Nightwish - Song Of Myself Lyrics






[1. From A Dusty Bookshelf]

[2. All That Great Heart Lying Still]

The nightingale is still locked in the cage
The deep breath I took still poisons my lungs
An old oak sheltering me from the blue
Sun bathing on its dead frozen leaves

A catnap in the ghost town of my heart
She dreams of storytime and the river ghosts
Of mermaids, of Whitman's and the ride
Raving harlequins, gigantic toys

A song of me a song in need
Of a courageous symphony
A verse of me a verse in need
Of a pure-heart singing me to peace

All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
All that great heart lying still on an angel wing

All that great heart lying still
In silent suffering
Smiling like a clown until the show has come to an end
What is left for encore
Is the same old dead boy's song
Sung in silence
All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
All that great heart lying still on an angel wing

A midnight flight into Covington Woods
A princess and a panther by my side
These are Territories I live for
I'd still give my everything to love you more

A song of me a song in need
Of a courageous symphony
A verse of me a verse in need
Of a pure-heart singing me to peace

All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
All that great heart lying still on an angelwing

now all that great heart lying still
In silent suffering
Smiling like a clown until the show has come to an end
What is left for encore
Is the same old dead boy's song
Sung in silence

All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
All that great heart lying still on an angelwing

[3. Piano Black]

A silent symphony
A hollow opus #1,2,3

Sometimes the sky is piano black
Piano black over cleansing waters

Resting pipes, verse of bore
Rusting keys without a door

Sometimes the within is piano black
Piano black over cleansing waters

All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
All that great heart lying still on an angel wing

All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
All that great heart lying still on an angel wing

[4. Love]

I see a slow, simple youngster by a busy street,
with a begging bowl in his shaking hand.
Trying to smile but hurting infinitely. Nobody notices.
I do, but walk by.

An old man gets naked and kisses a model-doll in his attic
It's half-light and he's in tears.
When he finally cums his eyes are cascading.

I see a beaten dog in a pungent alley. He tries to bite me.
All pride has left his wild drooling eyes.
I wish I had my leg to spare.

A mother visits her son, smiles to him through the bars.
She's never loved him more.

An obese girl enters an elevator with me.
All dressed up fancy, a green butterfly on her neck.
Terribly sweet perfume deafens me.
She's going to dinner alone.
That makes her even more beautiful.

I see a model's face on a brick wall.
A statue of porcelain perfection beside a violent city kill.
A city that worships flesh.

The first thing I ever heard was a wandering man telling his story
It was you, the grass under my bare feet
The campfire in the dead of the night
The heavenly black of sky and sea

It was us
Roaming the rainy roads, combing the guilded beaches
Waking up to a new gallery of wonders every morn
Bathing in places no-one's seen before
Shipwrecked on some matt-painted island
Clad in nothing but the surf - beauty's finest robe

Beyond all mortality we are, swinging in the breath of nature
In early air of the dawn of life
A sight to silence the heavens

I want to travel where life travels, following its permanent lead
Where the air tastes like snow music
Where grass smells like fresh-born Eden
I would pass no man, no stranger, no tragedy or rapture
I would bathe in a world of sensation
Love, goodness and simplicity
(While violated and imprisoned by technology)

The thought of my family's graves was the only moment
I used to experience true love
That love remains infinite as I'll never be the man my father is

How can you "just be yourself" when you don't know who you are?
Stop saying "Yeah, I know how you feel."
How could anyone know how another feels?

Who am I to judge a priest, beggar, whore, politician, wrongdoer?
I am, you are, all of them already

Dear child, stop working, go play
Forget every rule
There's no fear in a dream

"Is there a village inside this snowflake?"
- a child asked me
"What's the colour of our lullaby?"

I've never been so close to truth as them
I touched its silver lining

Death is the winner in any war
Nothing noble in dying for your religion
For your country
For ideology, for faith
For another man, yes

Paper is dead without words
Ink idle without a poem
All the world dead without stories
Without love and disarming beauty

Careless realism costs souls

Ever seen the Lord smile?
All the care for the world made Beautiful a sad man?
Why do we still carry a device of torture around our necks?
Oh, how rotten your pre-apocalypse is
All you bible-black fools living over nightmare ground

I see all those empty cradles and wonder
If man will ever change

I, too, wish to be a decent manboy but all I am
Is smoke and mirrors
Still given everything, may I be deserving

And there forever remains that change from G to E minor.





