I walk with the crowd, alone, Unseen, or am I imagining? it's easy keep hiding at home Still healing I teach myself how to stay calm When they wish to behold me They may, take and divide my time The secret, no one told me... Like creatures of the night, they follow... Bearing the wrong side Is hard for me sometimes This need I still can recognize To swim in the oceans of vanity Some of us enjoy the rain Choir: and thunder For me all the shadows are bright I'm burning in the starlight and I Hope to feel light as a kite And fly towards the twilight of my life Like creatures of the night, they follow... Bearing the wrong side Is hard for me sometimes And now they have disappointed my broken heart I'm dancing, they're demanding The unknown and innocent days are gone Taken without asking Safe, further away, I'll disappear like a mountain without a trace They tied a knot on my life It gets tighter when I try to hide. "They live like the vultures, for a filthy anecdote They go thru my bones to find just one odd note I welcomed them kindly, thus they have the right To leave me in darkness with my shattered heart" A face of a newly wedded clown Doesnt offer you the high Now you're lower than the poor souls you feed Built the walls out of silence I will not be taken there anymore What is wrong with your eyes? Sad for the right reasons? I'll show you the ashes of life No empathy behind your eyes Sleeping like an angel every night I don't feel Safe, Cant disappear without getting my last embrace They tied a knot on my life It gets tighter when I try to hide. Safe, further away, Cant disappear without getting my last embrace Once the time finally comes Will they dig me up from my unmarked grave?
see it form the other side: A band 's best song is the name of the record, the best known song is for marketing etc. Sonata puts a masterpiece, better than most 'best album songs' as bonus! all fans want to have this bonus song cuz it's awesome! only Sonata Arctica can write poetry and give it as bonus, it's not a filler like most songs from other bands
Im from cali and i love their music, everytime i ask someone if they have heard of SA they just shake their heads. which is a little dissapointing because the music they make is beautiful and awesome
Japanese get own bonus tracks because CD's cost so much in Japan that it is cheaper to order them from some other country... That's why bands put japan bonus songs on their record... it is pure bussiness to make the japanese to buy the record in their own country. Tony Kakko told this on For The Sake of Revenges comment track.. although it is in finnish so everybody here of course didn't understand it :)
hey you who dunno yet, they have also another bonus track called ''To Create A Warlike Feel'' which is only included in finnish UNIA-issue , if I'm not wrong =) Try it.
i fucking love this song its the arcane gem "to swim in the oceans of vanity..." fuck yeah that is cool god dammit..why cant they write amazing songs like this anymore? ....im getting old and the future looks dismal
Great bonus track as usual from Sonata. To Create A Warlike Feel just has the edge though and their best bonus track is still Respect The Wilderness for me I think. Nonetheless, a very beautiful song which fits well on a truly stunning and underrated album.
@ShwangShwing A main reason behind this: Japan was the first nation to fully embrace Sonata. Did a project on them for a music class in college and read up on their background. :)
Tony has stated multiple times that he does not care if people download it if they didnt get it with their version of the CD. So feel free to just download it if you realy want it.
Apparently I have to move to Japan if I want to enjoy Sonata Arctica to the fullest... Why can't we who live in Finland get the same bonus songs! Right, EXCELLENT song again!
If they didn't give bonus tracks to the Japanese, Japanese fans wouldn't buy the music. It costs more to them due to the shipping costs. Sonata ships them there because two of the three live DVD's they've done were there (Song Of Silence and For The Sake Of Revenge), so they obviously have a large fanbase there. So bonus tracks are kind of like a thank you and more initiative to buy the album in Japan :]
The high costs in Japan aren't from shipping. They produce their own CD's, which is the problem itself, since manufacturing over there is way more expensive. Shipping costs for "little" things like CD's aren't that high. In order to prevent Japanese people from buying cheaper imports and let their own CD-Market crash, they have to put something special on them. That's why Japanese People get all the bonus tracks from a lot of Bands, not only Sonata.
song is fucking amazing just discovered this hidden gem when on a trip to vegas,thought i had heard every SA song even the tricky beans stuff, love the fucking lyrics
Japan's music industry is more expensive than European's, so Sonata Arctica thanks them with one more song. I don't say it's fair anyway, "we have a right" to listen Sonata :D
im from Norway too...Too bad that they've only playd in oslo :S Hadde vært kjekt om de hadde kommet til Stavanger =) Still cd-shops barely sell Sonata.cds :( Ive only gotten my hand on The collection and Unia. Anyway Sonata is one of my favourite bands =)
SA WAS considered Power Metal, but Tony didn't like being considered that genre- thus UNIA and the comparative slow that it contains. These days ( that is, regarding UNIA ) they are more Progressive Metal.
