"Using his burgeoning intelligence, this most successful of all mammals has exploited the environment to produce food for an ever increasing population. instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps it is time we start controlling the population to allow the survival of the environment." - Wildfire Part III, Population: 0, Sonata Arctica

"The saviors turned out to be pillagers. Their promises were hollow, and the process was toxic. Now the young move sound, and the old are left behind to tend to the wounds." - How Much Is Enough, Unravel

"It never snowed...not until he came down..." - Kim Boggs, Edward Scissorhands

"They claim to be saviors, and say we will starve without them. Our young do need work, but these people's promises make no sense. How can you save a place by destroying it?" - Down In A Hole, Unravel

"You are still the number one, wilderness my soul!" - Respect The Wilderness, Sonata Arctica

"No matter how far we drift, we are still never further than a word away. Why is it so hard to do then, when it takes so very little effort?" - The Letter, Unravel

"They take full advantage when we cannot see, make us live in a full-time insanity!" - Land Of The Free, Sonata Arctica

"Some days feel warm no matter how cold they are, and some things are fun no matter how old you are, and sometimes you wish a visit could just last forever..." - Winter Sun, Unravel

"Constant reminder of where I can find her, a light that might give up the way, is all that I'm asking, for without her I'm lost, oh my love, don't fade away..." - Reminder, Mumford & Sons

"All things eventually come to an end. Some day the machine stops running. We can share paths for a while, but ultimatly we all have our own seperate destinations." - Rust, Unravel

"Another misspelled rhyme, written in the book of time. In one place I've spent all my life..." - Unopened, Sonata Arctica

"You could spend your entire life wondering what lies at the other end of the track. Or you could go find out. It hurts to let someone go, but sometimes leaving is necessary." - Off The Rails, Unravel

"All those aboard the White Pearl have died, coastal reef has claimed their lives!" White Pearl, Black Oceans, Sonata Arctica

"The past can help you cope. It can be a strength and a solace. But if you can't let it go, it can drag you under." - Last Leaf, Unravel

"Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees ghosts." - Anonymous

"The sky is somehow taller here. One breath counts as ten. We could loose ourselves here, but we are never lost, because we're right at home." - Mountain Trek, Unravel

"A lifetime ago, with frozen eyes they closed the door, suddenly I realized what locks are for, no trusting them anymore, lights are out! Empty the stare, innocent and unaware, dragged out from my home, my lair, earmarked me, hurt me, burned me! The walls around me, eyes surround me, feed my fear again. I must be freed or I will die before the harvest moon, my friend! I do not have another year in me, you've gotta set me free! The dream is alive, I can run up the hills every night, go around and see another side of the tree, freedom has a meaning for me, howl with me! Fear in the dark, I advice you, you can not see the eyes, they grow behind you, it's my song they now sing to you! You stand no chance, they'll kill for me, steal back my freedom, set me free, it's my minions versus thee, fiery the vengeance, hate will drain me! The walls around me, eyes surround me, feed my fear again, I must be freed or I will die before the harvest moon, my friend, I do not have another year in me, you've gotta set me free! The dream is alive, I can run up the hills every night, go around and see another side of the tree, all I want is to be untamed and free, howl and dream! The dream is alive, with the moon on the hills every night, run around and see another side of the dream, freedom has a meaning for me, you can't tame me!" - The Cage, Sonata Arctica

"Can you truly appreciate how special or beautiful something is if you don't know what it took to get it? If you never had to work for it?" - Berry Mire, Unravel

"There was an old man who lived in leeds, he filled his garden full of seeds. And when the seeds began to grow, it was like a garden full of snow. And when the snow began to melt, it was like a ship without a belt. And when the ship began to sail, it was like a bird without a tale. But when the bird began to fly, it was like a lion in the sky! And when the sky began to roar, it was like a lion at my door! And when the door began to crack, it was like a pen knife in my back! And when my back began to bleed, I was dead, dead, dead, indeed!" A Man Who Lived In Leeds, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

