Sonata Arctica - White Pearl, Black Oceans lyrics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ค. 2010
- A beautiful song with beautiful lyrics. Hope you enjoy the video.
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LYRICS: (also displayed in the video)
I was born and raised by the sea; shy yet proud,
learned to stay away from the crowd,
in my home, my lighthouse.
101 steps, round and down,
New Years Eve, one night on the town
can change one life into eternity.
All I could see - her eyes.
We got caught in the moment all of the night.
Taken beyond all lines,
in silence, leaving them all behind.
She had found the sails for the following night.
The town, for her, was getting way too small.
She promised to be mine forever, for that one night ...
Moments, passion, small defeats.
Concealed emotions found in me.
"You gave life to a brand new me ..."
Crossing the wintry fields the first hour of morning light.
Warmed by the flame inside -
the lasting memory of the ending night.
I never had a chance to stop what hit me,
what broke my bones and mauled me.
After hours of deep unwilling sleep in a cold shelter,
fell back in the dark, and the hours of the day passed ...
A nightmare awakes me, blinking light,
there's no guide - blind ships in the night!
Oh, blood red moon, eat away the night ...
Darkness covers my lonely soul,
no one to feed the dying light ...
Good morn', oh dreadful day.
I prayed the moon had lit the sea instead of me, for the sails of night.
"Please tell me everything is alright ..."
My voice in the room broke the silence,
everybody killed me with their eyes ...
what I was to hear made the people cry -
impossible for me to keep the tears inside.
"All on the board the White Pearl have died!
Coastal reef has tolled their lives,
and you are the light of the night!"
One thing I remember, before I fell on the ground,
although I never saw the face,
a name was inked in his arm ...
Love can be like poetry of demons, or maybe God loves complex irony?
The family name stated I had seen before ...
written on her front door!
"Silence in the courthouse!"
A presence in the room we both could feel -
the father of her unborn child and me.
All on the board the White Pearl have died,
coastal reef has tolled their lives,
while I was the guide light!
Back in my tower, run, run, run - light is out.
I hope to see black oceans beneath rise and swallow me!
One step will take me back inside, another sees my end.
No one can love a man who guarded the light one fateful night ...
Flaming eyes I must confront before I am stated free.
Defining innocence is hell after all that has passed.
Building new walls inside my eternal night.
Although they took my heart and dried me up,
sometimes I still bleed ...
Show me the way ...
The light will show me a way on the grisly reefs,
too many dead ends I see.
No soul can save me -
the respect I lost, the measure of a man.
10,000 steps down, round and round,
one night on the town and I'm hell bound.
Black oceans beneath, come and swallow me!
All on board the White Pearl have died,
coastal reef come claim my life!
Black oceans beneath, come and swallow me!
My little tower, seal my fate,
help me pay back - end their hate.
Black oceans beneath, come and swallow me!
One direction; down, down, down ...
pitch black night for my old town,
black oceans beneath shall now swallow me.
"I hereby commit my body to the deep,
to be turned into corruption,
looking for the resurrection of the body,
when the Sea shall give up Her dead,
and the life of the world to come,
through our Lord.
Amen."
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the power of this song lies in its story and what blows me away every time is that in seven minutes a song can tell the last moment's of a lonely man's life before he throws himself from his lighthouse in an act of redemption, knowing that nothing could change the pain his actions had inflicted even if he was found innocent. 7 minutes that it takes some novels several chapters to cover!
This is their Magnum Opus. Their absolutely perfect and lyrically intricate masterpiece. This song is extremely sad and complex, it brings strong emotions to me every time I hear it. There will never be another song like this in the world. I'm truly blessed to hear this absolute epitome of lyrical and musical perfection.
+Brock David Indeed it's a very powerful song, I started listening to them yesterday. I think it's one of these bands that have to grow into you slowly with time, at first I was like "meh", but as the rhythm became faster and violent, I was captivated.
