San Sebastian Lyrics
I tried to look away from her, as always I just tried
How could I turn my back on her, the sweetest thing alive
She's all I ever dreamed, but now my skies are turning gray
It was good I got to know her well, because it made me see
That the Sun of San Sebastian is just too hot for me
I wasted all my childhood dreams by staring at sun
I try to find my way back to life
She's all I ever dreamed, but now my skies are turning gray
It was good I got to know her well, because it made me see
That the Sun of San Sebastian Is just too hot for me
I live without my love, my God, I have to stay in shade
When I'm old and gray, I remember that day
When she came, that perfect dame and she blew me away
Was it good I got to know her well although it made me see
That the sun of San Sebastian is way too hot for me?
Oo-oo..
And the Sun of San Sebastian is warming someone new
it's about a guy who develops skin cancer from being out in the sun too long
just kidding....but it does kinda fit lol
I think that it's pretty clear what "San Sebastian" is: San Sebastian, and the Sun of San Sebastian is LOVE. That's why the song says "the sun of san Sebastian is just too hot for me" and that "i wasted all my childhood dreams by staring at the sun". In other words, "he" was not able to find true love, that's why he's now "married to the moon". TYR
So my explanation of the song is a little darker . I think this song talks about falling in love with a hooker and wanting to be with her. But he knows that he can't and that it is not right ,and should not come back to her. I know that in San Sebastian , the sun doesn't actually show very often.( except for the summer).So seeing a hooker also is not as often, but when he does he really likes it . And apart from the lust he also got to know her well. And he kind of got a deeper and more emotional connection. ( It was good , I got to know her well.) That is why he says " I tried to look away from her as always I just tried " because he know that this is not right, but he keeps coming back . And in summary this could be also about prostitution in general and how it is very hot and that you should not over do it because you can also waste your dreams about life.
There are lyrics that could imply that San Sebastian is a hooker.
Sweetness in her eyes , gone through one million miles.
Waiting time when ,I ' d come alive.
When she came, that perfect dame and she blew me away
Anyway this is how I see it . I might however be waaayy off.
Don't remember where I heard this, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that Tony Kakko wrote this song about how the commercial success of Sonata Arctica pressured him away from making the kind of music he was originally interested in. The whole thing about meeting a girl is just an elaborate metaphor- but then again it could also be about a girl who dumped him, most of their songs seem to be about that.
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I think "San Sebastian" represents a girl and "the sun of San Sebastian" represents something about her that he liked, or could possibly symbolize that she was very open and funloving. But he couldn't have her, so he is married to some one total opposite of what he wanted.
the sun of san sebastian is a girl who this guy could never get together with, so he gave up on her and married "the moon" the opposite of the sun
This guy loved a girl probably back at school and he was WAY over his head about her. He gets to be her friend and she notice he's got a huge crush on her. She don't. So she "blow him away" by telling him she's uninterested. She'll probably never be, that's why she's "way too hot for him", unreachable.
Now in the present, he's married, she's engaged too, both to different people and they didn't keep contact and he try to imagine what his life would have been with her.
A guy desires this girl (the sun of san sebastian). He thought he had a chance with her until he got to know her and realized that she was way out of his league.
Don't remember where I heard this, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that Tony Kakko wrote this song about how the commercial success of Sonata Arctica pressured him away from making the kind of music he was originally interested in. The whole thing about meeting a girl is just an elaborate metaphor- but then again it could also be about a girl who dumped him, most of their songs seem to be about that.