The Islander Lyrics

The song The Islander is performed by Nightwish in the album named Dark Passion Play in the year 2007 .



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
Gra*s 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




Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

Oct 2007

  1. The Poet And the Pendulum
  2. Bye Bye Beautiful
  3. Amaranth
  4. Cadence Of Her Last Breath
  5. Master Passion Greed
  6. Eva
  7. Sahara
  8. Whoever Brings the Night
  9. For the Heart I Once Had
  10. The Islander
  11. Last Of the Wilds
  12. 7 Days To the Wolves
  13. Meadows Of Heaven


The Islander