Nightwish - The Islander lyrics

An old man by a seashore at the end of day
Gazes the horizon with sea winds 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 long ago

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