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Sonata Arctica
The Misery
(Winterheart's Guild)
Guitar I
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SOLO
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Lyric:
I write the lines you want me to, with the words.
I dare to use of all the ones that you have taught me, along the years.
You cast a perfect shadow on the paper.
Fade away with sunlight, I fear the way you know me, love can leave a
stain...
You steal my only hope and make me stay awake another night.
I wish you bear with me, stay near me.
When the autumn leaves have fallen. Solitude, my pain, the last thing left
me...
If you fall I'll catch, if you love I'll love, and so it goes, my dear,
don't be scared,
you'll be safe, this I swear.
If you only love me back.
Seven lonely lies written on Deadwinter's night,
open the only book with the only poem I can read...
In blood I sign my name and seal the midnight with a tear.
Burn the paper, every line for them I cried...
If you fall I'll catch, if you love I'll love, and so it goes, my dear,
don't be scared,
you'll be safe, this I swear.
If you only love me back.
I am the Playwrite and you are my Crown, make me cry for your love,
like you've done many times, so I know.
I can't write these storylines without you, lady pain, make me strong,
can't we be together without them forever...
The words I write can only hurt you, sorry for the rain.
Thank you, my only one, you gave me this pain...I leave you gently on the
floor,
take one step towards the door.
Where's the letter never written, good night now...
If you fall I'll catch, if you love I'll love, and so it goes, my dear,
don't be scared,
you'll be safe, this I swear.
If you only love me back.
If you fall I'll catch, if you love I'll love, and so it goes, my dear,
don't be scared,
you'll be safe, this I swear.
If you only love me back.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Turbo Grom Wanna Be |
#1 by Turbo Grom at Nov 10, 1972 at 6:33 PM EST |
| Very well said mopi. I'm surprised this song doesn't have more comments. Very beautiful song. | |
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Rob Average |
#2 by Rob Jones at Nov 22, 1983 at 2:46 AM EST |
| As I see it, it is a man who' trapped in a relationship based on addiction to love. He feels terrible pain by staying with her because she must be manipulative of some sort and can't stop loving her nevertheless. At one point the pain is simply too much so he write her a letter probably saying that he doesn't want to be with her anymore. Crushed with guilt and the fact that he would lose her love, he bruns the letter because he knows he won't be abble to leave her. The only escape he finds from this pain is by killing her. | |
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Carly Average |
#3 by Carly at May 9, 1986 at 6:34 AM EST |
| This song means a lot to me... Here's the story...it's the last phonecall I've had with my girlfriend... Me: I love you.. Her: I love you too.. Me: Youre my angel... Her: You're the angel.. Me: I"m nobody... Her: ...let's be nobodies to gether... Me: Okay... Her: You're still myangel... Me: I love you.. Her: I love yo utoo... lets go to bed ... Me: When..ou wake up you should be oka... Her: Good night... Me: GOod night.. Her: Angel... *hangs up* Me: ...*starts softly singing The Misery by Sonata Arctica* | |
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Mike Wanna Be |
#4 by Mike Jeffries at Aug 27, 1986 at 9:51 AM EST |
| It's now proved that I really am stupid. xD I've always loved this song but now I just realized why. This song is like my life. I'm in love with the pain but I gotta get rid of her because she's killing me. And even the part of this song is true...when he says: "I canīt write these storylines without you, Lady pain" I'm a writer myself, but without The One I really couldn't write anything. I always write from my heart but where's my heart if my beloved pain wouldn't be there making me cry? I totally cry everytime I hear this song, especially now when I know why it makes me cry. I really love a poet who can make me cry just like my very own Lady Pain does. ^______^ | |
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Jesus Professional |
#5 by Jesus at Sep 4, 1992 at 9:43 AM EST |
| Had to register here just to share my opinion about this song. I'm not 100% sure but this is what I've read from this one site and it was told to be said by the Singer of the band in an interview... The song is about writing songs, and the misery connected to it. The "person" this song is talking to is actually a pen. "You cast a perfect shadow on the paper." "I can't write these storylines without you" Pen, obviously. Anyway, it's a very beautiful song that has had a big meaning for me in my life - it used to be song I could use to remember one person. Not anymore, though. When I first read the "right" meaning told by the author, I was disappointed for that I had formed a story around the song and had such a powerful idea about it. Uh, I writed a long comment, sorry. | |
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Tim Professional |
#6 by Tim Marchant at May 30, 1995 at 9:28 AM EST |
| Beautiful song. I didn't get the part about killing her though. | |
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eddy Lead Player |
#7 by eddy blade at Jun 21, 2006 at 10:08 PM EST |
| I've gotten that impression...at all. I see this more as the woman the narrator loves is dieing, and it's about the way he's dealing with it. He's with her at her death bed. The feeling in the song doesn't come across like your explanation to me. The writing referances make me think he was writing something for her, but never finished it before she died. I dunno, I've just never gotten the impression she was killed by the narrator, nor that the relationship was greatly flawed like that. | |
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Erik Lead Player |
#8 by Erik StJimmy at May 26, 2007 at 8:26 AM EST |
| I'm terribly sorry, but I'm pretty sure you all jsut got shot to Shit by Irratium. | |
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