Ain't Your Fairytale - Sonata Arctica

I'm home again, I won the war And now I am behind your door I tried so hard to obey the law And see the meaning of this all Remember me? Before the war I'm the man who lived next door Long ago... As you can see, when you look at me I'm pieces of what I used to be It's easier when you don't see Me standing on my own two feet I'm taller when I sit here still You ask: are all my dreams fulfilled? They made me a heart of steel The kind them bullets cannot see Nothing's what it seems to be I'm a replica, I'm a replica Empty shell inside of me I'm not myself, I'm a replica of me... The light is green, my slate is clean New life to fill the hole in me I had no name last December Christmas Eve I can't remember I was in a constant pain I saw your shadow in the rain I painted all your pictures red I wish I had stayed home instead Yeah! Nothing's what it seems to be I'm a replica, I'm a replica Empty shell inside of me I'm not myself, I'm a replica of me... Are you gonna leave me now, when it is all over? Are you gonna leave me, is my world now over...? Raising from the place I've been And trying to keep my home base clean Now I'm here and won't go back, believe I fall asleep and dream a dream I'm floating in a silent stream No-one placing blame on me But nothing's what it seems to be, yeah Nothing's what it seems to be I'm a replica, I'm a replica Empty shell inside of me I'm not myself, I'm a replica... Nothing's what it seems to be I'm a replica... Empty shell inside of me I'm a replica of ... Nothing's what it seems to be I'm a replica Empty shell inside of me I'm a replica Nothing's what it seems to be I'm a replica Empty shell inside of me I'm a replica of me I'm home again, I won the war And now I am behind your door I tried so hard to obey the law See the meaning of it all Remember me? Before the war I'm the man who lived...

In love with the maiden, the flower of winter Lowbrow children in grove of the inland How many times heart's gone through the grinder Wherever you look there's a painful reminder Singing a love song, words of a stranger The howling miller, never to face her Temple of the evil, temple of the weak No one knows how bad he feels Late-night innuendo, temptation of the key Live with the Black Sheep, live with me Insanity, blessing for those born to hate you Burned by the embers of love, it is so cruel Howling the night for sun of the midnight Serving the people, condemned you in the eternal night Of the lost song, words of the stranger The howling miller, never to face her Temple of the evil, temple of the weak No one knows how bad he feels Late-night innuendo, temptation of the key Live with the black sheep, live with me Temple of the evil, temple of the weak No one knows how bad he feels Late-night innuendo, temptation of the key Live with the black sheep, live with me Temple of the evil, temple of the weak No one knows how bad he feels Late-night innuendo, temptation of the key Live with the black sheep, live with me

For every child there dawns a day They wonder from where they come Why is the sky so pink tonight How fast to clouds fly by And so you come up with stories you tell Eyes are open wide when you tell them about the sky 'N all that beneath resides There is a factory clouds are made in They make'em big and blue The factory eats you, it swallows you whole It fills you with conceit And never lets you leave If you ever dream, at the end of the day That you're gonna live as a free man There's no hook, no sinker, no line And you will never leave The cloud factory If you join the same brigade I did when I was young You will never see beyond the skyline of this town Take my word, my son, and run While your dreams fly free Have them write my story down Like silence breaking sound There is a factory clouds are made in They make'em big and blue The factory eats you, it swallows you whole It fills you with conceit And never lets you leave If you ever dream, at the end of the day That you're gonna live as a free man There's no hook, no sinker, no line And you will never leave The cloud factory It's sad if you never leave you believe what you see And you follow the lead, but the eyes, they deceive There is nothing to see but cloud factory dreams... But hey, isn't it fun at the end of the day When everyone looks like me? Swallowing pints of stale apathy Having dreams where I would be Without the factory If you ever dream, at the end of the day That you're gonna live as a free man There's no hook, no sinker, no line And you will never leave The cloud factory There is a factory clouds are made in They make'em big and blue The factory eats you, it swallows you whole It fills you with conceit And never lets you leave If you ever dream, at the end of the day That you're gonna live as a free man Irony shall be the justice you find In case you ever leave The cloud factory

I was raised from a broken seed I grew up to be an unwanted weed Ever faster the time exceeds me Little harder again to remember you Held a torch for you when lightning struck me Once again, hope I died for the last time Only one, I have a thing greater than you Little light on the sky every night Morning dew on the field where I met you I was frozen a year couldn't get through Got a sign not a scar on my shoulder I am not quite the man you take me for Fell in love with the weakness within me Force me the ring and own me Guess you found what you'd think would oblige me Little version of me to consume you I'd give my everything to you Follow you through the garden of oblivion If only I could tell you everything The little things you'll never dare to ask me Do you really know me, I might be a god Show me that you care and have a cry How do you see me, as the one Can you see my blood when I'm bleeding How can you love this exile And how could I desire you When my pain is my pain and yours is too ... On this dark winter's night Darkness becomes this child Bless this night with a tear For I have none I fear Seven lifes of a man passed before me Seven graves, one for every love I've had Only once I have broken my so called heart Only one made me see why they cry Will I learn how to be one of you, someday Will I still feel the eyes that behold me Will I hear what you think when you see me Will it tear me apart if you feel for me I'd give my everything to you Follow you through the garden of oblivion If only I could tell you everything The little things you'll never dare to ask me Do you really know me, I might be a god Show me that you care and have a cry How do you see me, as the one Can you see my blood when I'm bleeding How can you love this exile And how could I desire you When my pain is my pain and yours is too ... On this dark winter's night Darkness becomes this child Bless this night with a tear For I have none I fear Little broken, always been A part of you, belongs to me You were never mine to love but This all has made it easy for me ... Burning feathers not an angel Heaven's closed, Hell's soldout So I walk on earth Behind a curtain Hidden from everyone Until I find a new life to ruin again (Solo) On this deadwinter's night Darkness becomes this child Bless this night with a tear For I have none I fear On this deadwinter's night Darkness becomes this child Bless this night with a tear For I have none I fear