Canción de la semana 03/11/2008: Sonata Arctica - White Pearl, Black Oceans

Esta semana hay concierto de Sonata Arctica y uno de los motivos que finalmente me ha animado a ir al concierto es saber que en esta gira están tocando la que probablemente sea una de sus mejores canciones pero que nunca pensé que se atreverían a tocar en directo por ser una canción de casi 9 minutos que había permanecido oculta en mitad de un disco... de esas que te piensas que sólo te gustan a tí y descubres que todo el mundo piensa como tú...

La canción es una auténtica maravilla, variada, con una melodía deliciosa... y una historia dolorosa. Porque la canción es capaz de llevarte al mar y a la tragedia... porque nos cuenta la triste historia del chico del faro que por una noche de pasión en el pueblo llevará a sobre sus espaldas la tragedia del hundimiento del White Pearl por no haber estado guardando su faro...

Canción: White Pearl, Black Ocean
Artista: Sonata Arctica
Disco: Reckoning Night
Año: 2004
Género: Power Metal

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 round 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 'em 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 wintery 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's 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 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 board the White Pearl have died, Coastal reef have 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 That died one faithful night, so many lives... Flaming eyes I must confront before I'm stated free Defining innocence is hell, after all that has past... 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... 10000 steps down, round and round One night at the town and I'm hell bound Black oceans beneath come and swallow me All on the board White Pearl had 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 [SPOKEN:] I here by commit thy body to the deep To be turned into corruption Looking for a resurrection of the body When the sea shall give up her dead And the life of the world to come, through our Lord Amen

Canción de la semana:
Anterior: 27/10/2008: Van Canto - Wishmaster
Siguiente: 10/11/2008: Epica - Chasing the Dragon

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Sonata Arctica - Lobos desde Finlandia
Canción de la Semana 20/10/2008: Sonata Arctica - The Cage