Nightwish is a Finnish band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. The band's leader, keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen composes songs that are often classified as either symphonic metalor power metal; their musical style has also been described as a symphonic metal variant, called opera metal. Nevertheless, Nightwishis considered one of the main developers of the symphonic metalgenre, which encompasses similar bands such as Therion, Stratovarius, Epica, Sonata Arcticaand Visions of Atlantis. The band currently consists of Anette Olzon (vocals), Tuomas Holopainen (Keyboards), Jukka "Julius" Nevalainen (Drums), Marco Tapani Hietala (Bass and vocals) and Emppu Vuorinen (Guitars) Although the band achieved prominence in their home country since the release of their first single, they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums Century Child(2002) and Once(2004), both which had video clips shown on the MTV channel of countries from the American continent, for example. In 2006 the band announced the beginning of their search for a replacement to vocalist Tarja Turunen, who was fired at the end of 2005.
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Over The Hills And Far Away Lyrics
Nightwish
They came for him one winters night
Arrested he was bound
They said there'd been a robbery
His pistal had been found
They marched him to the station house
They waited for the dawn
and as they lead him to the dock
He knew that he'd been wronged
He stands accused of robbery
He heard the bailiff say
He knew without an aliby
Tommorws light would mourn his freedom
Over the hills and far away
For ten long years he'll count the days
Far from the mountains
A prisoners life for him there'll be
He kenw that it would cost him dear
But yet he dare not say
Where he had been that faithful night
A secret it must stay
He had to fight back tears of rage
His heart
For with the wife of his best friend
he spent his final night of freedom
Over the hills and far away
He swears he will return one day
Over the mountains and the seas
back in her arms is where he'll be
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills and
Over the hills and
Over the hills and far away
Each nioght within his prison cell
He looks out throug hthe bars
He reads the letters that she wrote
Over the hills and far away
She swears he will return one day
As sure as the rivers meet the seas
Back in his arms is where she'll be
Over the hills and far away
He swears he will return one day
Over the mountains and the seas
back in her arms is where he'll be
Over the hills and far away
She swears he will return one day
As sure as the rivers meet the seas
Back in his arms is where she'll be
Over the hills
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills
Over the hills and far away...