Nightwish - End of All Hope Meaning

End of All Hope Lyrics

It is the end of all hope
To lose the child, the faith
To end all the innocence
To be someone like me
This is the birth of all hope
To have what I once had
This life unforgiven
It will end with a birth

No will to wake for this morn
To see...

1. Kalenz

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   Mar 26th 2018 !⃝

   I recently had the following idea:
   The song is sung by Lucifer and shows his/her point of view.
   
   "It is the end of all hope
   To lose the child, the faith"
   -describing Lucifer's fall (lose the child,
   the faith) and the end of hope for Lucifer.
   
   "To end all the innocence
   To be someone like me"
   -Lucifer losing her innocence after
   the betrayal
   
   
   "This is the birth of all hope
   To have what I once had
   This life unforgiven
   It will end with a birth"
   -reference to the birth of the antichrist.
   Lucifer's human child and counterpart to
   Jesus. This birth would give new hope to
   Lucifer's rebellion and will end the
   unforgivable life of Lucifer and start a
   new.
   
   
   "Angels, they fell first but I'm still here
   Alone as they are drawing near
   In heaven my masterpiece will finally be sung"
   -Lucifer's rebellion against god. The
   angels were to first to rebel and of
   those traitors Lucifer alone still
   stands.
   Lucifer keeps resisting god and looks
   forward to the day when she will finally
   succeed in gaining control over earth and
   then heaven.
   
   "Wounded is the deer that leaps highest
   And my wound it cuts so deep"
   -Lucifer's loss (the fall from grace) is
   the wound.
   
   "Mandylion without a face"
   -The picture of Jesus but with his face
   erased. Again a reference to the birth of
   the antichrist.
   
   "Deathwish without a prayer"
   End of hope
   End of love
   End of time
   The rest is silence"
   - The apocalypse.
2. anonymous

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   Sep 27th 2011 !⃝

   I have a feeling this is about a terminally ill person, "turn out the light and let me pull the plug" or about a death wish in general. I wonder if it was written for Tarja's mother, who was dealing with cancer when this song was released, and who sadly died a year or so later. It's a good song, but a sad song.