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Rhythm 9.7
Melody 9.7
Instruments 10.0
Lyrics 10.0
Vocal 8.3
This song has been reviewed 6 times. Overall score for this song, 9.5.
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Nightwish - The Poet And The Pendulum Lyrics

Song details
TitleThe Poet And The Pendulum
ArtistNightwish
AlbumDark Passion Play (2007) , Track 1 ,
Nightwish (2009) , Track 4
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Rank6,583 (-1,293) history
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Song lyrics
”WHITE LANDS OF EMPATHICA” 


The end. 

The songwriter`s dead. 
The blade fell upon him 
Taking him to the white lands 
Of Empathica 
Of Innocence 
Empathica 
Innocence 



”HOME” 

The dreamer and the wine 
Poet without a rhyme 
A widowed writer torn apart by chains of hell 

One last perfect verse 
Is still the same old song 
Oh Christ how I hate what I have become 

Take me home 

Getaway, runaway, fly away 
Lead me astray to dreamer`s hideaway 
I cannot cry `cause the shoulder cries more 
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world 
Forgive me 
I have but two faces 
One for the world 
One for God 
Save me 
I cannot cry `cause the shoulder cries more 
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world 


My home was there `n then 
Those meadows of heaven 
Adventure-filled days 
One with every smiling face 

Please, no more words 
Thoughts from a severed head 
No more praise 
Tell me once my heart goes right 

Take me home 

Getaway, runaway, fly away 
Lead me astray to dreamer`s hideaway 
I cannot cry `cause the shoulder cries more 
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world 
Forgive me 
I have but two faces 
One for the world 
One for God 
Save me 
I cannot cry `cause the shoulder cries more 
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world 


”THE PACIFIC” 

Sparkle my scenery 
With turquoise waterfall 
With beauty underneath 
The Ever Free 

Tuck me in beneath the blue 
Beneath the pain, beneath the rain 
Goodnight kiss for a child in time 
Swaying blade my lullaby 

On the shore we sat and hoped 
Under the same pale moon 
Whose guiding light chose you 
Chose you all 


” I`m afraid. I`m so afraid. 
Being raped again, and again, and again 
I know I will die alone. 
But loved. 

You live long enough to hear the sound of guns, 
long enough to find yourself screaming every night, 
long enough to see your friends betray you. 

For years I`ve been strapped unto this altar. 
Now I only have 3 minutes and counting. 
I just wish the tide would catch me first and give me a death I always longed for ”. 

”DARK PASSION PLAY”

2nd robber to the right of Christ
Cut in half - infanticide
The world will rejoice today
As the crows feast on the rotting poet

Everyone must bury their own
No pack to bury the heart of stone
Now he`s home in hell, serves him well
Slain by the bell, tolling for his farewell

The morning dawned, upon his altar
Remains of the dark passion play
Performed by his friends without shame
Spitting on his grave as they came

Getaway, runaway, fly away
Lead me astray to dreamer`s hideaway
I cannot cry `cause the shoulder cries more
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world
Forgive me
I have but two faces
One for the world
One for God
Save me
I cannot cry `cause the shoulder cries more
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world


Today, in the year of our Lord 2005,
Tuomas was called from the cares of the world. 
He stopped crying at the end of each beautiful day. 
The music he wrote had too long been without silence.


He was found naked and dead, 
With a smile in his face, a pen and 1000 pages of erased text.”

Save me


”MOTHER & FATHER”

Be still, my son
You`re home
Oh when did you become so cold?
The blade will keep on descending 
All you need is to feel my love

Search for beauty, find your shore
Try to save them all, bleed no more
You have such oceans within
In the end
I will always love you

The beginning.

lyrics submitted by The_Kinslayer on 08-08-2007
lyrics corrected by The_Kinslayer on 12-10-2007




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08-08-2007 19:16the_kinslayer is offline the_kinslayer 

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This song is so epic and beautiful, I'm in total awe.
I love Anette's vocals, they seem to fit in well with the music.
My favourite song of all time! I 3 Nightwish!!
25-09-2007 23:14Keystone is offline Keystone 
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O ultimo cd tá excelente e essa musica eh mt foda. A voz da Anette tb eh mt boa,logicamente não eh uma Tarja, mas a diferença entre elas não deixa nada a desejar. Encontre a beleza entre as diferenças.
03-12-2007 20:07Cruxis is offline Cruxis 
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I think I understand why Thuomas feels this is his best song, He must have beend depressed and desperate, maybe because of Tarja's departure (because the song says something about friends betarying and spitting on his grave), so he wrote about his own death..
On the song itself, i'm not sure what to say, the instrumentals are awesome, tho it reminds me of disney movies, the lyrics are very deep, I can say the song itself is composed really well. I tried to listen to it without thinking it was nightwish, since i'm SO against anette, she's too poppy for the band, but there's nothing i can do about it, i sing even worse.. I really love the chorus, it gives me energy, the slow parts give a nice interlude, but oh God! Annete's off voice sucks, or whoever the girl who spoke is, i dont like it.. Marco's part doesnt sound as nightwish's either, it sounds like something i would expect from another group, it's kinda hardcore, if you know what i mean, i like it, since it's heavy, but it isn't something i wouldnt expect from nightwish,in my opinion, the songs i heard from this album dont sound bad, but they sound kinda amateur, like it's their first album, they are mostly at the same tone and they sound like other bands...
I think this song would be bette rif it ended in the 'SaveMe!', the slow ending kinda ruins it (for me).
Conlusion: 3.8/5
16-02-2008 10:39LollePotten is offline LollePotten 
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Yeah, best ever!!
15-04-2008 12:23Rooty is offline Rooty 

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Nightwish will always be amazing, with or without Tarja. Though I would love to hear Tarja sing this.
Anyone heard Marco's demo version of this? It is quite good.
This song is definitely one of the most epic, comparable to Ghost Love Score. I can't decide which is the best between them.

Nightwish = THE BEST

Now, if only they would do a duet with Meatloaf...
16-08-2009 14:43Nightingale27 is offline Nightingale27 
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Masterpiece
That's all I've got to say


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