Bye Bye Beautiful – English Lyrics

• By: Nightwish
• Album: Dark Passion Play

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Finally the hills are without eyes

They are tired of painting a dead man`s face red

With their own blood

They used to love having so much to lose

Blink your eyes just once and see everything in ruins

Did you ever hear what I told you

Did you ever read what I wrote you

Did you ever listen to what we played

Did you ever let in what the world said

Did we get this far just to feel your hate

Did we play to become only pawns in the game

How blind can you be, don`t you see

You chose the long road but we`ll be waiting

Bye bye beautiful

Bye bye beautiful

Jacob`s ghost for the girl in white

Blindfold for the blind

Dead siblings walking the dying earth

Noose around a choking heart

Eternity torn apart

Slow toll now the funeral bells

(I need to die to feel alive)

Did you ever hear what I told you

Did you ever read what I wrote you

Did you ever listen to what we played

Did you ever let in what the world said

Did we get this far just to feel your hate

Did we play to become only pawns in the game

How blind can you be, don`t you see

You chose the long road but we`ll be waiting

Bye bye beautiful

Bye bye beautiful

Bye bye beautiful

Bye bye beautiful

It`s not the tree that forsakes the flower

But the flower that forsakes the tree

Someday I`ll learn to love these scars

Still fresh from the red-hot blade of your words

(How blind can you be, don`t you see)

(How blind can you be, don`t you see)

(How blind can you be, don`t you see)

(That the gambler lost all he does not have)

Did you ever hear what I told you

Did you ever read what I wrote you

Did you ever listen to what we played

Did you ever let in what the world said

Did we get this far just to feel your hate

Did we play to become only pawns in the game

How blind can you be, don`t you see

You chose the long road but we`ll be waiting

Bye bye beautiful

Bye bye beautiful

Bye bye beautiful

Bye bye bye bye

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
blind /blaɪnd/ B1	adjective - unable to see; lacking perception verb - to deprive of sight
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ B1	adjective - pleasing to the senses or mind
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection verb - to feel deep affection
hate /heɪt/ A2	noun - intense dislike verb - to feel intense dislike
ghost /ɡoʊst/ B1	noun - spirit of a dead person
ruin /ˈruːɪn/ B2	noun - state of decay or destruction verb - to destroy or cause decay
dead /dɛd/ A2	adjective - no longer alive
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - organ that pumps blood
eternity /ɪˈtɜːrnɪti/ C1	noun - infinite or unending time
scar /skɑːr/ B2	noun - a mark left after a wound heals
pawn /pɔːn/ B2	noun - a chess piece; a person used by others
game /ɡeɪm/ A1	noun - activity for amusement or competition
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth and its inhabitants
blood /blʌd/ A2	noun - red liquid that circulates in veins
listen /ˈlɪsən/ A1	verb - to give attention to sound
hear /hɪər/ A1	verb - to perceive sound
choose /tʃuːz/ B1	verb - to select from alternatives
forsake /fɔːrˈseɪk/ C1	verb - to abandon or give up

Key Grammar Structures

• Finally the hills are without eyes

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'to be' for a state

  ➔ The phrase 'are without eyes' uses the present simple tense with 'to be' to describe a current state of the hills.

• Did you ever hear what I told you

  ➔ Past simple with 'ever' for emphasis

  ➔ The use of 'ever' with the past simple tense ('did you hear') adds emphasis to the question, suggesting repeated or significant actions.

• You chose the long road but we’ll be waiting

  ➔ Past simple vs. future with 'will'

  ➔ The contrast between 'chose' (past simple) and 'we’ll be waiting' (future with 'will') highlights a completed action versus a future intention.

• It’s not the tree that forsakes the flower

  ➔ Emphatic structure with 'It’s not... that'

  ➔ The structure 'It’s not... that' is used to emphasize the subject of the sentence, clarifying who or what is responsible for the action.

• Someday I’ll learn to love these scars

  ➔ Future with 'will' for a personal intention

  ➔ The use of 'will' in 'I’ll learn' expresses a personal intention or prediction about the future.