Sonata Arctica My Selene

[xXMrSprite]

great!



[Godspeed231087]

Seriously brings tears to my eyes. :')

[alabalatotasa]

Does dana know about that ?

[vsyrjanen]

Sure you know that Selene was goddess of the moon in greek mythology and

story tells that one night Selene saw Endymion in moonlight when he was

sleeping at the Latmos mountain. Selene was fell in love with this handsome

nomad.

[alexhesse84]

@vsyrjanen thanks for the info...makes even more awesome this song.

[ALettyL]

@vsyrjanen I DID NOT KNOW THAT O:

[MaruTsukiyomi18]

Selene = Moon godess in the ancient Greece... This song is just perfect...

[vicentecala]

FOR ME AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW SEE THE GREAT MUSIC THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SONG YOU CAN HEART IN YOUR LIFE, THIS IS MUSIC AND THE REST ARE SILLY THINGS, SONATA ARTICA 4EVER, THANK YOU FOR DO THIS GREART SONGS AND SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD!

[Wolvesbane831]

This song means so much to me, it'd mean the whole world to me if you could go to my channel and check out my vocal cover.  Tony is the reason I decided to become a Voice Major

[182santosh]

love this song so much

[TheFirebender95]

I can't stop listening to this song even though it makes me cry and breaks my heart

[Ymer40]

Jani wrote this song.

Sonata will miss him, for ever.

[RedDome666]

wow... Amazing!!

[FuechsinDerNacht]

@israelrieg

At the first moment I thought "Right!" ... but do you know their song "Save You"? I think it's as full of emotions as this beautiful song... <3

[AnandaRegalia]

Someone I don't even know happened to mention this song. That was probably the best thing anyone could ever have done for me. These guys, are just, wow. This song, beautiful Awestruck is the only word I can use to describe my reaction. Thank you, random fan person, you introduced me to one of the best bands I have ever heard. If not the best. Thank you, for showing me true music.

[Andresm092]

@AnandaRegalia you have just started to meet true music.

[YorkJonhson]

Bollocks to anyone who says there can't be beauty in Metal.

[israelrieg]

@71Gabrio

Please, dont even dare to think of Simple Plan while u listen to sonata...

[dominusetdeus060644]

How i love this song....

[RoninAuron]

Lol the song started and I thought I was playing megaman

[71Gabrio]

I guess this is one of most beautiful lyrics ever with The Only Hope For Me Is You by My Chemical Romance, Wonderwall by Oasis, Save You by Simple Plan and With Me by Sum 41.

[Ciscoslave318]

@TEHWizardsofWoontown I know that feel bro, I know that feel...

[TEHWizardsofWoontown]

@Ciscoslave318 Well funny I ended up going to meet her two weeks ago. Spent a week together running around her town. Now I miss the girl all the more but am just grateful to have spent the little time I could with her. Trying to find a way to make it work. Had to fall for a chick on the other coast, bravo for doing things the hard way lol

[fuckslipknot21]

OMG LYRICS! so many chills

[HAWXLEADER]

@TooOldTimmer not when you have it on 320 Kbps And I got their ENTIRE discography any little album collection or the special little albums of 2-4 song

And the live one(not video that's on mah pc not on my iPod touch)

In short they ROCK(or metal however u want it)

And I want Sonata Arctica in Israel !!!!!

[Ygdrasel]

Evenfall...Deadwinter...I keep seeing these words in SA songs...The fuck are they? xD

[Frijo92]

my selene and shamandalie hurt so bad right now

[imcominforyou]

It's not translated from Finnish to English. I'm pretty sure that English is taught in schools as a second language. In fact, I believe most of the countries in the world teach English as a second language

[Jamalsish]

We finland have pretty good things upon, Nokia, Angry Birds, Apocalyptica, Sonata, Children Of Bodom.... Awesome

[DakkTribal]

@Jamalsish don't forget HIM

[Jamalsish]

@DakkTribal HIM and Linux, and umm perkele Sauna, and good beeer and vodka

[Jamalsish]

lol this has the most beautiful lyrics ever :D

[enosavo]

As a Finnish person my best quess would be they can't really translate finnish lyrics directly to english. Well you can but it would probably sound quite odd. I'm not a expert though. But i think most youngs speak decent enough english to do the lyrich with it.

[RobedBassist]

possibly the most greatest song ever written...

[Alerta2O]

This song is in the same web with the songs of justin bieber, THIS IS A FUCKING SIN

[Idilyon]

@Alerta2O

What the hell?

[imcominforyou]

If only they played this song live...I'm a speed freak; I didn't like Unia and TDOG a whole lot, but this song is fucking amazing. The lyrics are just epic and have so much context beneath them. And it's not even a fast song

[noremote]

Does anyone know how non-native English speaking bands write their music? Do they first write in German, Swedish, Finnish, etc. and then translate it? Or do they do the whole thing in English?

