X Marks The Spot Sonata Arctica

[00:00.41] "I was in a really dark place,"
[00:02.48] "I even thought of packing it in, but I just could not bring myself to do it."
[00:06.94] "I met an old friend that I had a real connection with,"
[00:09.50] "And he saw my despair."
[00:11.93] "He asked me if I'd like to play with him,"
[00:14.88] "And as we played I felt, slowly but surely, rock 'n roll grab me by the neck, and I, well..."
[00:20.81] You are a man of impeccable taste
[00:24.57] And you know when the X marks the spot
[00:28.65] We all need a map for the trail of your thought
[00:31.97] Where to go? Well, the X marks the spot
[00:36.63] You seem to have a misgiving
[00:39.16] Hell yeah, you make a living
[00:41.44] Don't add bricks to what we're heaving
[00:44.82] We would so much rather enjoy the beach, beer and a fire
[00:50.64] You think something somewhere has a copyright for the world
[00:53.80] And you've signed where the X marks the spot
[00:58.90] You join a cult, fill the void that you've got
[01:02.51] Deep within where the X marks the spot
[01:06.72] There you stand and talk and holler how dark are all your colors
[01:11.43] When you paint another sunrise you leave out the sun
[01:18.59] Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
[01:27.28] Or they slowly float away
[01:31.28] How well do you know those you're calling your own?
[01:34.46] I mean... come on, dude! (X marks the spot)
[01:38.70] Your starving soul in your house of skin and bone
[01:42.13] You're an island, the X marks the spot
[01:45.34] "Testify children, testify."
[01:47.47] There you stand and talk and holler how dark are all your colors
[01:51.09] When you paint another sunrise you leave out the sun
[01:58.98] Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
[02:06.80] Or they slowly float away...
[02:11.20] Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
[02:18.66] Or they slowly float away...
[02:24.15] "Rock'n'roll allowed me to join this band,"
[02:26.90] "And there was a period of time when I hadn't exactly lost my soul,"
[02:31.19] "I just didn't know where I'd put it,"
[02:33.13] "And I ended up in some very dark places and some dire circumstances."
[02:36.71] "Now let me tell you, children, I was trying to fill a void in my heart."
[02:40.16] "To fill that void I got what I always wanted:"
[02:42.59] "Success, prosperity, the admiration I wanted as a player,"
[02:47.27] "I got play some big shows and travel the world from end to end."
[02:51.49] "And in the midst of it all I had this yearning in my heart."
[02:54.25] "Yearning in my heart for rock'n'roll."
[03:04.80] "I was called to join this band,"
[03:06.02] "And I was surrounded by good folks who were servants of the rock'n'roll who passed on the love."
[03:11.59] "I'll testify: the fear was in me, I was afraid of everything,"
[03:15.32] "I can swear I saw my own living heart beating through my shirt."
[03:18.93] You are a circus, but where is the clown?
[03:23.10] There's no map, still the X marks the spot
[03:27.23] There you stand and talk and holler how dark are all your colors
[03:31.76] When you paint another sunrise you leave out the sun
[03:39.51] Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
[03:47.32] Or they slowly float down into the night with senior John Barleycorn
[03:55.32] Heaven, heaven
[03:59.56] Or they slowly float away
[04:19.82] "Now you children, are you ready to spread the word?"
[04:22.96] "Everybody sing, 'Eo'"
[04:26.71] "Everybody sing, 'wohoho'"
[04:30.10] "Everybody sing 'hey-hey', 'wow-wow', 'hey-hey' huh?"
[04:38.65] Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
[04:46.69] Or they slowly float away...
[04:50.39] Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
[04:58.26] Or they slowly float away...
[05:04.64] "And the funny thing was I was like a spiritual baby running around with diapers on where the X marks the spot."
[05:11.95] "I'd given my life to rock'n'roll but I still wasn't sure was there rock'n'roll? Is it real?"
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