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  1. k.... ....

    Love Marco and Floor together on this.

  2. C.... R....

    The amazing, FLOOR JANSEN!

  3. �.... �....

    5:28 jukka so badass man! always full of energy!

    �.... �....

    Absolutely agree, Ναι φιλαρακι ηταν τρομερος!

  4. �.... �....

    Умница😍

  5. w.... ....

    Floors voice is Fucking incredible! Tarja and Annette are mediocre.

  6. �.... B....

    Floor came to earth to guide the spirits of fallen warriors to Valhalla she became  infatuated with humanity and remained to grace us with her enchanting melodies. Floor has to be very carful. Her voice has been known to cause natural disasters; hurricanes, volcanos, land slides, earth quakes...

  7. �.... �....

    Без Тарии, и без Аннет, это не найтвиш, а это, обычная, здоровая бабища, которой в сериале викинги сниматься надо, как её и почему не пригласили на съемки, не понятно

    �.... �....

    Не знаю, кто от нее,, тащится. Но послушайте найтвишь 2007 года, когда ушла Тария, им 2020,когда поет эта- жирная, мужепододная, бабища

  8. R.... V....

    Esta buenísimoooooooo!!!!!!!!

  9. H.... ....

    what a songasm i just had, anyone got a cigarette?

  10. L.... C....

    That was epic

  11. T.... A....

    Esta rola salío chingona

  12. c.... h....

    You know, I stopped listening to Floor for a week to change it up. Anneke Von Giersbergen. Britney Slayes. Many others. After listening to Floor again after, it’s almost laughable how incredible she is. Totally respect and love the others but I’m sorry, there’s no comparison for female vocals. Floor OWNS it.

    c.... h....

    chris hachey I agree!! I forced myself to hear other symphonic metal bands for a few hours to see if I could get used to it but ended up coming back to Floor. She’s just that good

    c.... h....

    A week ,that's way to long. I like anneke to.

    c.... h....

    I love a lot of female metal singers .... but LIVE is Floor by far the best. Anneke is also good, but much less versatile. Simone S. can be very very good...but not always ;-(

  13. C.... K....

    WOW, was für ein geiler Song!!! Warum bin ich erst heute darüber gestolpert??? Danke Nightwish. Es ist immer gandios Jukka bei der Arbeit zusehen zu dürfen!

  14. C.... P....

    Song of Marco

  15. O.... M....

    00:53 that sounds like a soundtrack for a chasing scene in a fantasy film and i'm living for it

  16. 1.... ....

    @ 0:16 Anette in the audience listening to Floor sing this song better than she did

  17. L.... C....

    Ok..im starting to come around concerning floor...she rocks ass!..she looks like she could kick some ass too and she has alotta fun and loves the fans ya can tell....ill be her armour bearer....

  18. C.... V....

    Once again everyone is welcome! Nightwish World Community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/2960318190669039/?ref=group_header

  19. B.... ....

    OMFG THIS SONG IS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWESOME

  20. A.... A....

    Floor is every rocker dream!!! Pure power, pure beauty, pure sensuality!!!

  21. T.... D....

    cutting the spoken poetry is a travesty

  22. a.... ....

    That riff after 4:08 reminds me of Dimmu Borgir - Puritania.

  23. S.... H....

    OMG, 52 years old and now I find the greatest METAL group ever and can't stop listening to them. I just can't get enough. All their songs are amazing and Floor rocks the MFin house.

  24. L.... C....

    Amazing

  25. F.... ....

    Great metal song -- great metal singer. Totally awesome. Floor Jansen is the best. She has power and charisma.

  26. l.... l....

    10 best female metal singers is what I got when opened youtube.but above that was this.I knew that.everyone knows that. This list is 1 best female metal singer.

  27. R.... S....

    Waar komen die metal fans plots allemaal vandaan 🤯

    R.... S....

    Ronald Signal ; van onder die steen waaronder zij leefden....🤘

  28. K.... ....

    Imaginaerum is generally an underrated album, but hell it’s one of my favorites ever. Annette did a great job on that one.

  29. C.... J....

    I love Flor💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

  30. M.... K....

    Anybody else headbangs like an idiot at home at 3:46?

