The Carpenter – English Lyrics

• By: Nightwish
• Album: Angels Fall First

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

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

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
carpenter /ˈkɑːrpəntər/ B1	noun - a person who builds and repairs wooden structures
anchor /ˈæŋkər/ B2	noun - a heavy object used to moor a vessel verb - to secure firmly
souls /soʊlz/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
salvation /ˌsælvˈeɪʃən/ C1	noun - the act of being saved from harm, risk or loss
grail /ɡreɪl/ C2	noun - a legendary cup associated with Jesus and the quest for spiritual perfection
centuries /ˈsɛntʃəriz/ B2	noun - periods of one hundred years
soldier /ˈsoʊldʒər/ B1	noun - a person who serves in an army
tools /tuːlz/ B1	noun - instruments used to carry out a particular function
savior /ˈseɪvjər/ C1	noun - a person who saves someone from danger
eternal /ɪˈtɜːrnəl/ C1	adjective - lasting or existing forever; without end
promises /ˈprɒmɪsɪz/ B2	noun - assurances that one will do something
purity /ˈpjʊrɪti/ C1	noun - the state of being pure
nature /ˈneɪtʃər/ B1	noun - the physical world and its phenomena
crucified /ˈkruːsɪfaɪd/ C1	verb - to be executed by nailing to a cross adjective - having been executed on a cross
symphonic /sɪmˈfɒnɪk/ C1	adjective - relating to or having the form or character of a symphony
unknown /ʌnˈnoʊn/ B2	adjective - not known or familiar
mankind /ˈmænkaɪnd/ C1	noun - human beings collectively

Key Grammar Structures

• Who are you?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence

  ➔ The sentence uses an interrogative structure to ask a direct question, starting with 'Who'.

• Man condemned to shine a salvation

  ➔ Past participle as adjective

  ➔ 'Condemned' is a past participle used as an adjective to describe 'Man'.

• Throughout the centuries

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'Throughout the centuries' is a prepositional phrase indicating time.

• The carpenter carved his anchor

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ The verb 'carved' is in the simple past tense, indicating a completed action.

• On the tomb of this unknown soldier

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with adjective

  ➔ The phrase 'On the tomb of this unknown soldier' uses a prepositional phrase with the adjective 'unknown'.

• The one they lick

  ➔ Relative pronoun

  ➔ 'The one' is a relative pronoun referring back to 'the carpenter'.

• Dream of their precious savior

  ➔ Prepositional phrase as noun complement

  ➔ The phrase 'of their precious savior' acts as a noun complement, describing 'dream'.

• The one crucified to the chirping of birds

  ➔ Past participle in passive voice

  ➔ 'Crucified' is a past participle used in the passive voice, indicating the subject received the action.