ive met actually a few people who have heard of them here, but only one is really my friend, and i wanna find more, i need a power metal band, the one im in isnt right for me
The fact that there are japanese bonustracks is annoying but not unfair. I would not bother so much people if most of these tracks weren't as kick as as they are... Oh well I still have the hope that they'll release a special CD with all bonus tracks (I think we could leave out some of the cover songs). THAT would be fair, cuz people who are willing to buy these songs could do so (without buying all albums two times) and the japanese would not have to do so because they already own the songs.
wouw amazing beutiful song very touchy i like it it gives me the chils and a strange feeling in my stomach hehe sounds kinda if i may say i really like sonata and i am going to see them like 9 december in holland in tilburg with my friend \m/ sonata is the best
Well it wasn't their best, but it had its moments. For me it was about half and half. But compared to the other albums this one's down. I mean with most of their albums I love all the songs on it.
hmm where do i order the japanese versions of SA:s albums, i have all the european versions but i want the "special albums". Feels like the collection is more complete then. Grateful for answers. :) /Christoffer
well actually i was talking about the topic of the original poster in which i replied to. i believe it was "listen to gary moore" hence why i said "haha weak" sry for the confusion. sonataFTW
no, its a bootleg. it even says so on the official sonata forum. its fake. still, i have seen the artwork and everything for it and someone did a damn good job
this song is great those japanese people have luck to get this song but we arent why not in germany cus nuclear blast is in germany so we must get it^^
Tai siis tän levyn japsiversiota en oo kyl nähny, toisaalta en oo kyl kierrelly levykaupoissa noin 2-3 kuukauteen. Saattaa löytyä joistain vähän erikoisemmista levykaupoista, mutta joskus löytyy noita japsiversioita ihan normi-kaupoistakin.
I listen to this song damn near everyday. I never get tired of it.
I walk with the crowd, alone,
Unseen, or am I imagining?
it's easy keep hiding at home
Still healing
I teach myself how to stay calm
When they wish to behold me
They may, take and divide my time
The secret, no one told me...
Like creatures of the night, they follow...
Bearing the wrong side
Is hard for me sometimes
This need I still can recognize
To swim in the oceans of vanity
Some of us enjoy the rain
Choir: and thunder
For me all the shadows are bright
I'm burning in the starlight and I
Hope to feel light as a kite
And fly towards the twilight of my life
Like creatures of the night, they follow...
Bearing the wrong side
Is hard for me sometimes
And now they
have disappointed my broken heart
I'm dancing, they're demanding
The unknown and innocent days are gone
Taken without asking
Safe, further away,
I'll disappear like a mountain without a trace
They tied a knot on my life
It gets tighter when I try to hide.
"They live like the vultures, for a filthy anecdote
They go thru my bones to find just one odd note
I welcomed them kindly, thus they have the right
To leave me in darkness with my shattered heart"
A face of a newly wedded clown
Doesnt offer you the high
Now you're lower than the poor souls you feed
Built the walls out of silence
I will not be taken there anymore
What is wrong with your eyes?
Sad for the right reasons?
I'll show you the ashes of life
No empathy behind your eyes
Sleeping like an angel every night
I don't feel Safe,
Cant disappear without getting my last embrace
They tied a knot on my life
It gets tighter when I try to hide.
Safe, further away,
Cant disappear without getting my last embrace
Once the time finally comes
Will they dig me up from my unmarked grave?
see it form the other side: A band 's best song is the name of the record, the best known song is for marketing etc. Sonata puts a masterpiece, better than most 'best album songs' as bonus! all fans want to have this bonus song cuz it's awesome! only Sonata Arctica can write poetry and give it as bonus, it's not a filler like most songs from other bands
In interviews the bands explains us about that. In japan the music cds have a high price, so they give them bonus tracks.
"I'll disappear like a mountain with out a trace." My favorite line in the song!
Im from cali and i love their music, everytime i ask someone if they have heard of SA they just shake their heads. which is a little dissapointing because the music they make is beautiful and awesome
Japanese get own bonus tracks because CD's cost so much in Japan that it is cheaper to order them from some other country... That's why bands put japan bonus songs on their record... it is pure bussiness to make the japanese to buy the record in their own country.
