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The Islander by Nightwish

An old man by a seashore
At the end of day
Gazes the horizon with (1)________________ in his face
Tempest-tossed island
Seasons all the same
Anchorage unpainted and a ship (2)______________ a name
Sea without a shore for the banished one unheard
He (3)________________ 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 (4)____________ 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
(Oh)
Now his love's a memory
A ghost in the fog
He sets the sails one (5)________ (6)________ saying
Farewell to the world
Anchor to the water
Seabed far below
Grass still in his feet
And a smile (7)______________ his brow
This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind so long ago

So (8)________ ago

So long ago

This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind so (9)________ ago

So long ago

Answers:
(1) seawinds(2) without(3) lightens(4) before(5) last(6) time(7) beneath(8) long(9) long