X Marks The Spot-Sonata Arctica

[00:00.00]“I was in a really dark place I even thought of packing it in, but I just could not bring myself to do it [00:06.00]I met an old friend that I had a real connection with [00:08.00]And he saw my despair [00:12.00]He asked me if I’d like to play with him [00:14.00]And as we played I felt, slowly but surely, rock ‘n roll grabbed me by the neck, and I, well” [00:21.00]You are a man of impeccable taste [00:24.00]And you know when the X marks the spot [00:28.00]We all need a map for the trail of your thought [00:31.00]Where to go, well,the X marks the spot [00:36.00]You seem to have a misgiving [00:38.00]Hell yeah, you make a living [00:40.00]Don't add bricks to what we're heaving [00:44.00]We would so much rather enjoy beach, beer and a fire [00:50.00]You think something somewhere has a copyright for the world [00:54.00]And you've signed where the X marks the spot [00:58.00]You join a cult, fill the void that you've got [01:02.00]Deep within where the X marks the spot [01:06.00]There you stand and talk and holler [01:08.00]How dark were all your colors [01:11.00]When you paint another sunrise [01:14.00]You leave out the sun [01:18.00]Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven [01:26.00]Or they slowly float away [01:30.00]How well do you know those you're calling your own? [01:33.00]I mean... Come on dude!-X marks the spot! [01:38.00]Your starving soul in your house of skin and bone [01:41.30]You're an island, the X marks the spot [01:44.30]“Testify children, testify” [01:47.00]There you stand and talk and holler [01:49.00]How dark were all your colors [01:51.00]When you paint another sunrise [01:54.00]You leave out the sun [01:58.00]Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven [02:06.00]Or they slowly float away [02:11.00]Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven [02:18.00]Or they slowly float away [02:24.00]"Rock’n’roll allowed me to join this band [02:27.00]And there was a period of time when I hadn’t exactly lost my soul, I just didn’t know where I’d put it [02:32.00]And I ended up in some very dark places and some dire circumstances [02:36.00]Now let me tell you, children, I was trying to fill a void in my heart [02:39.00]To fill that void I got what I always wanted [02:42.00]Success, prosperity, the admiration I wanted as a player [02:47.00]I got a place in big shows and travelled the world from end to end [02:51.00]And the next of it all, I had this yearning in my heart [02:54.00]Yearning in my heart for rock’n’roll" [03:04.00]"I was called to join this band [03:06.00]And I was surrounded by you folks there and servants of the rock’n’roll who passed on the love [03:11.00]I’ll testify: The fear was in me, I was afraid of everything [03:15.00]I can swear I saw my own living heart beating through my shirt" [03:19.00]You are a circus, but where is the clown? [03:22.00]There's no map, still the X marks the spot [03:26.00]There you stand and talk and holler [03:29.00]How dark were all your colors [03:31.00]When you paint another sunrise [03:35.00]You leave out the sun [03:38.30]Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven [03:46.00]Or they slowly float down [03:51.00]Into the night with senior john barleycorn,aye-yeah-yeah! [03:56.00]Heaven, heaven [03:59.00]Or they slowly float away [04:19.00]"Now you children, are you ready to spread the word? [04:22.00]We're 'bout to sing hey-oh-Hey-oh [04:25.00]We're 'bout to sing woa-Woa [04:31.00]We're 'bout to sing hey-hey-Hey-hey Ho-ho-Ho-ho [04:35.00]Hey-hey-Hey-hey. [04:37.00]Hum?-Hum? [04:40.00]Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven [04:45.00]Or they slowly float away [04:51.00]Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven [04:58.00]Or they slowly float away [05:05.00]"And the funny thing was I was like a spiritual baby running around with diapers on where the X marks the spot [05:11.00]I'd given my life to rock'n'roll but I still wasn't sure [05:15.00]Was there rock'n'roll? Is it real?"