Turn Loose the Mermaids

Album: Imaginaerum (2011)
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  • A kite above a graveyard grey
    At the end of the line far far away
    A child holding on to the magic of birth and awe

    Oh, how beautiful it used to be
    Just you and me far beyond the sea
    The waters, scarce in motion
    Quivering still

    At the end of the river the sundown beams
    All the relics of a life long lived
    Here, weary traveler rest your wand
    Sleep the journey from your eyes

    Good journey, love, time to go
    I checked your teeth and warmed your toes
    In the horizon I see them coming for you

    The mermaid grace, the forever call
    Beauty in spyglass on an old man's porch
    The mermaids you turn loose brought back your tears

    At the end of the river the sundown beams
    All the relics of a life long lived
    Here, weary traveler rest your wand
    Sleep the journey from your eyes

    At the end of the river the sundown beams
    All the relics of a life long lived
    Here, weary traveler rest your wand
    Sleep the journey from your eyes

    At the end of the river the sundown beams
    All the relics of a life long lived
    Here, weary traveler rest your wand
    Sleep the journey from your eyes

    At the end of the river the sundown beams
    All the relics of a life long lived
    Here, weary traveler rest your wand
    Sleep the journey from your eyes Writer/s: ERNO VUORINEN, MARKO HIETALA, TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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