Hymn to life lyrics by Timo Tolkki
1. Intro
2. Key to the universe
Another day is passing by Nothing feels the same anymore I see it clear without fear Complete order in my life As I look into the blue sky I feel so much alive I have never felt like this before We are the same everywhere We just want to be loved We are confused, we are scared Still we have to find our own way Life's not always very easy There are times when it all feels black But I tell you there is always a way And the key to the universe is love And this key could free the mankind Trust yourself The voice within will guide you on your path of life The key to the universe is love
3. Now I understand
Looking inside of myself I feel the rainbow of emotions Running wild in an open sea Garden of my soul Icy cage of my heart Golden key which opens The way to the paradise So far away yet so close Lies the cradle of my freedom Every step I take Every move I make Finally, now I understand Everything is clear There is no more fear Finally, now I understand Seeds that I'm planting today Will be the fruits that I will pick up tomorrow in my life It is not easy to change Courage and wisdom are my partners Sailing on the sea of eternity
4. Divine
Innocence, light and beauty Softness of angel of mercy Serenity of a summer day that's what you are Dewdrop of autumn morning Divine When I look into your eyes I see a universe of colours Awakening of life in a spring afternoon Snow diamond of a winter night Divine
5. Little boy I miss you
Little boy I miss you The ice is slowly melting from your heart Little boy oh how I've missed you Take my hand and we will never be apart The taste of ice cream on the first summer day The smell of cut grass, remember that? Little boy I miss you Come to the light and feel the sun Little boy oh how I've missed you You used to play into the night and have fun In the jungle of rules you have found your way What happened was never you fault Nobody ever told you that there are More colours than black and white Let me show you a new world Where you don't have to be afraid I owe that to you, little boy Nobody ever told you that there are More colours than black and white Let me show you a new world Where you don't have to be afraid Let me be there for you every day In this world where everybody's gone insane You are told what you can do and who you are Follow me and I will show you a way out from madness I owe that to you, little boy Little boy I'm here for you You can breathe again and feel the life Little boy I'll always be there for you Come to the light and feel the sun
6. I believe
I believe that mankind is blind to the truth All hypocrites, mental terrorists and bigots rule the world I believe, that I believe I believe that we have lost joy completely We are out of touch with our feelings and don't know the way I believe, that I believe I don't need a bible to tell me how to live I don't need your advice I got to find my own way I believe in me and the universe I believe that life can be beautiful And that I have the right to be here I believe I don't need the plastic god of the church to show the way I don't want to be controlled, I have my own words to say
7. Are you the one?
Are you the one? The traveller in time who has come To heal my wounds to lead me to the sun To walk this path with me until the end of time Are you the one? Who sparkles in the night like fireflies Eternity of evening sky Facing the morning eye to eye Are you the one? Who'd share this life with me Who'd dive into the sea with me Are you the one? Who's had enough of pain And doesn't wish to feel the shame, anymore Are you the one? Are you the one? Who's love is like a flower that needs rain To wash away the feeling of pain Which sometimes can lead to the chain of fear Are you the one? To walk with me in garden of stars The universe, the galaxies and Mars The supernova of our love is true
8. Father
The smell of your breath, it makes me sick Your naked body lying on the floor I want to kill you but you did it yourself You killed my innocence You drunken fuck I hate you I piss on your grave and curse your memory I was always there in the family hell I was in your way and you hit me You cut your wrists and jumped from the 4th floor I was the last one who saw you alive I hate you I damage you I bury you I kill you I wish you would have been there to watch me grow Guiding me with wisdom, love and patience Telling me that you love me and showing it to me Making this world a safe place to be You hurt me so much that I don't know if I'm ever gonna be whole But I want you to know that I'm gonna try Still after all that you did I miss you And the rose and the letter that I brought to your grave Tells you about my longing So I say goodbye to you now after 23 years You were just a moment of my life and I got to continue Maybe one day I will be able to forgive you Until then goodbye
9. Fresh blue waters
I'm sitting in this sleazy hotel room Somewhere along the rocky road of doom Looking back at my life and wondering what went wrong Trying to turn these feelings into a song I guess I've always been some kind of a fake And sometimes I do feel like a flake But I see where I have come from so clear And the weight that I've been carrying many years Fresh blue waters cleanse me Give me wisdom and help me find the key In the lap of the sea I'm free And the future will be better than the past I have learned from my mistakes and that will last It's unbelievable how I did lie To myself but at least now I know why I'm so sorry for some things that I have done I want to make it up and feel the sun