[GabrielTBP]

@noremote I doubt that they're writing in their own language first and then translating. It wouldn't rhyme perfectly, and it would sound awkward afterwards.

[imcominforyou]

@noremote If I'm not mistaken, English is a required course in high school in most countries in the world. 4 years of a language can do wonders, plus touring the world must significantly help their English.

[cornbread12987]

@noremote If you're referring to SA, Tony speaks english and I imagine he writes in english. This song was written by Janni and I can only assume the same. I've never heard the Finnish alternate.

[noremote]

@cornbread12987

I was talking about bands in general. I know that northern Europeans speak English very well.

I wasn't assuming that there was a Finnish version of this song. I was thinking that maybe Janni would write at least a few basic lines in Finnish in a notebook, then use that for the English song.

Now, even if they (bands in general) do the whole song-writing process in English, I still can't help thinking that occasionally they might think of something in their home-language

[noremote]

@noremote

and try to translate it.  If that happens, do they verify it with native-speaker? Are there any examples of lyrics that sound like direct translations?

[cornbread12987]

@noremote Just covering my bases as to the theory of a Finnish alternate in my previous comment, I have no idea otherwise. Perhaps they do come up with a few concepts in their own tongue... I mean we would all feel more comfortable writing concepts with a construct of our own understanding.

[dracotitunagareboshi]

so beautiful song

:)

[Teneb55]

or it was a misclick

[blearghp]

most beautiful and saddest song to ever been created. i cried listening to this.

[TheRjhahh]

EPIC FUCKIN SONG

[mazanakaUA]

Im not much of Sonata Arctica's fan,but this exact song is just flawless,real poetry and beautiful music

[GhostOfRazgriz14]

Love how my sister says this is NOT music, which it is, and amazing to boot :D

[imawesome432]

@GhostOfRazgriz14 What does your sister categorize as music?

[GhostOfRazgriz14]

@imawesome432 Eminem?

[darksteelfuzzy]

@GhostOfRazgriz14

I've never felt like punching someone I've never met so much ever before. I do suppose she is deaf? I mean this is only like one of the best songs ever...

[GhostOfRazgriz14]

@darksteelfuzzy Oh I KNOW she isnt, she's heard this song multiple times and I also know she secretly loves it.....at least she better secretly love it.....

[darksteelfuzzy]

@GhostOfRazgriz14

Well I suppose that's a good enough reason :P I mean how can anyone not like this song? 8D

[GhostOfRazgriz14]

@darksteelfuzzy Exactly!

[yarin981]

this song is wrote by the guitarist,and this is the only song hadn't wrote be tony kakao.

this finlands,german,englandians and australians,they all make great metal.

[qwerty93C]

"Reality cuts deep, would you bleed with me?" Is seriously the most beautiful sentence I've ever heard in a song.

[darklorddougal]

@qwerty93C Agreed.



[Kevinikolo11]

love the song

[seellllly]

E' veramente dolce, bellissimo pezzo molto coinvolgente...mi ha catturato l'anima...E pensare che io porto questo bellissimo nome eppure non conoscevo i Sonata Arctica, molte grazie a chi l'ha postato per avermi dato questa bella opportunità.

[HammerFall1996]

@seellllly In pochi in Italia li conoscono... e ancora di meno li ascoltano. Ti auguro di continuare ad ascoltarli perchè ti sostengono in ogni momento della tua vita e possono regalarti delle bellissime emozioni :)

[seellllly]

@HammerFall1996 Grazie per ilconsiglio e per le belle parole che hai espresso...continuerò sicuramente ad ascoltare i S.A. e, come dici tu, mi regaleranno ancora grandi emozioni.Ciao.

[huntershutup]

every night i wait for my sweet selene... beautiful lyrics... i love how metal has so many diverse lyrics... some are bloody and brutal and some are the most romantic i've ever heard... i don't get it how can people say that metal isn't romatinc or emotional or something... metal is one of the most emotional oriented music there is... probably that's why i love it so much :)

[DestinyCrafter]

@huntershutup So true. All the best to you :)

[huntershutup]

@DestinyCrafter thank you... all the best to you too :) man... i never thought that my comment would make it to top comments and here i am seven months later looking with amazement :) i just wish that i'd personally know some people who like sonata and metal as much as i do in my life...

[allanrey012]

i love this song poetic indeed.

[WinterBenjim]

I wished people could appreciate this kind of music instead of mainstream hollow stuff.

[guynaiman]

I think this is one of Sonata's best and top form songs.

Not because that Jani wrote and composed it, though.

