They Follow Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Dante2001 

Cover art for They Follow lyrics by Sonata Arctica

One of the best songs of Unia and nobody comment on it? This one is (I think) simple. I think its a protrait of Tony himself!. Think, he talks about peope who enjoys the rain (and thunder) He then speaks of his wishes (Fly towards the twilight of my mind) Then he speaks of many of his fans that download the music

"And now they have disappointed my broken heart I'm dancing, they're demanding The unknown and innocent days are gone Taken without asking"

And the ones that download the music dont feel any kind of guilt or hate against tony..

"No empathy behind your eyes Sleeping like an angel every night"

finally he express the disavantage of being a known person. You cant dissappear! Every place you go there'll be fingers pointing at you if you are famous!

This is my theory... I think its right

I agree that he's sick of being famous..."I'm burning in the starlight"...and wishes he could live the rest of his life happily and light, without the weight of all his stress. But he's been disappointed, because he's forced to perform for us, the days when it was just good fun have been stolen away. He'd feel safe if he could go away but he could never go unnoticed, like if a mountain suddenly disappeared.

He feels that nobody cares, we sleep so easily every night while he is tormented by these thoughts. He can't be...

I think I read in an interveiw that they write to make them happy, and they write about actual things, not fantasies. They also said they write about death of a freind or loved one. SO I think this is about a guy and his lover was murdered, and this makes him popular in this area, because they all talk about it. at the end of the song would be were he meats the killer, depitedd from the lines: "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...