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San Sebastian Lyrics
I could see my life, short film passing my eyes
I tried to look away from her, as always I just tried
Sweetness in her eyes, gone through one million miles
How could I turn my back on her, the sweetest thing alive
I was eager, day time dreamer, waiting time when I'd come alive
Sun of San Sebastian eighteen years young today
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
Look what I have done to my San Sebastian
I wasted all my childhood dreams by staring at sun
Back in time with a dream of mine
I try to find my way back to life
Burning fever, night time screamer, waiting time when I'd come alive
Sun of San Sebastian oh why I cannot stay
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
Every single day, for the rest of my way
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
I was eager, day time dreamer, waiting time when I'd come alive
Oo-oo...
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..
Now I live my life in shade and I am married to the moon
And the Sun of San Sebastian is warming someone new
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Submitted by
fistan On Dec 05, 2001
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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
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.
This song, gentlemen, is awesome... especially if something like this has happend to you, actually. sigh
Well, looking about, it seems there are a couple of places called San Sebastian (one of which is in Spain, so the whole sun thing would fit quite well with that perhaps).
So, the song could be about that as well, perhaps a place he liked to visit back when he was younger, or judging by the lyrics and other comments, about a girl he met while he was there.
Though I wouldn't think of Sonata Arctica to sing about somehting as tacky as a holiday romance, so perhaps it's something much deeper than that!
I agree with whats been said, except I don't think "married to the moon" is acctually him being married. I think the "sun" was love, so its the love of san sabastian, and now married to the moon is to live alone.
You know, that it's a place in Spain or something too? ^.^ And well.. the sun is unreachable for everyone.