I really wish they would play this song live - as they never have :(

[Che5usCrust]

if you have headphones stick them up your nose then open your mouth and make shur your volume is all the way up, then instant speakers

[magarowicz]

youtube needs to take off the dislike button on videos that clealy shouldnt be disliked. but i guess theyre being paid by justin beiber to keep the button

[GatlingGun23]

If I recall correctly, this song's lyrics and music were written by Jani. He made a beautiful work. I miss him.

[Dnine1]

is this song on a 7 string guitar?

[guynaiman]

@Dnine1 The whole album of "Reckoning Night" was made on Jani's 7 string guitar.

[Dnine1]

@guynaiman oh really? didnt know that :D

[guynaiman]

@Dnine1 Too bad almost no Jani fan owns a 7 string guitar, huh? haha :D

[Dnine1]

@guynaiman im a fan of both Jani and Elias and im getting a 7 string sometime this summer xD

[guynaiman]

@Dnine1 Cool for you! I think I'm not ready to face a 7 string guitar just yet... :P

[Dnine1]

@guynaiman ive been playing for 5 years so i thought it would be a good time to get one by now :D

[santothegreat111]

in my opinion this song isn't just about his love compared with selene and endymion, he's trying to create a poetry but he haven't the inspiration so he indentified a girl as a muse but he's lonely and he doesn't succeded to write anything and "the book is still empty as him"

this is an incredible song full of meanings

sorry for my english but I'm italian, I hope my message arrived

[fuckslipknot21]

@santothegreat111 wow, nobody before you had given this sort of meaning to the lyrics, it is somehow original, very good idea!

[NijuraSerah]

I like the song and I like the band! Its a little bit emotional! Like it so!

[santothegreat111]

from a little story between selene and endymion (that I had never heard) they done an amazing song!

[HAWXLEADER]

i got 3 gb of sonata arctica on my ipod

i hope they will come to israel

[TooOldTimer]

@HAWXLEADER

Funny, SA's entire discography isn't more than 500 mb.

[freakbro5]

SO EPIC!!!! Awsome song.

[dominusetdeus060644]

My GOD how i love this song...its starting to scare me....

[darkmark61]

@dominusetdeus060644

I feel the exact same way. Its such a beautiful song... I CANNOT stop listening to it

[darkmark61]

I also think that they got A+'s in poetry class. These guys write the best songs ever

[darkmark61]

Beautiful

[Kingantichrist]

who are those 21 shit brained, fuck faced, ball breaking, duck fucking pain in the ass who dislike this MASTERPIECE????? i'm gonna slay them at once u.u

[Mavander]

@Kingantichrist Well, your nickname suggest you're a helpless cause, but still. These are people, who don't like this song. They pressed dislike since they didn't like it. People like different things. It's quite normal and should be respected.

And if you posted that just so you can get a lot of thumbs ups, gods help you.

[Kingantichrist]

@Mavander did i asked your opinion? no, so shut up

[Mavander]

@Kingantichrist First, learn english.

Second, you posted a comment on a youtube video. No one is going to care what you want or ask for. It's the internet.

[tboi3000]

hmm, Selene = Moon in Greek, San Sebastian talks about the 'Sun' and how he's 'married to the moon', etc.. idk, thinking out loud.. could they be connected? ...interesting.. xD

favorite band, never do they disappoint! \m/

[Aerilmellon]

"Selene" is also the Moon in Ancient Greek =)

[Alexshik12]

I found this song because I was in search of a song with my name in it. After I listen to this song I realized that I would have loved this song even if my name wasn't Selene, and if you have knowledge of the legend of Selene and Endymion then it make it even better. I also found what has become one of my new favorite bands... ever...

[Drullen1995]

Best lyrics i have ever heard :d

[basbas63]

@Drullen1995 Let set that straight.. best SONG you ever heard...

[nataku1224]

Perhaps the most beautiful lyrics ever?

[dominusetdeus060644]

@nataku1224 i would say definitely the most beautiful lyrics ever...I've listened to thousands of song but none more beautiful than this...

[wsaer56]

@nataku1224 very well could be.

[relicanth101]

One of Henrik'sbest Keyboard solos. I would still love though another jens johannson solo with tony kakkos song writing :)

[HembuliFTW]

love it

[XhaniCarasiriel]

... this song combines two of my favourite things - mythology and Sonata Arctica... how have I never heard this breathtaking song before now?

[dominusetdeus060644]

If i call this one of the most beautiful songs ever made, could any sane mined person argue with me? ...no.

[aNameCantDescribeMe]

actually a huge wave, not a have. :)

[AppleCaster]

My parents don't like Sonata Arctica, and neither the rest of my family, but who cares? It's Sonata Arctica, they're awesome and I'll keep listening to their music for the rest of my life.

[natstar27]

@AppleCaster

Tell your parents to jump off bridge because they fail

[AppleCaster]

@natstar27 Lol... Fuck you, don't talk like that about my parents. Besides, they created me and I like Sonata Arctica. So technically I have to thank them.