@100189814374463868562 This song tells a story. Probably one of the most tragic stories I've ever heard or read about. Make sure you pay attention to the lyrics and the meaning. This song is very atmospheric, and fills you with such emotion.
Brock David I did, I always do and it's an extremely dark one.
Brock David Tony Kakko must be the best songwriter ever. He creates beautiful and really, really sad songs. In my particular case, Shamandalie is the one that really touches my heart. Of course White Pearl, Black Oceans, Letter to Dana, My Selene, Everything fades to gray, The Dead Skin... And particulary the Caleb Saga, I can not believe that 4 different songs of differents albums and completely differents styles could make such a great history.
Anyway, for songs like this one, Sonata Arctica is and probably will be my favorite band for the rest of my life :'-)
Brian Contreras To me the best songwriter is Tuomas Holopainen hands-down. His lyrics are the definition of artistic revolution.
White Pearl, Black Oceans, Shamandalie, The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet, Ain't your Fairytale, Misplaced... this album is so sad yet beautiful
Are you aware of what the album is about then? Because those songs are sad yes. But the messages are powerful. This song is about the duality of the light and the dark inside all of us. Both must heal in order to become our true self. Continue to listen to them. Their messages can save your life one day.
@@mayatataliba492 thanks for explaining
Thanx Maya ♥️❤️
Man the rise in tempo and vocal intensity at the "the father of her unborn child and me" part just knocks me backwards.
i met this song when i was 20.
i m now 32
still gives me goosebumps from the intro.
you must be an unique human
I am 20 now bro cya in 12 years
For me... This is their best song. Storyline, composition... Everything.
Arguably the best sonata song ever.....something about it is just, well epic.
I heard this song by the first time yesterday. And, oh man, i haunted me. I stayed awake 'til early morning trying to learn the lyrics and understand them completely. What an amazing song, such a masterpiece.
So glad it's not only me... Found their songs and was close to crying the more in dove into the lyrics... Dark and heartwrenching perfection...
If you guys think this is sad while not even knowing half the story, you should really look at the lyrics more because it's MUCH sadder than just him feeling guilty over some affair. -.-
Let me break it down:
The protagonist is a very introverted man who lives a peaceful life as a lighthouse keeper. I was born and raised by the sea; shy yet proud,learned to stay away from the crowd, in my home, my lighthouse") On New Year's eve though he wants to finally do something new so he goes into the nearby town. There he meets a woman whom he falls in love with--probably his first love given the way he talks about her and given his simple life thus far. She is free-spirited though and is only with him for that night, planning to leave town on a ship in the morning. ("She had found the sails for the following night. The town, for her, was getting way too small. She promised to be mine forever, for that one night ...").
His mind is filled with the memories of what happened, and as he thinks about it so much, he is struck probably by a passing carriage. ("Crossing the wintry fields the first-hour of morning light.Warmed by the flame inside -the lasting memory of the ending night. I never had a chance to stop what hit me, what broke my bones and mauled me..") This knocks him out cold for the entire day. When night comes, since he, the lighthouse keeper, is away from it, the beacon is not lit, making it extremely dangerous for ships. The coast would shred them if they couldn't see. ("A nightmare awakes me, blinking light, there's no guide - blind ships in the night! Oh, blood red moon, eat away the night ...") Thus he hopes that the red moon will light the sea instead of him. He did not know if they would be okay so when he arrives to town he says ("Please tell me everything is alright ..."My voice in the room broke the silence,...").
This is when the first chorus begins and the horrible, fateful news is revealed ("All on the board the White Pearl have died! Coastal reef has tolled their lives, and you are the light of the night!"). He is to be tried in court for this. ("Love can be like poetry of demons, or maybe God loves complex irony? The family name stated I had seen before ...written on her front door!") This is when he finds out that the woman he had been with was now dead because of him. Not only is she dead, but the "father of her unborn child" is judging him. ("Silence in the courthouse!" A presence in the room we both could feel - the father of her unborn child and me.")
