相信大家在談Nightwish貝斯手的時候,
第一時間想到的既不是第一任也不是第三任,
而是這位山羊鬍大叔Marko,
Marko的加入不僅填補了貝斯手的空缺,
還使樂團瞬間多了一個男主唱,
將Nightwish帶至了一個全新的高度。
1.內在孩童(inner child)的死去,回不去的童年純真每個人的內心裡都有一個孩童,他熱愛玩樂與探索,他毫無心機、帶著純真的眼看待這個世界;他的感情豐富且誇大,會哭、會笑、會憤怒、會開心、會因一時的感性而落淚,會因藝術之美而顫抖。但是我們不能永遠的當一個孩童,我們學會察言觀色、遵守環境的淺規矩,無法再想說什麼就說什麼、想幹什麼就幹什麼;我們不再和朋友談論遊戲與電影,而是工作與金錢;我們面對一次又一次的生老病死後,對悲傷麻木了,所以不再哭泣。我們長大了,卻也同時在扼殺自己內心的那個孩童。
2.註定無法獲得的愛Tuomas是個有些自卑的人,認為自己不配擁有愛,因為醜陋的野獸怎能配得上美女呢?他和Tarja間的關係就像歌劇魅影與克莉絲汀,彼此仰慕著對方的音樂才華,但是魅影面具底下畢竟是駭人的面貌,因此兩人不存在任何可能性。(順帶一提,本專輯的第9首歌正是「歌劇魅影」的cover)
I was weak, yet not unblessed,
Dead to the world,
Alive for the journey.)
(One night I dreamt a white rose withering,
A newborn drowning ,a lifetime loneliness,
I dreamt all my future,Relived my past,
and witnessed the beauty of the beast.)
Why has all the laughter ceased?
Why am I loved only when I'm gone?
How can I ever feel again?
Given the chance would I return?
Why am I loved only when I'm gone?
Gone back in time to bless the child.
Think of me long enough to make a memory,
Come bless the child one more time.
I've never felt so alone in my life,
As I drank from a cup which was counting my time,
There's a poison drop in this cup of man,
To drink it is to follow the left hand path.
Why am I loved only when I'm gone?
Gone back in time to bless the child.
Think of me long enough to make a memory,
Come bless the child one more time.
Think of me long enough to make a memory,
Come bless the child one more time.
(Where have all the feelings gone?
Why is the deadliest sin,
To love as I loved you?)
(Now unblessed, homesick in time,
Soon to be freed from care, from human pain,
My tale is the most bitter truth,
Time pays us but with earth and dust,
And a dark, silent grave.)
(Remember, my child,
Without innocence the cross is only iron,
Hope is only an illusion,
And the ocean soul's nothing but a name)
(The child bless thee,
And keep thee forever.)