10. Dear god
Why is the sky so blue? Why are the trees so green? Why clouds exist? Where did all this come from? The nature, planets, universe It makes me wonder The things that I see and feel are they real? It's so hard for me to comprehend what life is all about In the middle of the chaos where's the truth? Tell that to me dear god Am I just your puppet or Do I have a will of my own? I'm asking now And tell me why a four year old dies in cancer? Please explain that to me What's the reason for all this suffering? Did you just fuck things up Or are you there at all? Why would we need you anyway? Tell that to me dear god Maybe all this is in vain You're not there so I create my own world I leave all bullshit to you I don't try to save the world anymore Do you hear me you fuck? Give me some answers and stop hiding! Am I just an air molecule to you? What are we to you? Just ants? What are we doing here?
11. It´s X-mas morning
It's Xmas morning The snow is falling silently from the purple sky Little Tim is waiting for the evening When Santa will bring those presents But more than presents he'd wish for peace He'd wish for safety and understanding That there would be no more fights That there would be no more fear It's Xmas morning It's Xmas evening And I am wondering when and how did we lose the way Christ doesn't feed the multitudes no more God is hiding in details Sick society maximizing the production and the profit Alcoholic father abusing his family driving them out It's Xmas evening The guns blazing message of peace The plastic holiness fills the world We have lost the way It's Xmas night And I am writing in the warmth of my cozy home I understand how lucky I am I say my prayers and go to sleep It's Xmas night
12. Hymn to life
Sitting here and wondering, watching the seasons going by Each new answer just brings ten new questions My eyes have finally opened Armored human wrecks walking the streets Longing for a leader to take away their pain We have not learned anything Let me live another day Without sorrow, without shame Let me feel the wind on my face Let me feel the sun And live my days with fun Let me sing this hymn to life Molesting and incest Unloving parents feeding the oven of madness known as planet earth Love turns into prostitution Embracing into violence Lovemaking into fucking Greed kills our humanity, morality our natural needs Jealousy kills the friendship I'm sorry but I don't want to be an Emperor - that's not my business - I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible, Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls - has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in: machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little: More than machinery we need humanity; More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men, cries out for universal brotherhood for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me I say "Do not despair". The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress: the hate of men will pass and dictators die, and the power they took from the people, will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish... Soldiers - don't give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, enslave you - who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel, who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder! Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men, machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don't hate - only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers - don't fight for slavery, fight for liberty! In the seventeenth chapter of Saint Luke it is written "the kingdom of God is within man" - not one man, nor a group of men - but in all men - in you! You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure! Then in the name of democracy let us use that power - let us all unite!!! Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give you the future and old age and security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power, but they lie! They do not fulfil their promise, they never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers, to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness. Soldiers - in the name of democracy, let us all unite!!! [Speech by Charlie (Charles) Chaplin (1889-1977) from "The Great Dictator" movie (1940)]
13. Key to the universe String version (bonus Japan)
Another day is passing by Nothing feels the same anymore I see it clear without fear Complete order in my life As I look into the blue sky I feel so much alive I have never felt like this before We are the same everywhere We just want to be loved We are confused, we are scared Still we have to find our own way Life's not always very easy There are times when it all feels black But I tell you there is always a way And the key to the universe is love And this key could free the mankind Trust yourself The voice within will guide you on your path of life The key to the universe is love
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