An Ocean of Strange Islands by Nightwish
An Ocean of Strange Islands by Nightwish

An Ocean of Strange Islands

Nightwish

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An Ocean of Strange Islands by Nightwish

Release Date
Tue Sep 10 2024
Performed by
Nightwish
Produced by
Tuomas Holopainen & Nightwish & Tero Kinnunen
Writed by
Tuomas Holopainen
About

“An Ocean of Strange Islands” by Nightwish is a poetic and mystical exploration of a mariner’s lonely voyage across an ocean filled with mysterious and magical islands. The protagonist, a sailor on a deserted ship, embarks on a journey marked by isolation and a sense of timelessness. Along the way,...

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An Ocean of Strange Islands Lyrics

[Verse 1]
A mariner under a sky moonlit
On an island of a crewless ship
A few decades of immortality ahead
A one-man crew for a one-way trip
Islands, islands everywhere
I keep my range with crowded sails
My waves, they kiss every shore I land
Steep cliffs will mock my waving hand

[Verse 2]
Islanders, villagers, universal mariners
Calling me, guiding me, monsters far beneath
Hurricanes on the way, lunatic weathervanes
Shipwrecked lovers on a faraway cay
Passing by butterflies, fluttering for a day
Jokers, jesters, Goddesses, hominidae
Deep delicious blue beneath
I'll steer wherever tomorrow is near

[Pre-Chorus]
Light a beacon so I can navigate
Through the tempest, through the madness
Light a homefire for the sad man with a begging hand
Light a beacon so I can navigate
Through the tempest following the quintet
Ride on the highest wave
Bring me to life
To them who dance in the daylight

[Chorus]
Sail and seek
The starbound quay
Calling you, calling me
To be a part of your story

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Here raining ash to cover the dead
An island of the past wrecks
Of you, of the endless sundown
Hemlock meadows, deepest quicksand
Empty harbor by a wasteland
Mirrors, mirrors, everywhere
For you of mad despair

[Refrain]
Friends, who were for a time
Now grapes of sour wine
Lords of a single fly
Still, I rue no island of shared solitude

[Bridge]
You who glow in deepest woe
Let it be, retiree, the water's fine
Sail carefree

[Chorus]
Sail and seek
The starbound quay
Calling you, calling me
To be a part of your story
On these strange islands

[Instrumental Outro]

An Ocean of Strange Islands Q&A

Who wrote An Ocean of Strange Islands's ?

An Ocean of Strange Islands was written by Tuomas Holopainen.

Who produced An Ocean of Strange Islands's ?

An Ocean of Strange Islands was produced by Tuomas Holopainen & Nightwish & Tero Kinnunen.

When did Nightwish release An Ocean of Strange Islands?

Nightwish released An Ocean of Strange Islands on Tue Sep 10 2024.

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