Tony Kakko told this on For The Sake of Revenges comment track.. although it is in finnish so everybody here of course didn't understand it :)
hey you who dunno yet, they have also another bonus track called ''To Create A Warlike Feel'' which is only included in finnish UNIA-issue , if I'm not wrong =) Try it.
This song gives me chills.
i fucking love this song
its the arcane gem
"to swim in the oceans of vanity..." fuck yeah that is cool
god dammit..why cant they write amazing songs like this anymore? ....im getting old and the future looks dismal
What did you think of the new album?
oh boy...what a disappointment
but closer to an animal is fucking great!
this song is so damn peaceful! I love Sonata Arctica... and this song!
Great bonus track as usual from Sonata. To Create A Warlike Feel just has the edge though and their best bonus track is still Respect The Wilderness for me I think.
Nonetheless, a very beautiful song which fits well on a truly stunning and underrated album.
Dear god I love this band. They need more recognition in the US, dammit!
Sonata Arctica is the best band in the whole universe.
Vodkaa perkele ;D
The fact that this is a b-side really tells you everything you need to know about how great of a songwriter Tony is
@ShwangShwing A main reason behind this: Japan was the first nation to fully embrace Sonata. Did a project on them for a music class in college and read up on their background. :)
Yeah, I don't have the 2 bonus tracks on my album either, but I love 'em!
I agree but Gary is/was also a superb guitarist, and he was mostly known for that ;)
I here you man i cant find anyone but im from Maryland USA and i Pure Sonata Arctica fan.
Why are the bonustracks the best songs of them all?
Tony has stated multiple times that he does not care if people download it if they didnt get it with their version of the CD. So feel free to just download it if you realy want it.
The vocal melodies is crazy!
Great Tony, you are a genius!!
Apparently I have to move to Japan if I want to enjoy Sonata Arctica to the fullest... Why can't we who live in Finland get the same bonus songs! Right, EXCELLENT song again!
I am in love with this song
Both are from Finnland^^ And legends there...But still theyre not the same metalgenre, ur right about that :)
I cannot get tired of this..
damn the comments are at least ten years old xd
i can't believe youtube suggested this fukin amazing song at this time
this song grow on you. i grown to like this just as much as kamelot maybe a little more
For me top 100 all music
omg soo beautifull!, I really like the picture showing too, GREAT VIDEO!
Sonata actually does have a CD with all the bonus tracks. the album is called "Deliverance"
just search on google: sonata arctica deliverance
same here most people dont like this type of music or atlest to the ones i have talked to.
Still my fav
PURE WIN.
this need I can still recognize,
to swim in the oceans of vanity
some of us enjoy the rain
And thunder
If they didn't give bonus tracks to the Japanese, Japanese fans wouldn't buy the music. It costs more to them due to the shipping costs. Sonata ships them there because two of the three live DVD's they've done were there (Song Of Silence and For The Sake Of Revenge), so they obviously have a large fanbase there. So bonus tracks are kind of like a thank you and more initiative to buy the album in Japan :]
Sonata arctica is THE band!!!!Sonata arctica rulesss!!!!XDXD
It's power metal with progressive elements on a symphonic context. And that only holds true for _some_ of their songs.
in fact we do, To Create A War Like Feel is a european bonus track
very beauty song :)
@ShwangShwing I believe its because physical albums are more expensive in japan and a bonus track gives them more incentive to buy it.
The high costs in Japan aren't from shipping. They produce their own CD's, which is the problem itself, since manufacturing over there is way more expensive. Shipping costs for "little" things like CD's aren't that high. In order to prevent Japanese people from buying cheaper imports and let their own CD-Market crash, they have to put something special on them. That's why Japanese People get all the bonus tracks from a lot of Bands, not only Sonata.
song is fucking amazing
just discovered this hidden gem when on a trip to vegas,thought i had heard every SA song even the tricky beans stuff, love the fucking lyrics
They have a lot of fans in japan and they usually plan a lot of lives in there!
@ShwangShwing Shipping costs more so retail price is higher therefore Japanese have to pay more which in return normally get bonus songs etc.
I want this song!
WHAT THE FUCK
how many bonus tracks gets Japan then? this is not the only one
One bonus track for Switzerland. RIGHT NOW!!!
