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The Islander by Nightwish

An old man by a seashore
At the end of day
Gazes the horizon with seawinds in his face
Tempest-tossed island
Seasons all the same
Anchorage unpainted and a (1)________ without a name
Sea without a shore for the banished one unheard
He (2)________________ the (3)____________ light at the end of world
Showing the way, lighting hope in (4)__________ hearts
The ones on their travels (5)________________ from afar
This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The (6)__________ he left behind long ago

The albatross is flying
Making him daydream
The time before he became
One of the world's unseen
Princess in the tower
Children in the fields
Life gave him it all
An island of the universe
(Oh)
Now his love's a memory
A ghost in the fog
He sets the sails one last time saying
Farewell to the world
Anchor to the water
Seabed far below
Grass still in his feet
And a smile beneath his brow
This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The (7)__________ he left behind so long ago

So (8)________ ago

So long ago

This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind so long ago

So (9)________ ago

Answers:
(1) ship(2) lightens(3) beacon(4) their(5) homeward(6) tears(7) tears(8) long(9) long