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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 lightens the beacon light at the end of world
Showing the way, (2)________________ (3)________ in their hearts
The ones on their (4)______________ homeward from afar
This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears 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 (5)________ the sails one last time saying
Farewell to the world
Anchor to the water
Seabed far below
Grass (6)__________ in his feet
And a (7)__________ beneath his brow
This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he (8)________ behind so long ago

So long ago

So (9)________ ago

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

So long ago

Answers:
(1) ship(2) lighting(3) hope(4) travels(5) sets(6) still(7) smile(8) left(9) long