I know Tuomas said that in a fit of rage she allegedly threatened to leave the band and that without her the band was nothing. I don't know when that was said but I remember an interview where Tarja said that after Wishmaster things weren't going well between the band members and there were all very exhausted. So maybe that's when Tarja said that Nightwish was nothing without her and Tuomas never forgot. He probably bore a grudge against her and waited for his revenge.
"You bathed in my wine
Drank from my cup, mocked my rhyme"
She got to sing his songs and feel them and since she doesn't seem to appreciate her involvement in the band (according to him) it's like she was mocking him as a poet.
"Swansong for the Wish of Night
God it hurts, give a name to the pain
Our primrose path to hell is growing weed"
He thought there was something special between them but with she's showing her true colors and he blames himself for having feelings for her and let her sing his songs that come from the heart.
Their relation is getting tainted and going to an end.
"Blame me, it's me
Coward, a good for nothing scapegoat
Dumb kid, living a dream
Romantic only on paper"
He feels like a coward for not having told her before that he had stronger feelings for her and could only express his love through his texts.
"Put a stake through my heart!
And drag me into sunlight
So awake for your greed
As you're slaying the dreamer"
She broke his heart by rejecting him and letting him know she can leave the band anytime.
He could be mad at the whole band too. After all, as I said before, there were tensions in the band after Wishmaster so maybe one evening they had an argument all of them and he got to write these lyrics.
This is my interpretation, I have no idea if this is the actual meaning of the song but I still find it funny haha
"You'd be nothing without me"
Could it be something that Tarja said back then?
I know Tuomas said that in a fit of rage she allegedly threatened to leave the band and that without her the band was nothing. I don't know when that was said but I remember an interview where Tarja said that after Wishmaster things weren't going well between the band members and there were all very exhausted. So maybe that's when Tarja said that Nightwish was nothing without her and Tuomas never forgot. He probably bore a grudge against her and waited for his revenge.
"You bathed in my wine Drank from my cup, mocked my rhyme" She got to sing his songs and feel them and since she doesn't seem to appreciate her involvement in the band (according to him) it's like she was mocking him as a poet.
"Swansong for the Wish of Night God it hurts, give a name to the pain Our primrose path to hell is growing weed" He thought there was something special between them but with she's showing her true colors and he blames himself for having feelings for her and let her sing his songs that come from the heart. Their relation is getting tainted and going to an end.
"Blame me, it's me Coward, a good for nothing scapegoat Dumb kid, living a dream Romantic only on paper" He feels like a coward for not having told her before that he had stronger feelings for her and could only express his love through his texts.
"Put a stake through my heart! And drag me into sunlight So awake for your greed As you're slaying the dreamer" She broke his heart by rejecting him and letting him know she can leave the band anytime.
He could be mad at the whole band too. After all, as I said before, there were tensions in the band after Wishmaster so maybe one evening they had an argument all of them and he got to write these lyrics.
This is my interpretation, I have no idea if this is the actual meaning of the song but I still find it funny haha