Bless The Child (Live) by Nightwish

"I was (1)________ amidst the purple waterfalls.
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 (2)________________ loneliness.
I dreamt all my future. Relived my past.
And witnessed the beauty of the beast"

Where have all the feelings gone?
Why has all the laughter ceased?
Why am I loved only when I'm gone?
Gone back in time to bless the child

How can I ever feel again?
Given the (3)____________ would I return?
Why am I loved only (4)________ 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 (5)__________ felt so alone in my life
As I drank from a cup which was (6)________________ 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 (7)________ to (8)__________ 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 (9)__________ 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 & dust,
And a dark, silent grave.
Remember, my child: Without innocence
The cross is only iron,
Hope is only an illusion
& Ocean Soul's (10)______________ but a name...
The Child bless thee & keep thee forever"

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