Nightwish - Angels fall first

by Miia
(Finland)

I think it's the most beautiful song for a funeral. When my friend died in Thailand in December 2004, my friends and I sang this song at her funeral.

Nightwish is one of the best bands in the world and I think Tuomas Holopainen, the writer and composer of almost all Nightwish's songs, is a genious.

Lyrics:

An angelface smiles to me
Under a headline of tragedy
That smile used to give me warmth
Farewell - no words to say
Beside the cross on your grave
And those forever burning candles

Needed elsewhere
To remind us of the shortness of our time
Tears laid for them
Tears of love tears of fear
Bury my dreams dig up my sorrows
Oh Lord why
The angels fall first?

Not relieved by thoughts of Shangri-La
Nor enlightened by the lessons of Christ
I'll never understand the meaning of the right
Ignorance lead me into the light

Needed elsewhere...

Sing me a song
Of your beauty
Of your kingdom
Let the melodies of your harps
Caress those whom we still need

Yesterday we shook hands
My friend
Today a moonbeam lightens my path
My guardian