Uploaded March 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Nightwish's first-ever music video "The Carpenter", taken from the 1997 debut-album "Angels Fall First".

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On this performance:
Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards
Tarja Turunen - Vocals
Jukka Nevalainen - Drums
Emppu Vuorinen - Guitars

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@FloorJansenOfficial - Vocals
@MARKOHIETALAOFFICIAL - Bass
Emppu Vuorinen - Guitars
Kai Hahto - Drums
Troy Donockley - Uilleann pipes, flutes, additional vocals

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Lyrics:
Who are you?
Man condemned to shine a salvation
Throughout the centuries

Why?
Was the wine of the grail
Too sour for man to drink

The carpenter
Carved his anchor
On the dying souls of mankind
On the tomb of this unknown soldier
Lay the tools of the one who for us had died
Tools of the carpenter

The one they lick
The same old sick
Dream of their precious savior

Kiss them deep
And make them weep
Over promises of eternal peace

The carpenter
Carved his anchor
On the dying souls of mankind
On the tomb of this unknown soldier
Lay the tools of the one who for us had died
Tools of the carpenter

I hear you
Through the symphonic voices of nature
The purity I could never doubt
They tell me to lie on the grass
And observe my savior
The one crucified to the chirping of birds