Overwhelmed by the guilt of what he did, he runs to his lighthouse, the one secure thing, the one safe place he has ever known but he seeks only death now ("All on the board the White Pearl have died,coastal reef has tolled their lives,while I was the guide light! Back in my tower, run, run, run - light is out. I hope to see black oceans beneath rise and swallow me!")
He is tried soon after and found to be innocent but ("Defining innocence is hell after all that has passed"). Ultimately he cannot live with what he did. It is tragic because of course it wasn't really his fault. All he wanted was to finally live for one life and instead he runs into the greatest tragedy he will ever face and will not live through it. ("10,000 steps down, round and round, one night on the town and I'm hell bound. Black oceans beneath, come and swallow me!") This is poetically similar to how the story began but it is a much darker tone now obviously.
Finally the last and most intense chorus plays. He finds it fitting to die the same way those on the ship did--to drown in the black seas. ("My little tower, seal my fate,help me pay back - end their hate. Black oceans beneath, come and swallow me! One direction; down, down, down ...pitch black night for my old town, black oceans beneath shall now swallow me.") Finally there is the prayer at the end and the song is finished.
So yeah, before you say that this song is tragic, realize that it is about a man with a simple life who decided one fateful night to try to live, met his first love, and then damned her, her unborn child, and an entire ship of people to death at sea by not being at his lighthouse only to be judged by the woman's father. Finally all this guilt causes him to kill himself. So yeah. MUCH sadder than you'd think without knowing the full story.
+Thomas Van Valkenburgh I agree for the most part. But I think it was not a carriage that hit him, but actually the husband. (One thing, I remember, before I fell on the ground... Although I never saw the face, A name was inked in his arm...) He didn't see his attackers face, but he did see his tattoo, which was the woman's name (The family name stated I had seen before... Written on her front door...)That makes it even more sad, because then the husband is responsable for his own wifes death, too.
+Bram Rossiau Wow never thought of that! This song is so deep and complex wow...
+Bram Rossiau daaamn...awesome though
I think this song appeals to me because I sort of lived it with a few other people. Nobody actually killed themselves, but I ruined their jobs because of an unforeseen circumstance mixed in with me trying to actually be confident in myself for once. At the same time, these people had these jobs because they wanted to change for the better, and my unforeseen circumstance caused their unforeseen circumstance. The past months were crazy for all of us, and in the end, two people metaphorically "committed suicide" by renouncing their positions in the job, and while nothing really happened to me, I was a total wreck for a few months.
Well, the thing is.... He survived! Listen to the part 2. This story has a happy ending.
This song evokes such great imagery and emotion. It blows my mind how in 9 minutes we are told such a passionate and tragic story that would take an entire film or majority of a novel to capture. I wish there was a video to this, directed seriously as if it were a period movie (I always imagined circa 1600 something, maybe 1700?) and just follow the character the song is about, show the town, the woman who changed his life (better or worse) and the consequences of his actions.
exacty the same period I tough for this story
VikingFyre And this is exactly my point; it speaks to those who know nothing of literature The only positive comments here are from teenagers who know nothing yet think they know enough that anything else they need to know they can teach themselves...
I see DeathAura the same way, I can see that song in my mind clearly, being made into a stage play, with all the medieval period costumes, and the awesome orchestra music to punctuate the important parts. That would be epic if kept true to the song.
I like to believe that all their talent went into this one song and they never recovered from it.
Not quite like it
agreed, this song was their last truly great song, Deathura comes close though
Trully a masterpiece. I've been listening this music for years, and it never fails to thrill and amaze me. Thank you Sonata Arctica!
Best Sonata Arctica song, ever! A few others come close, but with this I think they reached their peak. WPBO should be remembered as one of the greatest power metal anthems of history.
+Kris Faust wouldn't this track fall more into the "Progressive" sub-genre than "Power"?
They were indeed starting to prog their music but I'd say the first (and most) Prog album from them would be Unia, I would still consider this Melodic Power Metal, but that's just an opinion, I'm sure it's debatable.
