Letter To Dana Lyrics

Lyric discussion by rebelj1 

Cover art for Letter To Dana lyrics by Sonata Arctica

good points my frnds... Closest people and irony on "beautiful day" More than irony, sarcasm... "And I don't want to bother You anymore, I used to hope you'd come back But not anymore Dana." But yeh, I think that it is a song about a not-so-good girl, and that he doesnt wanna bother her, since she doesnt want him.

I can relate to that song, not with just one girls, kos one got mad at me, and the other one ran away, but who kares bout it, haha

Anyway, he says she ran away, and also that even though she has sinned, her father (whoever that might be) has forgiven her, and the singer wants her to stop (yeh relates to me, but who kares).

"My eyes might have betrayed me, but I have seen Your picture on the cover of a filthy magazine And I think my heart just cannot handle that Dana, my darling, would be so bad. " If taken literally, she became a pornstar. Maybe it is not literal, but more subtle; perhaps she became some knd of slut or something, and he represented her in that way. When you care about someone, is hard to accept they are doing wrong, and he wants to help her and doesnt want to accept that she has changed... he wished his mind was playing tricks on his mind "My eyes might have betrayed me"

"And I didn't mean to bother you anymore Your mother wished: Come visit your faters grave, Dana" Most likely last time he wrote to her she didnt respong well... Also, might be that she was not such a good daughter to her father, therefore her mother wishes (wished) that Dana could visit him, grant his wish.

"Your father disowned you because you have sinned But he did forgive you in condition he was in And I you won't do those things anymore Dana My darling I'm waiting for" correction: "and I hope you..." Seems her father didnt want her anymore in the sense he did not want to face that his daughter turned into this... But, mercyfully, he still forgives her when he's about to die ("But he did forgive you in condition he was in")

"Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear, How I wish that my Dana was here Little Dana O'Hara decided one day to travel away, faraway" The "O'Hara" could be her last name, or it could be somethign like their song "Shamandalie" and "Mary-Lou": Sham and a lie. Marry you... She ran away (like one girl i met, hehe)

"No, you can't surprise me anymore I have seen it all before But it seems I cannot let you go Anyhow, Dana, Dana, Dana, Dana" No matter how bad stuff she does, he still loves, or wishes to love her... (like the other girl.. now 3 this relates to)

"And I think that I told you, I'd wait for you forever Now I know someone else's holding you, so, for the first time in my life - I must lie Lie's a sin, mess that I am in, Love is not the thing I feel know I promise you: I won't write again 'til the sun sets behind your grave" Confusing..... Seems that to S.A. sin is a very bad thing (their song "8th Commandment")... He would wait for her forever, like one always says, but since she has someone now, maybe he won't hold on to what he said... the lie part, i dono what he's lying about... Maybe he doesnt feel love anymore, he might feel hate, or maybe lust.... It is clear she doesnt want him, n it bothers her to hear from him, (like the second girl it relates to, in my case, lol) so he makes his vow to never write to her until she dies...

"Dana, oh, Dana I'm writing to you, I heard you passed away it was a beautiful day I'm old and I feel time will come for me, my diarys pages are full of thee" Indeed she died, so he can write again to her. However, all his diary is full of her, which means no matter how he tried, he could not forget her, but he kept his promise and didnt write to her, this write ABOUT her....

im done... some one figure out the lie part.... n then tell me my mistakes, hehe

God bless you all