"This man who stands here before you, beloved of yours, is he not? Trustworthy friend right down to the end who has come to save you from rot...I'll be plain with you, good captain, I am in need of your crew. You've denied me your service eleven months now, as though you've had something to prove. Withhold your soul this day, for my wrath to be poured out in full, upon you and your crew but especially so upon this man who came to save you." - Appendix A, The Swindler's Ballad, Worldwide Adventures

"Some places lie far, far away from all worries, all troubles. They are treasures." - The Sea, Unravel

"For a moment I almost believed him, the shade of regret in his eyes, but my captain held tight to his wit and his sense and responded with this stern reply, 'Davy, your words are like poison, the kind that send men to their graves! By your deeds you are shown to be heartless and cold, we depart without you and your hate.'" - Appendix A, The Swindler's Ballad, Worldwide Adventures

"But just up ahead, a man dressed in red, stood in the snow, though he looked to be dead. Herschell beseeched him, 'Sir, can you help!? I'm too young to die! I'm only a whelp!' But suddenly the beast, with an impetuous brace, vanquished the man by clutching his face. The rueful child wished for his bed, He knew he'd be next when the old man was dead!" - Herschell Goes To Heaven, Harley Poe

"Lend me your eyes, I can change what you see, but your soul you must keep totally free." - Awake My Soul, Sonata Arctica

"Every ending hides a new beginning. Life will toss and turn us, but it can only break us if we let it. It's always, worth trying. Every time." - Renewed, Unravel

"You heard my voice...I came out of the woods by choice." - Hopeless Wanderer, Mumford & Sons

"Love forms bonds, like strands of yarn. Like yarn, these bonds can be fragile, or get all tangled. But when they're kept and cared for, they can bridge any distance." - Unnamed, Unravel

"Now I live my life in shade and I am married to the moon!" - San Sebastian, Sonata Arctica

"How beautiful this was, when it was new...and how beautiful it still is! Even though time has made it different..." Thistle And Weeds, Unravel

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." - The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost

"Good captain, your treachery shocks me, how innocent you seemed at first! I am taken aback by your surprising lack of compassion, you see I am cursed...I am trapped here in this rotting body, and trapped here waiting the day, that I see my true love and live free up above and let go of all of my hate..." - Appendix A, The Swindler's Ballad, Worldwide Adventures

"Great was the requital of the man, to say the least. Like the wing from a fly he tore the arm from the beast. The bloody thing shrieked, but the man didn't care! His expression was vacant as he proceeded to tear. The immaculate snow became smirched with gore as the monster convulsed causing blood to pour." - Herschell Goes To Heaven, Harley Poe

"Spare me your tiny talk, kneel down and wash my feet." - Champagne Bath, Sonata Arctica

"Travelling, the road, less known, is where I wanna be. My compass...directing...electing...an open road with golden trees." Travelling, Paper Lions

"We walk through graveyards, with our boots on...leap the stranger's stones. Put on our skies by our, retriever, you loose your breath, and hit, the snow." - Bodies In The Winter, Paper Lions

"T'was a tale, t'was a game, t'was a bloody shame, the way it turned out. Now they're together at the bottom but it leaves me cursed, 'cause now I can't feel love. So I've, gone out, to sea, and this time it's gonna be a burial, for, me..." - Burial At Sea, Caravan Of Thieves

"There is a tower, with a steeple, if you wanna climb. If you're a coward we may be hurtful, trying your best not to cry...In the dark and the dust everyone look around on their knees, the ladder's raised...And we jump to the top where we hold by the skin of our teeth, out of the haze...Later at the top chatter stops and we take it in, towering giants from here. Climbing back down where the darkness surrounds us, one by one we disappear." - Bodies In The Winter, Paper Lions

"So to you, the truth is still hidden and the soul plays the roll of a lost little kitten but you should know that the doctors weren't kidding, she's been singing it all along! But you've been hearing a different song...but you were hearing a different song..." - The Denial Twist, The White Stripes

"Counter, balance this commotion...we're not, droplets in the ocean." - Unnatural Selection, Muse