A primary characteristic of power metal is melody... Rendering melodic power metal redundant lol
Some power metal is more melodic than others. For instance, Power Quest, Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica are lighter and more sugarcoated, than say, DragonForce, Hammerfall and Blind Guardian, which are heavier. It is a pretty redundant term, but there are differences.
Penguincamp Right, and the term "Melodic Power Metal" is widely used to convey those differences (e.g. Metal-Archives; various specialized magazines too).
The best song ever made.
I love it song, This song always make me cry.
So much emotion, great music, absolutely the best text.
I never realised how painful it is to actually get the meaning of this song... I cried during the last choruses
Jeneleven Von Gallifrey Well said. I agree 100%.
End their fate... :(
Their Materpiece, the perfect song of this Band....White pearl, Black Oceans.
I cant believe ive been listening to sonata arctica all these years and never heard this song! I was driving to work at 5:30am and this song came on random from my discography in my car, I couldn't believe my ears, I had to put it back to the beginning and turn up the volume. the hair on my arms was standing up on end. speechless. unbelievable!! an absolute masterpiece. I wish I could see these guys live!!
+Robert Thomson don't
+Sinking Dreameress why? LOL
dimitris kontis
cause live, they suck
+Sinking Dreameress is really that bad?
dimitris kontis
well, just check some on youtube
I still think that Reckoning Night is their best work ever, one masterpiece after other.
This is like Sonata’s Ghost Love Score. The epic ten-minute ocean-themed masterpiece.
God yes. I'd have trouble picking between this one and The Power of One though.
yessss
And don't forget larger than life, and Juliet
One of the best songs ever created! Too underrated...
Goosebumps. Every time I listen
perfect story, brilliant lyrics
Its such a poetic song, its hard to focus on the lyrics but when you do you see such a vivid story. Its awesome.
I sing to this song every time. Never once have I been able to sing this without crying.
I listen to this song when I'm depressed. This is my favorite song of SA. Sonata Arctica is one of the best bands ever!
+TwilightPrincessLoverandMaster why are you listening to sad songs when you are depressed? it's pointless. Listen to this song when you are happy and in a good mood
+Moby Dick because come people find music that fits their mood encouraging and helpful. Like sharing pain...it feels cut in half somehow.
TwilightPrincessLoverandMaster Yeah but they so obviously aren't are they? Not in their genre, not in anything. If not for Tony nobody would listen to this band.
The power of a good storytelling in all its splendor!
Could be that this is best metal song for me since the beginning of time (or even longer). Pure magic beyond words!
12 years ago I said this was a masterpiece, and it still is.
This is Sonata Arctica at their Absolute peak.
This is the best song of this band! I love so much!
This song is so damn good...I remember back in 2004, listening it over and over again. Good old Sonata Arctica times!
Sonata Arctica are amazing at storytelling but this is the best story they came up with.
I get to know about that song two months ago, from a man who showed me the song. We wrote so much and were connected so great together, we had two beautiful dates and I was the happiest girl ever.
After him caress my hand all night and telling me he is happy to have me and want to see me again, he was still adding that he can't give me what I expect and we can't be together as a couple. It was okay for me in that moment.
I thought he was in love with me too... He never was. He told me that one month later. But he still wants friendship and is happy to know me... I was so hurted. I wrote many things back.
...He started ghosting me. It is one month ago and I can't stand this. I don't understand why and guess I never will.
Now I can't stop playing that song, it remembers me that what the boy and me had, was real. I can feel the pain from the lighthouse man, as he lost his love and realize it was never real. That song is such a masterpiece which I can't get out of my head, and I don't want to. "Black oceans beneath come and swallow me" - I feel like drowning, too. I still have hopes and that hurts even more.
Wherever you are, I'm still in love and will never forget you. "Forever, for that one night". F. ❤️💔 God bless you always.
The most epic Sonata Arctica's song. Master piece.