[KurosakiIchigo711]

@AppleCaster lol true

and SonataArctica is the best

[MissOmppunen]

Aika huono, mielestäni. 

[Supersomonerandom]

@MissOmppunen Why the fuck are you commenting in Finnish in a globally known video? What's the point?

[stevesworld100]

@Supersomonerandom hes commenting in finnish becuse sonta artica is from finland :P

[xthelonedrowx]

@Supersomonerandom dude, its hes native language,and if you know, english is not the only language in the world... so please respect.

[Supersomonerandom]

@xthelonedrowx Finnish is also my native language but I find it stupid that some other Finns comment a globally viewed video with Finnish.

[Supersomonerandom]

@xthelonedrowx Do you mean English?

[xthelonedrowx]

@Supersomonerandom Yeah i got your point.... Well my native language is spanish and i never comment in spanish, i always use english.

[Entrayalicious]

One of the best intros ever. 1:04, 1:18, 2:08, 2:20, 4:47<-- THE most epic moments of music i've ever heard!! <3

[Entrayalicious]

Dahm. I was just starting to turn my PC off, when this came next on the playlist. I guess i will have to hear a final song before i go to bed..

[KrigoCA]

Anybody else here,

"Every night I wank for my sweeeet Selene>?

[Entrayalicious]

I dont get why my sister and mom finds my music stressing. I find it beautiful :)

[aNameCantDescribeMe]

@Entrayalicious

Well, at least for this track, its simple. Most music focuses on power or emotion, but mostly only one of them in a high dose. Some people can't handle both channels at once. It's like a huge have: You hold on to the ground, and it crushes you. You let go, and it carries you like the wind carries a bird. Those who allow the power in can ride the storm.

[shama286]

Masterpiece!

[thecheeskake]

Absolutely beautiful

[criluazul]

@AppleCaster:

Thank you,and again this song is BREATHTAKING!!!

[dokken46576]

@AppleCaster:

Thank you,I really love my name,my dad chose the name for me,because I was born in 1969,when the astronauts went to the moon,so He did some research and He love the History of The goddess of the moon:SELENE,and again this song is breathtaking!

[Arfanyaras]

I ♥ this

[SuperWillie900]

I...I think I just cried... =' )

[dominusetdeus060644]

This song is just to beautiful to describe.....the words to express how awesome this song is haven't been invented yet...this is the kind of song that leaves you breathless, and you dont want it to be over....

[FastTrack96]

the perfect love song

[criluazul]

Oh I love this song!! My name is Selene,love it!! Beautiful music!!

[AppleCaster]

@criluazul beautiful name :)

[Roosterboii]

One of the only songs jani ever wrote for SA. And my God, it's awesome.

[AppleCaster]

@Roosterboii who is jani?

[Roosterboii]

@AppleCaster the former guitarist of sonata! ;D

[merceypaco]

sonata is the best

[VolfnessWhiter]

What font is that in the video?

[nightspawn13]

Oh my god! I get it! Endymion! because Endymion fell in love with the moon! :D

*epiphany*

[nightspawn13]

To be honest, I think I'ld rather be someone else's vision, to die when that hope is abandoned, than to envision such a dream myself.

[nightspawn13]

It's so sad, but very beautiful; constantly longing for a person envisioned in the mind, and longed for (especially at night) but never met in real life. The main character of this song is imprisoned by his dream until the night he dies.

I find it especially poetic that he chose 'Selene' as the name of this fantasy, as that was the name of the old Greek goddess of the moon, as in the moon at night.

[nightspawn13]

@nightspawn13

For those of you who recognize Artemis as the Greek moon goddess, you are also correct.Helios and Selene were the old sun & moon goddesses (respectively) before Apollo and Artemis came to be worshiped.

[nightspawn13]

@nightspawn13 Oops, did I say "goddesses?" sorry, Helios was male.

[pieman173]

this would be an epic last song!

[pieman173]

this would be an epic last song!

[NMeade5]

I'm shocked this has less views than some of their other songs when this is on of their best songs. Deserves a lot more than it has.

[hoshisama01]

Pure poetry

[Preywinder]

I dislike 19 people >_<

[xantyleonhart]

@Preywinder

Those 19 have to be stupid to hate this. Like hoshihama 01 said: It's pure poetry.

[isobodari1]

oh my seller

[xX31173Xx]

@isobodari1 oh my seller

[Choxoninia]

OMG SO FUCKING GREAT!

[DEMONOBABEN]

Nice song! And loved the solo!

[Nkulgj]

Always better than the last time... And the first was great...

[siprus]

This is song you can't hear too many times... well untill you see clock is 6 in morning and you have something important to do at 7 o'clock and long day ahead of you.