Ahora, The Poet And The Pendulum, es una canción con la que Tuomas decidió soltar todo lo que sintió tras la salida de Traja Turunen y las consecuencias de ello en general; sociales y emocionales. Esta canción, además, está fuertemente influenciada por la obra "The Pit And The Pendulum" de Edgar Allan Poe, empezando por el nombre y la portada del álbum, y continuando con su temática misma y forma de expresar y analizar la situación que desea. En dicha obra, un hombre se halla en una habitación oscura, esperando por su ejecución, misma que sería realizada por una cuchilla. Entiéndase eso aquí como que Tuomas se puso a esperar su ejecución tras sacar a Tarja, sabiendo el impacto que ello tendría en sí mismo; su impacto emocional directo, la incertidumbre y alto rechazo de sus fans que se supone que lo apoyaban. Es una canción tan profunda para Tuomas que, según sus propias palabras en una entrevista, cuando recién la sacó, y necesitaban tocarla en conciertos, él necesitaba usar ciertos filtros para no escuchar la letra y así poder llegar a completarla en la presentación. Simplemente, le costaba el hecho mismo de tocar esa canción gracias a todo lo que depositó en ésta.
1 - White Lands Of Empathica (Dead Boys whisperes something:) (Boy soprano:) The end The songwriter's dead The blade fell upon him Taking him to the white land of emphatica,of innocence The poet ??? meadows of heaven 2 - Home The dreamer and the wine Poet without a rhyme A window writer torn apart By chains of hell One last perfect verse It's still the same old song Oh Christ how I hate What I have become Take me home Get away, run away, fly away Lead me astray, to dreamer's hideaway I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more I cannot die, I, the whore for this cold world Forgive me, I have bur two faces One for the world, One for God, save me I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more I cannot die, I, the whore for this cold world My home was there at last, these meadows of heaven The venture filled days more with every smiling face Please no more words Those from a seventh hell No more, please tell me once my heart goes by Get away, run away, fly away Lead me astray, to dreamer's hideaway I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more I cannot die, I, the whore for this cold world Forgive me, I have bur two faces One for the world, One for God, save me I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more I cannot die, I, the whore for this cold world Whore for this cold world Whore for this cold world 3 - The Pacific Sparkle, a scenery With childish lies, I fall With beauty underneath The end, I'm free Tuck me in Beneath the blue Beneath the great Beneath the ray One night reigns a journey in time See them, the light (Anette + Boy soprano:) On the shore he sat and hoped Under the same belief Blue sky, the light chose you Shows you hope (Dead boy whisperes:) I'm afraid, so afraid of being raped Again and again and again I know I will die alone, but loved You live long enough to hear the sound of chaos Long enough to find yourself screaming And if you want Live long enough to see your best friends betray you Years have I been stripped unto this altar Now I only have three minutes left to live I just wish the tide would catch me first And give me a death As I hoped for 4 - Dark Passion Play (Marco:) ??? Drum the ride up, Christ Join in Hell and fantasize The whole world would it take to ??? And cross will stop the ??? however Run away Everyone must bury their own The victim buried their heart under stone ???? ???? (Anette:) The morning dawn upon this altar Remains of the dark passion play Preformed by his friends without shame Screaming on his curse ??? Get away, run away, fly away Lead me astray, to dreamer's hideaway I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more I cannot die, I, the whore for this cold world Forgive me, I have bur two faces One for the world, One for God, save me I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more I cannot die, I, the whore for this cold world The whore for this cold world The whore for this cold world (Dead Boy:) Today,in the year of our Lord 2005 Tuomas was called from the cares of the world To stop crying at the end of this beautiful day The music he wrote, at long pain, about silence He was found, walking, dead, with smile on his face And one thousand pages of erased text (Choir:) Save me 5 - Mother & Father (Anette:) They've stilled my sun, your life Oh when did you become so cold? The bleed will keep on descending All you need is to feel my love Search for beauty, find your shore Try to save them all Bleed no more You had such oceans within In the end I will always love you (Dead Boy:) "A new beginning"