Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal.[1] The current line-up consists of singer, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko, guitarist Elias Viljanen, bass guitarist Pasi Kauppinen, keyboardist and keytarist Henrik Klingenberg, and drummer Tommy Portimo. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo also acted as backing vocalists.
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C#mBAEE/D# I was nowhere near ready when all it ended AEBC#mC#m7 So I hoped we could find a new day, cannot live without you C#mBAEE/D# You gave me the chance, time and again, in vain AEE/D#C#m Now my feelings for you, every tear, every smile, paid in full AEE/D#C#m Break the chain, but no longer can I take the pain
B It's hard for me to love myself right now, EG#ABC#m I've waited, hated, blamed it all on you
BAEE/D# Needed to be strong, yet I was always too weak AEE/D#A So I can only blame myself for this state we are in EE/D#A I will take what you have for me now, if it's not too late EE/D#C#m Did you change? I did too. Love can grow from the last grain
B It's hard for me to love myself right now, EG#AB I've waited, hated, blamed it all on...
BADF#m You... I need you...less and less... BA Every day feeds this moral decay DF#mGACm Yet I've grown to love you even more
FmGm I fall back, and I turn another cheek G#A# You mouth the words you're not ready to speak CmFmGm You're scared of me now; no I never had a clue G#A# That I'd become so much stronger than you.
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C#mBEG#AB C#mBEG#AB C#m
AG#C#m I will take, what you have for me now, if it's not too late AEE/D#C#m If you like, I will leave; I will not miss the last train again
B It's hard for me to love myself right now, EG#ABC#m I've waited, hated, blamed it all on you B It's hard for me to love your face right now EG#AB I'm waiting, hating, needing being
D#mC#F#A# Me... I need you...less and less... D#mC# Every day leads us farther away... F#mA#mD#m From that moment
C# It hard for me to hate myself right now F#mA#mBC#D#m Finally I'm understanding me F#/F One day we may have whole new me's and you's F#mA#BC#D#m But first I need to learn to love me too.