lost, the measure of a man

Ten thousand steps down, round and round
One night on the town and I'm hell bound
Black oceans beneath come and swallow me
"All on the board The White Pearl have died"
Coastal reef come toll my life
Black oceans beneath come and swallow me

My little tower, seal my fate
Help me pay back, end their hate
Black oceans beneath come and swallow me
One direction, down, down, down
Pitch black night for my old town
Black oceans beneath come and swallow me

"I hereby commit my life to the deep
 To eternity, to the ocean
 Looking for the resurrection of the body
 When the sea shall give up her dead
 In the life of the world to come
 Through Our Lord
 Amen."

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10. SHAMANDALIE

In good old times, remember, my friend
Moon was so bright and so close to us, sometimes

We were still blind, deaf, what a bliss?
Painting the world of our own, for our own eyes, now?

"Can we ever have what we had then
 Friendship unbreakable
 Love means nothing to me
 Without blinking an eye
 I'd fade, if so needed
 All those moments with you
 If I had you beside me"

One cloudy day we both lost the game?
We drifted so far and away
Nothing is quite as cruel as a child
Sometimes we break the unbreakable, sometimes?

"And we'll never have what we had then
 Friendship unbroken
 Love means nothing to me
 Without blinking an eye
 I'd fade, if so needed
 All those moments with you
 If I had you beside me now"

I was unable to cope with what you said
Sometimes we need to be cruel to be kind
Child that I was, could not see the reason
Feelings I had were but sham and a lie?

I have never forgotten your smile
Your eyes of Shamandalie

Time went by, many memories died
I'm writing this down to ease my pain

You saw us always clearer than me
How we were never meant to be
Love denied meant the friendship would die
Now I have seen the light
These memories make me cry

"Can I never have what I had then
 Friendship unbroken
 Love means nothing to me
 Without blinking an eye
 I'd fade, if so needed
 All those moments with you
 See the world with my wide open eyes

Friendship got broken
 There's no other for me
 Like the one of my childhood days
 Can you forgive me?
 The love got better off me
 On that day black in old times
 Old times
 Old times".

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11. HIDDEN TRACK
      Instrumental

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