Album: The Ninth Hour (2016)
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  • This uplifting cut is a track from The Ninth Hour. Frontman Tony Kakko explained that lyrically, the song, "is telling people to find good things in life, find the things hurting and causing harm and replacing them with positive things with help of friends. Go out and be together with people, share experiences, live. I know it's a dumb thing to say, but life is better alive."
  • Kakko said he tries to include "at least one positive, uplifting song" on each Sonata Arctica album. "I always struggle writing positive lyrics; that's the thing," he added. "We've been called 'happy metal' many times because of the melodies and so on, but lyrics are usually something that do not walk the sunny side of the road. They contrast the music."

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