Nightwish related lyrical discovery.

[Archduke of zeon]

Nightwish is by me known one of the best groups I know, the music is good, if not to say great and the lyrics are so good. I have almost all their CD's at home.

[nailz]

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=10208

I think this was the third nightwish video posted on this site. Right behind Noir - Sleepwalker and Rubyeye's 10th Man Down. (both of which are quality.)

[Moonlight Soldier]

Methinks Nightwish has their fantasy literature all mixed up.

Or they just wanted to combine them for some strange reason . . .

I hope it's confusion. THere's no good reason to want to combine Tolkien and Dragonlance.

Sure there is.

Now quit complaining about it, and Nailz quit being snarky, the whole point of this thread was to check out the various fantasy they mixed.

Do you know what some of the sources were that they took Elven Path from Nailz? Thanks for the lyrics btw.

[nailz]

oh, well, my bad, i just took exception to someone who pointed out that the lyrics are stupid. =P

They refer to Mielikki, Forgotten Realms
The path where Beauty met the Beast, obvious (Tuomas seems to have an obsession with this story.)
Bilbo, LoTR
Willow, Willow
seven dwarves, snow white

thats just what I know off hand, there's a bunch of general fantasy themes, obviously, and a few I'm not familiar with.

[Kalium]

Hm... Seems Tapio and Mielikki are old Finnish, Tapio being the god of the hunt and Mielikki the goddess of the forest.

Bilbo is obvious, but I can't place Sparhawl, Snowman, or Madrigals. Williw actually reminds me of Old Man Willow in Tolkien.....

What really puzzles me though, is the line "heartborne, seventh seeker". I've read a goodly amount of fantasy, and this means nothing to me.