Hope and Turmoil / What Once Was

Music: Juuso Virnes
Lyrics: Juuso Virnes

(Solo: Virnes)

As I gaze into the setting sun
with weary eyes, my thoughts adrift
I see the ghosts emerging from the haze
What once was lives in my dreams again

Take me through the years,
the path carved in my veins
What became of me?
What could I've become?

Yes, there was joy
And truly there was pain
Still I chase those dreams
Nothing died in me

Holding on, moving on
Feel the old familiar breeze
Taking me back
Chasing dreams, chasing ghosts
Yet they cannot be again
Time will go on
I must move on
Those days, they are gone

The burden of the years is
crushing me inside
Oh how we did laugh
Oh how we did cry

There is so much love
But nothing ever stays
The world that made my home
will some day fade away

As I gaze into the midnight sun
I feel the magic of the night
The endless times of summer so long gone
What once was still lives in me
Still lives in me

(Solos: Pettersson / Virnes)