Ma favorite
One of the best Sonata's song to me. I listen to this almost every day. Thanks Sonata Arctica!
This song is an epic masterpiece
Own the albumn and have listened to it countless times, but first time I've really truly heard it by listening and reading. SA really do write epic music and songs. Though they will never read this, thank you.
Masterpiece. Just sheer beautiful Music.
That last chorus gives chills always
There is so much ... "beauty" in this Song. I don't know a better definition for what I feel when I hear that Song x3
Powerful song with a sad last; how many tears she brings out every time I hear her / just perfect; Thank you, many thanks Sonata Arctica for your good ballads
I love their songs that tell a story. Wildfire 2(well all of them, but especially that one) and this are my favorites so far.
Deathaura also has a great story. And the newest "what did you do in the war, dad", kinda.
This one got even better when I learned the lyrics. So grim... There's even a Black Story (guessing game) about this story!
This song has been strangely helpful to me in so many ways over the years.
At first, it was the encapsulation of the loneliness and depression I had in my teens. The pairing of this beautiful music and tragic story helped me to understand that I'm not alone in my suffering.
Later, I was posed with something called a "riddle with holes." It's something of a story that you have to figure out via yes or no questions. The one I was given was, "A man is in his house. He turns out the light and leaves his house. Later, he comes home, looks out the window, turns on the light, and kills himself. Why did he kill himself?" The answer being that he's a lighthouse operator. I was told that and tried to figure it out for three days before just singing this song to myself while on a run and it clicked.
A year later, I'm learning a foreign language for the job I had in the military. I felt like I wasn't doing very well, and, on a whim, just sat down during my lunch break, put on this song, and started actively translating the lyrics. Not just in my head, but writing it in time with the song. The fact that I was able to keep up gave me the confidence to keep pushing forward and do well. I ended up being the best translator in my entire section once I actually got into my job, and I feel like I have this song to thank.
I discovered Sonata Arctica by sheer accident. The band had been introduced to me on two separate occasions prior, but didn't stick in my head at the time. While perusing my sister's music collection on the computer, I found songs labeled as Nightwish, but definitely weren't. After a quick google search of the lyrics, I found the band and instantly fell in love. I'm 31 now, found them when I was 16, so nearly half of my life has been with their music.
Daaamn this song used to be my love. I would listen to it all the time and get the same emotions everytime. Thought it would never get old and I was right apparently now that I'm here again
I was 12 when this song came out... I became their fan when I was 15, this brings so many memories.
Indeed! A magnum opus that inspires all of us who have undergone such a calamity. 10 starrs to the one to blame for "a never ending story"
Every single melody in this is incredible, love it so much!
Long am familiar with this Finnish group... I admire the power of their compositions...
Don't take a bet that black people don't listen to rock or metal. You would lose. I remember when Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were all NEW bands, old, dust-coughing BLACK headbangin' SOB that I am, lol. Big props to these Finnish rockers...and to Holy Ravioli for posting their songs. I'm glad that metal's not stuck in the past, and that new bands---regardless of race or nationality---are pickin' up the torch and running with it!
they didn't stop trying, It's just hard to recreate something so awesome. I do love their newer albums but this song just tells a story. A story that tares your living guts out of your torso and stomps on them as you weep.
One of my all time favourite songs. It is a masterpiece plain and simple. Thanks for the upload.
wonderful song and wonderful lyrics! And this feeling in their songs - just beautiful!!
Sonata arctica é uma banda incrível!!!!!
Wow. Before reading the lyrics, I thought this was a simple love song. This is unbelievably sad. Still a masterpiece. Actually even more so now that I know the lyrics
this thing makes me cry :c it's a beautiful song! I really love it :)
Discovered this song of Sonata only today, but already a new one of my favourites.
Beautiful song: Thanks, Sonata Arctica,
and a good video: so, also thanks to the maker of the vid.....
This video is awesome! I enjoyed it very much! Thank you so much for making this!
