DESCRIPTION:
Song:Farewell
Artist:Avantasia
Album:The Metal Opera
Genre:Symphonic/Power metal
Year:2001

Line-up:
Tobias Sammet-Keyboards, lead vocals (portrays Gabriel Laymann)
Henjo Richter-Guitar
Markus Grosskopf-Bass
Alex Holzwarth-Drums

Additional singers:
Michael Kiske as Lugaid Vandroiy
David DeFeis as Friar Jakob
Ralf Zdiarstek as Bailiff Falk von Kronberg
Sharon den Adel as Anna Held
Rob Rock as Bishop Johann von Bicken
Oliver Hartmann as Pope Clement VIII
Andre Matos as Elderane the Elf
Kai Hansen as Regrin the Dwarf
Timo Tolkki as The Voice of the Tower

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[Gabriel:]

Days had come, winters had gone, and we gambled like siblings in paradise
I was your knight, holding you tight as a brother when I saw your crying eyes.
Time went by and we had to say goodbye.

Staring up to the clouds above
Children - so little and sad.
Hoping the saints could help one day
Lead us together again.
Holding the key to the alley of dreams still in hands.

Time telling me to say farewell
But I knew that I would fight
And I knew: We will
Go for another time we can see
For another time, we'll be free
For no more farewell.

Time telling me to say farewell
But I knew that I would fight Hell
And I knew: We will
Go for another time we can see,
For another time we'll be free,
For no more farewell.

[Anna:]

Stepbrother, tell me where have you been
When they brought me to this godforsaken place.
Sign of the cross - they took me away
For healing with herbs by the way of grace.
Now, I wait for the day to feed the flames.

[Gabriel:]

I have been caught in a cage of despair.
My heart as a monk's cell, so empty and bare.
But no holy water can make me forget you again...

Time telling me to say farewell
But I knew that I would fight Hell
And I knew: We will
Go for another time we can see,
For another time we'll be free,
For no more farewell.

Time telling me to say farewell
But I knew that I would fight Hell
And I knew: We will
Go for another time we can see,
For another time we'll be free,
For no more farewell.

[Solo - Henjo]

Time telling me to say farewell
But I knew that I would fight Hell
And I knew: We will
Go for another time we can see,
For another time we'll be free,
For no more farewell.

Time telling me to say farewell
But I knew that I would fight Hell
And I knew: We will
Go for another time we can see,
For another time we'll be free,
For no more farewell.

[Lugaid:]

No farewell could be the last one.
If you long to meet again...
No farewell could be the last one.
If you long to meet again...
No farewell could be the last one.
If you long to meet again...
No farewell could be the last one.
If you long to meet again...