  31. J.... J....

    Epic, empowering, devious... They are channeling the energies here. :o_o:

  32. d.... ....

    only 11 mil views wow

  33. S.... B....

    Я нихрена не понимаю что вы тут пишите в коментах

    S.... B....

    учи иностранные языки)

  34. �.... �....

    китос.

  35. b.... ....

    look that Jukka!. Amazing.

  36. A.... B....

    Ok just sayin: im here to enjoy Floor and not to end up in a useless discussion wich lead singer is or was the best.

  37. G.... K....

    Marko's bass is absolutely insane!

  38. j.... r....

    As for me she sounded like Annet here

  39. L.... F....

    1:37 me lembra muito After Forever

  40. R.... R....

    Sometimes, i watch these kind of videos and the audiences just to remind myself that I'm not alone in loving these kind of songs. ❤️

  41. W.... ....

    Don't care..I thought this was nightwish vid..really? Not epic ..

  42. g.... ....

    I have recently rendered this to 4K Levels here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Odt5mkAL0&list=PLzEMSKuVo3lcOUWs_bi8OCtX4kMv_D6kl&index=17&t=0s
    If any of you are interested?
    Many Thanks!!!
    👍👍👍👌👌👌🥇🏆💜💜💜💛💛💛

  43. R.... W....

    One of the best metal songs Ive ever heard.

  44. s.... �....

    Very successful video.

  45. A.... C....

    Why is this version not 13mins like the original from the album ?

    A.... C....

    Nevermind.

    A.... C....

    @Adventure-ly-ness Cat-house-tree screw ur "nevermind", so here's the answer to ur question... cuz there's talking in "album version".

    A.... C....

    Because the long poem at the end of the album version wouldn't really work live. If you want to hear this version with the poem at the end search for Song Of Myself - Ann Waychoff edition.

  46. T.... R....

    Nadie como tarja turunen

  47. M.... E....

    The Bass it self is heavy already then with that riff HEAVEN.

  48. W.... K....

    Einfach nur geilo...

    W.... K....

    Yepp 🤘

  49. l.... ....

    How epic could it be if I could afford to see this irl?!

  50. D.... ....

    Scream fest.

  51. m.... ....

    Goddess of metal!

  52. W.... S....

    Anybody else hears Puritania (Dimmu Borgir) in this song or is it just me?? Btw, love them both!

  53. G.... M....

    Floor & Marco = My happy place.

  54. D.... C....

    I Wonder how it would be with Tarja's Voice! Not comparing (Floor voice is perfect) is just a curiosity that came to my mind!
    We always see Floor singing Tarja's songs, and we know the most of Nightwish songs were made to her... I'd enjoy so much to see something like that happen!

  55. P.... A....

    13 octobre 2019. Toujours là. Waaaaahhhh

  56. F.... B....

    Love the powerful voice of Floor Jansen

  57. R.... R....

    Song of me courageous symphony

  58. r.... ....

    Tarja will stay the original soprano , Floor loves metal and can sing everything you can think off in any style.

  59. L.... ....

    After listening to this my within is no longer piano black, I'm smiling (maybe not like a clown, but still).
    Awesome song, and Floor is killing it as always, and the way she calls the flames at 6:29 ....holy crap

  60. e.... Y....

    03:44 that lady vocalist shaking her head has to be the hottest thing I´ve ever seen.

    e.... Y....

    Even more than when your mommy came into your room last night wearing nothing but a 12in strap-on?

    e.... Y....

    @TheTruthIsRacist speak from experience do ya?

    e.... Y....

    @TheTruthIsRacist lmfao, add in the dad with half a ball peaking out his boxers cheerleading her on.

  61. J.... J....

    This song is about poetry yet it would not be out of place in a fantasy battle. Love it.

  62. t.... ....

    This time the intro made me think, it would be intresting to make extended intrumental versions of the Nightwish intros. Of course some songs start with the singing, but I mean those that have a long(ish) instrumental intro. Like a 2- min song of the intro of this song. There are the times when you want the familiar sounds, intros, refrains, outros - but you want the air, the room, to verbalize themselves in your head - to give room for your thoughts the instruments wake up.

  63. N.... ....

    The crowd headbanging!!!! Love it

  64. d.... ....

    Several years later and I'm still bumpin' geese with this.