Good times, golden days 😭
this song is just awesome, i mean it's just.... incredible :D a beautiful yet grim story, with a proper melody.... perfection :)
So beautiful!!
Excelent video!! i heard the song thousand of times but never stopped in the lyrics! in fact i wasnt even looking for the lyrics when i played this video. Now i see that has a powerful meaning that i want to analize more! thank you!!! now this song fights the top of my fauvorite Sonata's lyrics with My Selene
This is probably the best Possible lyric video for this. Well done OP.
Sing in Silence also very great 🎶😍👍
My all time favorite song and favorite band
Why can't I meet girls who have such great taste like you do in music?
@dforce31 I ask myself the same thing xD when it comes to friends or guys I date I usually keep my music on the down low. They think it's weird :'(
dforce31 Maybe you're an ugly fuckwit?
Victoria Smith OMG!!!! A female who likes SA!!!!! I no longer have to be alone. But yeah, I keep my music on the downlow from most people. Nobody listens to Metal, much less any kind of Power Metal, even less chance of it being SA.
Victoria Smith We should find another way to contact each other, if that's not too creepy.
I remember listening to this song back in 2007 and I could not stop listening to it for almost 1 year.
Listening to this after maybe 2 years of sonata arctica absence and still gives me goosebumps all over the song
The most amazing song of this bunch, seriously, the whole story, the rhapsody, it's intriguing... nonetheless, it's a piece of art.
Terve! I´m everyday listening Sonata Arctica. Jotain kaunista!
Fantastic song and video!
Thanks!
always enjoy this masterpiece... thank you
thanks for the HQ audio!
This is my FAVORITE song. 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Such a masterpiece.. in 1000 years someone will discover this song and be so amazed and touched as I'm today.
I love this song, one of my favorites for sure!
The best Sonata Arctica song in my opinion. The lyrics are so deep and the music is just beautifull.
Thx for song and lyrics!
This song kind of gives me the joy of tears.
Every new year's eve I come here
"Blood Red moon eat away the night"
I like that, because many people believed back in the day that a blood red moon or a red dawn, was an omen of blood that was spilled that night/dawn.
SUPER! THANX!
Great video! I had no idea what that song was actually about. Seeing the lyrics written out helped immensely, and the display timing was perfect. Well done! Such a sad story, though. Powerful indeed.
Primeira música que ouvi do Sonata, desde então foi o início de uma viajem sonora bastante proveitosa
"Black oceans beneath shall now swallow me."
-Thomas Andrews.
Thanks!
This was one of my favorites before, but i never knew the lyrics yet. Just for its burning power. And now i amazed, it's how dramatic, sad and deep. Masterpiece
This is pure art
Sonata Arcitca needs to get back to making masterpieces like this. It's just....perfect.
i love your lyrics video this is a awesome song :D
Awesomeness made music. Love this song :D
Ecliptica is my favorite album by Sonata Arctica but this is their songwriting apex, IMO. Just a masterpiece.
IT is just awesome from Day one,,,, and IT grows from year to year because never ever was such a Song written,, love IT
Great story, great music, awesome song.
The greatest song EVER made.
LOL
A bit late, eh?
@@zach_zach5898 It's never too late to laugh at ridiculous comments. Doesn't matter if they're not active to see it, I don't mind that. It wasn't the greatest song 4 years ago either, not at the least.
@@ZonZorZerx LOL
Go listen your garbage Lisa Lavie music.
@@jos1613 Nice strawman. Never even heard of her.
What the feels, so many feels, can't possibly hold so many feel!!!!
Beautiful ❤
This is so amazing, you can literally taste the saltwater while listening to this.
Perfect timing 👌
I love it !
So much about this song is brilliant, not least the beauty of the keyboard melody
I can't even say, how much I love this song!
this is like their bohemian rhapsody or something
I think is like their something :P
The most EPIC song of SONATA EVEEERRR!!!!
FANTASTIC :)