The Forever Moments [German translation]

The ticktock of time allows me to see

A howl turn to an echo

A butterfly to a cocoon

A swan to ugly duckling

A lake to an ocean

The dead times awake

As I can calm myself to yesterday

The flower has fallen its petals

Out of the petals a cradle I will

My cradle rocks with the waves of time

The time of beauty will never be the same

Oh, little girl, as thou must now leave

Please take me, take me with thee

Now I hear my mother from the deep

Sing me a lullaby of eternal sleep

With thou we plant that last recall

As in silence we seek to reborn

• Artist:Nightwish
• Album:Demo: "Nightwish" (1996)