Over the hills and far away-NIGHTWISH
They came for him one winter’s night.
Arrested, he was bound.
They said there’d been a robbery,
his pistol had been found.
They marched him to the station house,
he waited for the dawn.
And as they led him to the dock,
he knew that he’d been wronged.
“You stand accused of robbery,”
he heard the bailiff say.
He knew without an alibi,
tomorrow’s light would mourn his freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
for ten long years he’ll count the days.
Over the mountains and the seas,
a prisoner’s life for him there’ll be.
He knew that it would cost him dear,
but yet he dare not say.
Where he had been that fateful night,
a secret it must stay.
He had to fight back tears of rage.
His heartbeat like a drum.
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.
Far from 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 night within his prison cell,
he looks out through the bars.
He reads the letters that she wrote.
One day he’ll know the taste of freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
she prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
back in his arms he swears she’ll be.
Over the hills and far away,
he swears he will return one day.
far from the mountains and the seas,
back in her arms is where he’ll be.
Over the hills and far away,
she prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach 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.
Mahamaya by Rudra
Avyakta-namni paramesa-saktih
anady avidya tri-gunatmika para
kary’anumeya sudhiy’aiva maya
yaya jagat sarvam idam prasuyateThe Power of the Absolute contained
It is not real and not unreal
The material cause of the universe of names and forms I perceive
A profound mystery beyond intellectual comprehension
And it will always be
This finite mind cannot comprehend your true nature. Its maker!
World of contradictions
That’s the way it is
You are Time
You are Space
You are Causality
Srishti stiti binashanam
shakti bhute sanatani
Gunashraye Gunamaye
Narayani Namo-stu-te
You are Time
You are Space
You are Causality
This inscrutable power hides the real nature of the Absolute
It has the power of concealment and the power of projection
Beyond this phenomenal world there is eternity
Transcending the phenomenal world I’ll realise Infinity
Acknowledging only that which is real achieve immortality
Searching for it here and there only to find it within
Transcending Time
Transcending Space
Transcending Causality
It is the cause of bondage
Sorrow and pain are its effects
It is a Statement of Fact
You are enslaved by nature
You try to free yourself
But you are trapped
This bondage strangles you and you scream
“Freedom!” You want to be free!
Not till you’re on your knees and you plead
You yearn. Time to discern
Not to be bound, to be free
On your knees you must plead
The hands of grace will now embrace you
Now, be free!