    Oh, and 11.4 million views? Shit, 3 million of those are mine.

    d.... ....

    That's funny. I'm not sure if you know - even if you watch it a thousand times, it counts as only once from your specific phone or computer. So 11 million views is quite a few for the greatest band on earth!!

    d.... ....

    (This is my husband's account if it matters.) It seems like a lot of guys like NIGHTWISH and some girls, too. I always capitalize NIGHTWISH because that's the way it should be! Lol.

    d.... ....

    @Walter Sauerwein No, I didn't know that!

    d.... ....

    hmm... 3 million is around 14500 days that is around 40 years.
    based on the release date of this video, you whould have around 6,6 accounts playing this video nonstop since 2013. And based on the normal human sleep schedule, that you whould need 7 hours of sleep pr. Day, you whould need around 9,4 accounts playing nonstop. With those facts i can most likely conclude that you eather has a lot of accounts and that you really love Nightwith or that you really love Nightwish and are lying.

  65. M.... S....

    This is from other universe. So epic...This song will live forever.

  66. R.... 6....

    6:38 se me puso la piel de gallina!! Floor tendria q haber estado como cantante desde que se fue Tarja... no la desafinada de Annette

  67. k.... 7....

    3 oct 2019,thursday...still here

    k.... 7....

    ...and still amazing.

  68. S.... S....

    Killer song

  69. R.... K....

    2:07 haha

  70. R.... K....

    6:18 - I'm impatient, I was looking for this part, since it was softly in the background before and it started haunting me and I knew it was in one of their songs, wanted to find it from their other songs... before continuing and ending up at it in this very song... Had a laugh and just cranked the volume up.

  71. J.... H....

    Jayzus help me holy shit😍

  72. J.... S....

    excellent !

  73. f.... a....

    The way she dance hehe loveyou floor jansen always thank you for tarja

  74. S.... ....

    It dont get much better then this! Kai is a awesome drummer, but lack the awesomeness of Jukka!

  75. S.... ....

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    The nightingale is still locked in the cage
    The deep breath I took still poisons my lungs
    An old oak sheltering me from the blue
    Sun bathing on its dead frozen leaves

    A catnap in the ghost town of my heart
    She dreams of story time and the river ghosts
    Of mermaids, of Whitman's and the ride
    Raving harlequins, gigantic toys

    A song of me song in need
    Of a courageous symphony
    A verse of me verse in need
    Of a pure-heart singing me to peace

    All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
    All that great heart lying still on an angelwing

    All that great heart lying still
    In silent suffering
    Smiling like a clown until the show has come to an end
    What is left for encore
    Is the same old dead boy's song
    Sung in silence
    All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
    All that great heart lying still on an angelwing

    A midnight flight into Covington Woods
    A princess and a panther by my side
    These are territories I live for
    I'd still give my everything to love you more

    A song of me song in need
    Of a courageous symphony
    A verse of me verse in need
    Of a pure-heart singing me to peace

    All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
    All that great heart lying still on an angelwing

    Now all that great heart lying still
    In silent suffering
    Smiling like a clown until the show has come to an end
    What is left for encore
    Is the same old dead boy's song
    Sung in silence
    All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
    All that great heart lying still on an angelwing

    A silent symphony
    A hollow opus one, two, three

    Sometimes the sky is piano black
    Piano black over cleansing waters

    Resting pipes, verse of bore
    Rusting keys without a door

    Sometimes the within is piano black
    Piano black over cleansing waters

    All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
    All that great heart lying still on an angelwing
    All that great heart lying still on an angelwing
    All that great heart lying still on an angelwing

  76. U.... S....

    Hoi ig chume vo dr schwiz und stand scho immer uf rock.aber was ihr mit floor abliefert isch absolut wau dr wahnsinn top top witer so

    U.... S....

    Woher aus der Schweiz? Sorry, ich verstehe alles nur kann ich nicht in Swizzerdütsch antworten.

    U.... S....

    @Winter Sun ich bin aus liestal kanton baselland und habe jahrgang 1968 ich stehe auf metal aber nightwish mit floor sind meine top top..

    U.... S....

    @Ursula Saner Kanton Aargau! Bin aber deutscher!

  77. l.... ....

    Floor es tan sexy la amo

  78. E.... A....

    Floor is the best

  79. j.... ....

