Sonata Arctica é uma banda da Finlândia de power metal.
A banda foi fundada por Tony Kakko, Jani Liimatainen, Tommy Portimo e Pentti Peura na cidade de Kemi em 1996. Com o nome original de Tricky Beans, a banda tocava musicas que em sua maioria eram influenciadas por hard rock e pouco se aproximavam do power metal de hoje. Durante a sua pequena carreira, eles gravaram três demos (Friend 'till the End, Agre Pamppers e PeaceMaker) que nunca foram enviados a nenhuma gravadora.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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.
SOLO:
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.