X Marks the Spot - Sonata Arctica

«I was in a really dark place

I even thought of packing it in

But I just could not bring myself to do it

I met an old friend that I had a real connection with

And he saw my despair

He asked me if I’d like to play with him

And as we played I felt, slowly but surely, rock ‘n roll grabbed me by the neck,

and I, well…»

You are a man of impeccable taste

And you know when the X marks the spot

We all need a map for the trail of your thought

Where to go, well, the X marks the spot

You seem to have a misgiving

Hell yeah, you make a living

Don’t add bricks to what we’re heaving

We would so much

Rather enjoy the beach, beer and a fire

You think something somewhere

Has a copyright for the world

And you’ve signed where the X marks the spot

You join a cult, fill the void that you’ve got

Deep within where the X marks the spot

There you stand and talk and holler

How dark are all your colors

When you paint another sunrise

You leave out the sun

Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven

Or they slowly float away

How well do you know those you’re calling your own?

I mean… come on dude!

(X marks the spot)

Your starving soul in your house of skin and bone

You’re an island, the X marks the spot

«Testify children, testify.»

There you stand and talk and holler

How dark are all your colors

When you paint another sunrise

You leave out the sun

Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven

Or they slowly float away

Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven

Or they slowly float away

«Rock'n'roll allowed me to join this band

And there was a period of time

When I hadn’t exactly lost my soul

I just didn’t know where I’d put it

And I ended up in some very dark places and some dire circumstances

Now let me tell you, children

I was trying to fill a void in my heart

To fill that void I got what I always wanted:

Success, prosperity, the admiration I wanted as a player

I got a place in big shows and traveled the world from end to end

And the next of it all, I had this yearning in my heart

Yearning in my heart for rock’n’roll.»

«I was called to join this band

And I was surrounded by good folks there

And servants of the rock’n’roll who passed on the love

I’ll testify: the fear was in me, I was afraid of everything

I can swear I saw my own living heart beating through my shirt.»

You are a circus, but where is the clown?

There’s no map, still the X marks the spot

There you stand and talk and holler

How dark are all your colors

When you paint another sunrise

You leave out the sun

Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven

Or they slowly float down

Into the night with senior John Barleycorn

Heaven, heaven

Or they slowly float away

«Now you children, are you ready to spread the word?

Everybody sing, «Eo — wohoho — hey-hey — wow-wow — hey-hey — hu?»

Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven

Or they slowly float away

Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven

Or they slowly float away

«And the funny thing was I was like a spiritual baby running around with

diapers on where the X marks the spot

I’d given my life to rock’n’roll but I still wasn’t sure was there rock’n’roll?

Is it real?»