I see what you did there! I was definitely not "In the Dark" on that inside joke!
beautiful ballad. lucky japanese...
from Sonata for sure
Japan's music industry is more expensive than European's, so Sonata Arctica thanks them with one more song. I don't say it's fair anyway, "we have a right" to listen Sonata :D
@ShwangShwing Because there usually is a bonus track for Europe, Japan and North America and it's more expensive to ship to Japan so they add stuff
Yeah, I liked "Wrecking the Sphere", but I bought the Korean version that was orig. $32 for around... 20.
exelent
im from Norway too...Too bad that they've only playd in oslo :S Hadde vært kjekt om de hadde kommet til Stavanger =)
Still cd-shops barely sell Sonata.cds :( Ive only gotten my hand on The collection and Unia. Anyway Sonata is one of my favourite bands =)
SA WAS considered Power Metal, but Tony didn't like being considered that genre- thus UNIA and the comparative slow that it contains.
These days ( that is, regarding UNIA ) they are more Progressive Metal.
They are probably the best source of money.
ive met actually a few people who have heard of them here, but only one is really my friend, and i wanna find more, i need a power metal band, the one im in isnt right for me
From what ive heard is that Tony has said that its ok to download the bonus track albums if you have bought the normal album
D.C. over here! I have about 10 other friends who love them.
The fact that there are japanese bonustracks is annoying but not unfair. I would not bother so much people if most of these tracks weren't as kick as as they are...
Oh well I still have the hope that they'll release a special CD with all bonus tracks (I think we could leave out some of the cover songs). THAT would be fair, cuz people who are willing to buy these songs could do so (without buying all albums two times) and the japanese would not have to do so because they already own the songs.
I'm from Norway ;D so i could't know.
I just always thought that they were at least a little big, since they have gotten platinum awards etc.
wouw amazing beutiful song very touchy i like it it gives me the chils and a strange feeling in my stomach hehe sounds kinda if i may say i really like sonata and i am going to see them like 9 december in holland in tilburg with my friend \m/ sonata is the best
I don't know if this is fake... Tough... It stills a really good one XD
3/4 tempo, amazing piece of art!! 5/5
6/4 actually
Well it wasn't their best, but it had its moments. For me it was about half and half. But compared to the other albums this one's down. I mean with most of their albums I love all the songs on it.
hmm where do i order the japanese versions of SA:s albums, i have all the european versions but i want the "special albums". Feels like the collection is more complete then.
Grateful for answers. :)
/Christoffer
Silence too
well actually i was talking about the topic of the original poster in which i replied to.
i believe it was "listen to gary moore"
hence why i said "haha weak"
sry for the confusion.
sonataFTW
i buy the Argentinian version and the only bonus tracks that i've is "To create a warlike feel"
no problem
or in sonata's home country!!!? This is great
I know where they come from....
But i know they occasionally go to the USA sometimes, so i was just wondering.
yes, it's possible, i have it original but, i don't know how :s it's not in the official discography, my appears with spinefarm :s
Is Sonata Arctica coming to Michigan? I've been told they are, but i really doubt it.
no, its a bootleg. it even says so on the official sonata forum. its fake. still, i have seen the artwork and everything for it and someone did a damn good job
Yeah its a shame that the best song on the album only can be found in the japanese versions.
@pieman173 that and "i hope to feel light as a kite, and fly towards the twilight of my life"
the face of the july ... :3
no way to buy this album?. Then, i'll download it :P.
this song is great those japanese people have luck to get this song but we arent
why not in germany cus nuclear blast is in germany so we must get it^^
They already putting some songs in animes
\o/
niiiiceeeeeeeeeeeeee
Definetily. ;D We need some vodka!
Pretty good!!! XD
You have right! It's discrimination:)
We want more!
I im the only one who thinks 'The village' movie while listening this?
\o/
niceeeeeeeeeeeeeee
As far as I know... SA is considered Synph Metal... Or am I wrong?
How I get this pic?
great music!
I'm trying to figure out how to play this song on my acoustic, but damn, it's hard!
don't think it's that extreme but i'm afraid that it's nearly like it :/
and... what has this to do with the comment before yours? :D
i was wondering myself that too... the same as with to create a warlike feel... i dont get that XD
What the heck? I thought this is Sonata's own piece.
How do you compare SA to Nightwish? You're pushing two different subgenres against each other.
They should put one of their song in an anime or something.
Unseen or am I imagining?
Gary moore & phil lynott does the original i think
Tai siis tän levyn japsiversiota en oo kyl nähny, toisaalta en oo kyl kierrelly levykaupoissa noin 2-3 kuukauteen. Saattaa löytyä joistain vähän erikoisemmista levykaupoista, mutta joskus löytyy noita japsiversioita ihan normi-kaupoistakin.
why does japan always get the bonus tracks??? it's not fair :( especially when the bonus tracks are like this one.