    Beautiful music, beautiful vocals, BEAUTIFUL FLOOR 💜💜💜💜

  80. �.... �....

    За Тарью и за всю группу, Финнам Большое КИИТОС !!!!!!))))))) Это ВЕЩЬ !!!!!!

    �.... �....

    You are lost a bit))) this is Floor. Tarja has gone...

    �.... �....

    @Vasyl R И что с того, что Тарья ушла, это что, меняет дело ? Решил поумничать, великий знаток ?

    �.... �....

    @юрий калюжный Not, just Tarja is not a topic for this performance. But did not expect another replay from you...

    �.... �....

    @Vasyl R А ты ожидаешь ответы, что бы дать им оценку? К великим экспертам себя причисляешь ? Давай на этом остановимся, что бы не обсуждать больше твои чванливые мнения....

    �.... �....

    @юрий калюжный Guy, go home, pls... or maybe to psyсhologist, because your reaction is unadequte ))
    Obviously you had a difficult childhood and no one taught you to communicate properly...
    Nothing more to tell you... ((

  81. J.... ....

    Can you PPPPPPLEASE make a studio version of this song with Floor? I keep listening to this version in Youtube because I am not fond of this song sang by Anette, particularly (nothing against her, just not a fan of her style with this song). Floor is perfect for this song.

    J.... ....

    you can buy all the song of this concert on the web

  82. i.... ....

    Every drummer should play with the enthusiasm and vigor that Jukka did. Miss him so much :(

  83. R.... N....

    Is that Jukka at drums?

    R.... N....

    is 2013

  84. S.... N....

    Folks, lets all send positive thoughts for Jukka.

  85. L.... ....

    I just want a peek under that dress one time.

  86. B.... v....

    Yes this is the song that came after all that reaction videos of Ghost love score

  87. �.... �....

    Фло Янсен прекрасная женщина и певица,но по ходу у нее есть конкурентка из России

  88. T.... ....

    She murders this song so hard. God I love this band ever since I was a kid

  89. M.... U....

    at 1:28, 1000% into the performance lol, #1 fan

  90. R.... E....

    "Smiling like a clown until the show has come to an end."
    Yeah, that's about right.

  91. S.... ....

    Jeeeeezus! When she blasts that note at 1:15 I feel like the shockwave must have destroyed a couple of buildings in the backround. A few planes dropped out of the sky, a volcano erupted on the other side of the planet and Godzilla himself was like: "What the fuuuuuu..." and went back into the ocean. This woman is a goddess...

  92. R.... a....

    A melhor banda de todos os tempos

  93. M.... M....

    Fantastic, mesmerizing, perfect. Floor does Anette's songs beautifully and she is really great. Still think she shouldn't sing Tarja's songs, that should be a no go zone for any singer no matter how good they are.

  94. �.... �....

    Най-добрата

  95. f.... m....

    baszott jo

  96. P.... n....

    Putra from Malaysia ..Cukup berkuasa dan terbaik / very power and the best.

  97. B.... J....

    Song Of MyFloor

  98. T.... P....

    1.7k thumbs down , WTF , morons

  99. F.... g....

    The nightingale is still locked in the cage
    The deep breath I took still poisons my lungs
    An old oak sheltering me from the blue
    Sun bathing on its dead frozen leaves

    A catnap in the ghost town of my heart
    She dreams of storytime and the river ghosts
    Of mermaids, of Whitman’s and the Ride
    Raving harlequins, gigantic toys

    A song of me a song in need
    Of a courageous symphony
    A verse of me a verse in need
    Of a pure-heart singing me to peace

    All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
    All that great heart lying still on an angel wing

    All that great heart lying still
    In silent suffering
    Smiling like a clown until the show has come to an end
    What is left for encore
    Is the same old Dead Boy’s song
    Sung in silence
    All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
    All that great heart lying still on an angelwing

    A midnight flight into Covington Woods
    A princess and a panther by my side
    These are Territories I live for
    I’d still give my everything to love you more

    3. Piano Black

    A silent symphony
    A hollow opus #1,2,3

    Sometimes the sky is piano black
    Piano black over cleansing waters

    Resting pipes, verse of bore
    Rusting keys without a door

    Sometimes the within is piano black
    Piano black over cleansing waters

    All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
    All that great heart lying still on an angel wing