TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN LYRICS

1. Glasgow 1877

"I remember it as if it was yesterday.
My papa took me to see the ancestral home of our clan.
The desolate castle on Dismal Downs, abandoned since the 17th century,
Now inhabited by no-one but golden eagles in its turrets and
Ptarmigan & grouse in the heather o' the clan cemetery.
In this sight of former glory, of ochre grass and bracken,
Sadness and hope, this is where I begin my story.
Rannoch moor, 1877, the eve of my 10th birthday..."

Tha 'n sgeul ag aiseig bu bràth /
Toirt taic bho tiotain a tha gar deanamh mar a tha sinn

Howls on the moors
Dreams of sailing all seas
Call of the hills
And a fiddle of farewell

2. Into The West

Downy's farewell:

Far, far into the night
Your calling guided you
Far, far across the dark
Horizon filled with red
And yearning of a childless ma

3. Duel & Cloudscapes

[Instrumental]

4. Dreamtime

[Instrumental]

5. Cold Heart Of The Klondike

The final frontier
Of utter solitude
Of wilderness untamed

Into White Agony Creek
The cradle of new hope
Many the springs thaws from home

O Me! O Life! Here in the wild
Nothing but two cold Klondike hearts

Charm of a dancehall girl
A true star of the north
Those precious 30 days

A letter in the snow
Love lost yet always there
A burning need of life

O Me! O Life! Home in the wild
Nothing but two cold Klondike hearts

O Me! O Life! Home in the wild
Nothing but two cold Klondike hearts

6. The Last Sled

There's gold, and it's haunting and haunting
It's luring me on as of old!
Yet it isn't the gold that I'm wanting so much
As just finding the gold!

It's the great, big, broad land 'way up yonder!
The great, big, broad land 'way up yonder!
Haunting him as of old
Yet, it ain't the gold itself
So much as finding the gold

Farewell, White Agony Creek
Farewell, the three long years
Can't leave behind what's in this sled

Things we lost
The things we couldn't share
Another rainbow's end
Another memory
Fortuna favet fortibus
Hold on to all that's dear to you
As the last sled to Dawson finally arrives

It's the forests where silence has lease
It's the beauty that fills me with wonder!
It's the stillness that fills me with peace!

It's the stillness that fills him with peace!
The beauty of the wild
Rainbow's end with golden dreams
Starlit sky and coffee and beans

Farewell, White Agony Creek
Farewell, the three spring thaws
One day I will return to you

Things we lost
The things we couldn't share
Another rainbow's end
Another memory
Fortuna favet fortibus
Hold on to all that's dear to you
As the last sled to Dawson finally arrives

7. Goodbye, Papa

[Instrumental]

8. To Be Rich

Silent night, silent years
The cold heart haunting still
Sleepless watch of the night
And her face on the moon

9. A Lifetime Of Adventure

To be rich is to still remember
To treasure your first dime
To have a chance to say farewell

Story of your life,
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the Northern road,
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep,
Countless gold fields to reap
To be rich is to seek,
To relive a memory

Far-off lands, quests of old
Self respect, true grit
Never care, lot of fortune, my wife
To seek is to be rich

Story of your life,
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the Northern road,
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep,
Countless gold fields to reap
To be rich is to seek,
To relive a memory

All the strangers on your path
Crossroads that lead us from home
The cooling hymn for soulful Yuletide hearth
All the songs of wilderness,
The truth in which you fall
They're your lost troves, but that's what you recall

Story of your life,
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the Northern road,
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep,
Countless gold fields to reap
To be rich is to seek,
To relive a memory

10. Go Slowly Now, Sands Of Time

Go slowly now, sands of time
Still have some verses to pour
This wonder of life has led me home
Like a poet of Scotland once scribed:

Home is the sailor
Home from the sea
And the hunter home from the hill

Go slowly now, sands of time
Still have a memory to make
Dancing to Auld Lang Syne
Thinking of the heather of home

Home is the sailor
Home from the sea
And the hunter home from the hill

11. A Lifetime Of Adventure (Alternative Version)

To be rich is to still remember
To treasure your first dime
To have a chance to say farewell

Story of your life,
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the Northern road,
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep,
Countless gold fields to reap
To be rich is to seek,
To relive a memory

Far-off lands, quests of old
Self respect, true grit
Never care, lot of fortune, my wife
To seek is to be rich

Story of your life,
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the Northern road,
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep,
Countless gold fields to reap
To be rich is to seek,
To relive a memory

All the strangers on your path
Crossroads that lead us from home
The cooling hymn for soulful Yuletide hearth
All the songs of wilderness,
The truth in which you fall
They're your lost troves, but that's what you recall

Story of your life,
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the Northern road,
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep,
Countless gold fields to reap
To be rich is to seek,
To relive a memory







TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN LYRICS