Destiny
1998

Destiny 10.15

SOS 4.15

No Turning Back 4.22

4000 Rainy Nights 6.01

Rebel 4.16

Years Go By 5.15

Playing With Fire 4.15

Venus In The Morning 5.35

Anthem Of The World 9.32

 

Bonus tracks

Cold Winter Nights [Europe]

Dream With Me [Japan]

Blackout [US]

 
Timo Kotipelto - Vocals
Timo Tolkki - Guitars
Jari Kainulainen - Bass
Jens Johansson - Keyboards
Jörg Michael - Drums
Produced by Timo Tolkki
Engineered by Mikko Karmila and Timo Tolkki

Destiny 10.15
Music & Words : Tolkki
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 it's 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 or you will be led to astray
There's a time to live
There's a time to die
But no one can 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 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 or you will be led to astray
There's a time to live
There's a time to die
But no one can escape the destiny
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
SOS 4.15
Music : Tolkki
Words : 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 can'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 we will pay?
Save our souls
Do we have nothing to say?
No Turning Back 4.22
Music & Words : Tolkki, 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 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
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
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
4000 Rainy Nights 6.01
Music & Words : 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 nights
4000 nights I'd be with you
4000 rainy nights
With you
Rebel 4.16
Music & Words : 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
Years Go By 5.15
Music & Words : 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
In my life I have been an outcast
But now I've been reborn
And now 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
Playing With Fire 4.15
Music & Words : Tolkki, 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, 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
Playing with fire
Hiding inside the flames
Playing with fire
It's a dangerous game
Venus In The Morning 5.35
Music & Words : 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 for you 8000 days
Now I've come here to set you free
Where are you now?
Alone just like me and Venus in the morning?
Forget the future don't live the past
Live for today because life goes so fast
Go find the key to your divine mind
Open the door, so many answers you'll find
Like Venus in the morning
Anthem Of The World 9.32
Music & Words : 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 to throw all 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 it 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 we must be wise
Patient and peaceful and strong
Maybe it's like you would to throw all 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 it 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


Cold Winter Nights
Music & Words : Tolkki, 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 all 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 how 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?
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 how to escape
From the cold winter nights
Dream With Me
Music & Words : Kotipelto
Now it is time for you to close your eyes
They've seen much pain it's slowly filling your mind
Pretty as they are but now so pale
You better leave all your worries far behind
 
Not long ago when you had the Fire
Burning inside of you brighter than any flame
You were the one that I believed in
Keeping your hopes up high where are you now?
Where do you aim?
 
Let me take you there
To the place you know
Why don't you Dream With Me
The answers will be found
 
No it is time to open your eyes again
See how all the sorrows have disppeared faded away
I am right here waiting for your call
If you still need me to guide your pace
Through the day
 
Let me take you there
To the place you know
Why don't you Dream With Me
The answers will be found
 
Blackout
Music & Words : Scorpions
I realize I missed today
I'll correct it anyway
I look around I see this face
What the hell I lost my taste
Don't want to find out 
Just want to get out
My had explodes it's a trip 
I can't remember just where I've been
The last thing I recall
I get lost in a beep black hole
Don't want to find out
Just want to get out
chorus
Black out
I really had a black out
Black out
I really had a black out
Blackout
I really had a black out 
Black out 
I really had a black out
I play my things make a run
On my way to another one
I'd like know before I stop
If we don't make it 
Don't give it up 
Don't want to find out
Just want to get out
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solo 
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