| Sonata Arctica – Under Your Tree Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This might be the saddest song I've ever heard. Tony originally wrote this song when his dog was dying and when the dog finally died, he buried him under the tree he planted the day he received the puppy. As he had grown up, he knew that one day he would face the fact he would outlive his pet and decided that when the dog died to bury him under the tree to always remind himself of the good times he had. As it was the dogs favorite tree ("You always liked this place") he is allowing his pup to be happy in the afterlife. Sad, sad stuff indeed. |
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| Sonata Arctica – It Wont Fade Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Already posted this, but here it is again: This song is starting to make perfect sense, and I think it's really self explanatory when you read through the lyrics. From what I understand of it it has to do with a wolf clan and the heir of the clan is a young wolf who doesn't follow any of the traditions of the clan because he believes them to be wrong. The elders want him to see that he has a burden - to carry on the name of the clan ("B.o.B's earn the right to the name" is the most important line in the song supporting this) and that no matter what he does, it will never change ("It Won't Fade") because this is his role in life. FWIW, The Vice has NOTHING to do with wolves or animals of any sort. |
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| Sonata Arctica – It Wont Fade Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Yes, lyrics are wrong, but I don't see any way of fixing them, so, oh well. This song is starting to make a lot more sense to me. What I understand of it it has to do with a wolf clan and the heir of the clan is a young wolf who doesn't follow any of the traditions of the clan because he believes them to be wrong. The elders want him to see that he has a burden - to carry on the name of the clan ("B.o.B's earn the right to the name" is the most important line in the song supporting this) and that no matter what he does, it will never change ("It Won't Fade") because this is his role in life. Very self explanatory, I don't see why people are having so much trouble with this one. |
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| Sonata Arctica – The Vice Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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All right, might as well start things off. I personally believe that the beginning of the song starts off in an orphanage or a foster home or something to that effect as Tony stated this song has nothing to do with wolves or animals. The second line of the song "Rotten apples, all the way" suggests that all 'eleven little littermates' are (if I can invoke another SA song) - raised from a broken seed. The song sort of parallels a Japanese movie 'Azumi' that I remember hearing Tony liked. I never saw it, but I guess the premise is that there were 10 orphans raised to become assassins for the sake of keeping peace in the country, so him writing a song about this scenario isn't too far a reach. The song could also be about the mafia, as I've heard some interpretations that way. So what happens here is that 'Number Nine' ends up being 'the best, the primus' and the tutor/father/whatever he is becomes afraid of how powerful Number Nine has become ("feeling almighty is after my throne") and the fact that #9 is potentially going to take over his ruling place (sort of like the wolf becoming the heir in 'It Won't Fade'). Then at 1:11 in the song, Number Nine becomes the narrator - as mentioned above. He "leaves the base" and goes on to find his own life, except that he can never live as a normal person because he was brought up to be evil. Sort of like an 'apple doesn't fall far from the tree' scenario. I'm still trying to figure out the very end of the song, any other interpretations? |
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