Destiny - 1998

1. Destiny
2. SOS
3. No Turning Back
4. 4000 Rainy Nights
5. Rebel
6. Years Go By
7. Playing With Fire
8. Venus In The Morning
9. Anthem Of The World
10. Cold Winter Nights (European Bonus Track)
11. Dream With Me (Japan Bonus Track)

Timo Tolkki: gitárok
Timo Kotipelto: ének
Jari Kainulainen: basszusgitár
Jens Johansson: szintetizátor
Jörg Michael: dobok

1. Destiny

Zene: Tolkki - Szöveg: Tolkki/Kotipelto

The times are changing so fast
I wonder how long it lasts
The clock is ticking time is running out
The hatred fills this Earth
And for what is worth
We´re in the end before we know
Throughout the years
I have struggled to find the answer that
I never knew
It strucked me like a million lightnings
And here I am telling to you
Every second of day it is coming your
way
Future unknown is here to stay
Got to open your mind
of you will be led to astray
There´s a time to live
There`s a time to die
But no one can`t escape the Destiny
Look all these things we`ve done
Under the burning Sun
Is this the way to carry on?
So take a look at yourself
And tell me what do you see
A wolf in clothes of the Lamb?
Throughout the ....
Every second ...
Let your spirit free
Through Window of your Mind
Unchain your Soul from hate
All you need is Faith
I control my Life
I am the One
You control your Life
But don´t forget Your Destiny....
It´s time to say goodbye
I know it will make you cry
You make your Destiny
I know you´ll find the way
And outside Sun is bright
The things will be alright
I will be back one day to you
So please Wait For ME

2. SOS

Zene: Tolkki - Szöveg: Tolkki/Kotipelto

I´m waiting for the rain now
To settle the dusty air
Clearing up my emotions
Facing it all if I dare
I´ve been thinking
I´ve been trying
But I´ve always been denying
Wasted days are still inside of me
It´s time to set them free
Why don´t we see what is going on?
There are not so many years to be
wasted
Until the damage is done and the beauty
is gone
Save Our Souls
What is the price that we pay?
Save Our Souls
Do we have nothing to say?

3. No Turning Back

Zene: Tolkki - Szöveg: Kotipelto

So long I have been accepting what I´ve
seen
Never really speaking my mind
Now the heat´s leaking out
I´d like to scream and shout
I want to leave it all behind
There´s no one else to turn the wheel
I´ve got my own life to steer
No turning back
Coz I wanna know who I am and I want
to live my life
No turning back
Tomorrow´s awaiting, I´m on the way
Hard to find the right words
And not to make it worse
A choice that has to be done
It is just my life
Can´t make no compromise
And to stop what has begun
There´s no one else...
I have all the strings in my hands
The choices that´s been laid for me
I am not taking more commands
Coz now finally I´m free

4. 4000 Rainy Nights

Zene: Tolkki - Szöveg: Tolkki

These empty days are filling me with pain
After I left it seems my life is only rain
My heart is longing to the better times
When everything was still so fine
I wonder why it happens so fast
You give your heart away knowing it
might not last
I´m still here waiting for the rain to fall
And to see you once again
4000 Rainy Nights
4000 Nights I´d be with you
4000 Rainy Nights with you
I keep your memory in my heart
You give me hope when everything is so
dark
That thing nobody can take away
Forever in me
4000 Rainy...

5. Rebel

Zene: Tolkki - Szöveg: Tolkki

You found the truth again
I showed the way
The Path of Wisdom is the only way to
reality
You learned to live Your life
The hard way
Your tears put out the fire from your
soul
Lost behind the lies I can hear your cries
Now is the time to rise again so strong
Learn from your past
But better make it fast
The time is running out for you to change
your life
You must learn to live
There´s so much to give
Set Fire to your soul again and be... The
Rebel
Hold your head up proud

6. Years Go By

Zene: Tolkki - Szöveg: Tolkki

Look around do you see
So many things have changed
And you should know by now
I never meant to hurt you at all
All my life I have been an outcast
But now I´ve been reborn
And I see things so clear
Open your eyes and realize
Hard times are over if you want
Open your mind
Reach for the stars
Answer is there for us to find
Years go by
Never know when it´s too late
Years go by
Yourself you seal your fate
Don´t look the answer from horizon
It´s closer than you think
Years go by, oh how they go by

7. Playing With Fire

Zene: Tolkki - Szöveg: Kotipelto

Hunger grows stronger I feel it day by
day
I need I desire her passion now
I see that look the shine in her eyes
Can´t let her go she´s so divine
There´s no one who could stop me now
She´ll be mine
She´s teasing I´m unfreezing wanting
more and more
I´m dreaming just like streaming through
the door
I see that look ...
Playing With Fire
Hiding inside the flames
Playing With Fire
It´s a dangerous game

8. Venus In The Morning

Zene: Tolkki - Szöveg: Tolkki

It´s 4 in the morning
I´m gazing the sky with
Millions of stars
A moment before the Dawn
The endless Universe fills me all
Where are you now?
Alone just like me and Venus in the
Morning?
I touch your face that´s filled with pain
I kiss away the tears from your eyes
I´ve waited YOU for 8000 days
Now I´ve come here to set you free
But where are you now...
Forget the future don´t live the past
Live for today because life goes too fast
Go find the Key to your Divine Mind
Open the Door so many answers you´ll
find
Like Venus in the Morning

9. Anthem Of The World

Zene: Tolkki - Szöveg: Tolkki

The setting sun creates another world
The shadows fall another day is in the
end
The Paradise is sleeping peacefully
And one more day is again history
Tell me can we go on like this?
Everybody is living in a bliss
Are these the last times of our Mother
Earth?
Or is it just beginning of new Birth?
Don´t be afraid we must be wise
Patient and peaceful and strong
Maybe it´s like you would throw the
dice
Then hope that nothing goes wrong
Remember that you have the right to say
All things that you feel inside
Open your mind and you open your
eyes
Together now is the time
Sing the Anthem Of The World
But will we ever learn
To control our hate and to forgive
We must learn to find the way
To just live another day
And be free like an Eagle in the sky
How about if God just let us down?
If he just is polishing his crown?
What´s the key to the Universe?
Is life down here just one big endless
curse?
Don´t be afraid...
Sing the Anthem Of The World....

10. Cold Winter Nights (European Bonus Track)

Zene: Tolkki - Szöveg: Kotipelto

Summer´s gone a while ago
The daylight dims away
I´m watching here how the snow begins
to fall
Yesterday´s like a dream
A memory in my head
Like the life´s gone behind the winter wall
I´m lighting up the candles and lock the
door
Sitting by the fire
It´s time to dream some more
I have to find a way how to survive
I am surrounded by the starlight
I have to find the path
and to escape from the Cold Winter
Nights
And in the morning there´s no trace of the
sun
Just gray fog hanging above my head
All the birds are quiet hiding in the woods
Can´t see no movement are they all
dead?