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Nightwish – The Children of ‘Ata (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)

Nightwish – The Children of ‘Ata (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)




Official lyric video for “The Children of ‘Ata”. From the album Yesterwynde, order/listen here: https://nightwish.bfan.link/yesterwynde.yde

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VIDEO CREDITS:
Directed and animated by: Pete Voutilainen
Produced and written by: Stobe Harju
Production company: Khimoo

SONG CREDITS:
Mixed by Mikko Karmila, Tero ”Teecee” Kinnunen and Tuomas Holopainen at Finnvox Studios
Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios
Produced by Tuomas Holopainen

LYRICS
Still vastness in the horizon
Fifteen long months under mocking sun
Land threw us there, away from world
Plays to us music yet unheard
We were there
We were there

Still vastness in our heartbeat
Solitude and woe tear us apart
They say that man is the foulest beast
Roaming the hills of self-deceit
But we came back
We came back

We are the ones to tell you why
The world of us, it will survive
Light a fire for the boat afar
Campsite Gaia
We all are
The Children of ‘Ata

This guitar we built still chimes with hope
Never gave our souls to the carrion crows
Every new day we saw the sun rise
Every new day we beat the lord of flies
We were there
We’re still here

We are the ones to tell you why
The world of us, it will survive
Light a fire for the boat afar
Campsite Gaia
We all are
The Children of ‘Ata
We are the ones to tell you why
We are the ones
We’re all here
On an island of black seas
Red in tooth
Red in claw
Red in love, the passionate young
We’re still here
On an island of soon free
Learning to live
Yearning to give
The stranded a ride back home

We are the ones to tell you why
The world of us, it will survive
Light a fire for the boat afar
Campsite Gaia
Remember
The Children of ‘Ata
We are the ones



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  1. 3 weeks ago

    What a great day to be named Gaia

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  2. 3 weeks ago

    I am a big Nightwish fan. But…this is to much like pop music and it has to much of a fantasy sound. Please do not go into the within Temptation stile. Go back to theoceanborn era.

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  3. 3 weeks ago

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  4. 3 weeks ago

    Cool

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  5. 3 weeks ago

    What imagery in both the lyrics and this video…genius…and respect of culture!

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  6. 3 weeks ago

    🧡🧡🧡

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  7. 3 weeks ago

    Superowe ❤️🖤

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  8. 3 weeks ago

    Leider schon lange ein Schatten Ihrer selbst

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  9. 3 weeks ago

    Przepiękna piosenka

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  10. 3 weeks ago

    The mix is still absolutely atrocious.

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  11. 3 weeks ago

    BORING.period

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  12. 3 weeks ago

    I had to find out about Ata, as I didn't understand that reference. Now I do. What a wonderful song of hope. We need hope right now.
    I have never read Tolkein, but as I understand it, LOTR is about a bunch of heroes from different cultures and races working together to defeat Dark Forces? That is what I hear in this song. And what we need to be doing right now. The battlefields have changed, the foes are different, but the cause hasn't. Homeland and Brethren. Homeland is the Planet and Brethren is all those who honour her and our kindred creatures and flora upon her. That simple. "They" have forgotten that. In all their mess. But if you cut through it all, that is the bare bones of it. You either buy into Doom, or you cling on and fight for Hope.
    We will win. Because there is no alternative. We adapt or we die.

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  13. 🦋❤️🦋❤️🦋❤️🦋🫶💪🙏💯💯💯🌹🤍✨👍sooo beautiful ❤️❤️

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  14. 3 weeks ago

    How is Nightwish so good? ❤️‍🔥🌹✨

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  15. 3 weeks ago

    masterpiece

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  16. 3 weeks ago

    This song is so beautiful

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  17. 3 weeks ago

    ❤love you guys❤ Been listening to nightwish since I was 14, I'm now 33

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  18. 3 weeks ago

    однообразно. предсказуемо. на один раз.

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  19. I just love it!
    Floor, Tuomas, Emppu, Kai, Troy, Jukka – I just can´t wait seeing you live once more – hopefully you´ll return to the big stages 2026/27 – maybe with another masterpiece of album!
    Greetings from Bavaria/Germany

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  20. 3 weeks ago

    Marko Hietala Zeiten waren einfach geiler Ist nicht mehr eins … obwohl Floor Jansen für mich eine fantastische Sängerin ist

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  21. 3 weeks ago

    Thanks! TTKing's "Out of the mind" seems to be out now, if someone is interested.

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  22. 3 weeks ago

    🎵😃👏

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  23. 3 weeks ago

    One of my favorites…

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  24. 3 weeks ago

    This song is based on a true story. Please search for the title of the song and you will find a story about human kindness an the will to survive,it´s heartworming and then you will see the song in a different light

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  25. Как всегда красивая песня. Но мне не хватает Тарии

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  26. 3 weeks ago

    Очень сильная композиция, видеоряд не сильно впечатлил, зная на что вы способны, но в плейлист этот трек однозначно беру, очень сильная и эмоциональная песня. Спасибо за ваше творчество!

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  27. 3 weeks ago

    ❤️🤟

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  28. 3 weeks ago

    Thank you for dropping so many videos again Nightwish ❤

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  29. 3 weeks ago

    я обожаю найтвиш но только с первой солисткой!!!!!!!!!

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  30. 3 weeks ago

    Thanks Guys …Always good .. 🙂

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  31. 3 weeks ago

    Great reminds me of vintage Nightwish

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  32. 3 weeks ago

    im just going to stick with tarja era.. i have no clue what the hell i am listening to anymore

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  33. 3 weeks ago

    🌑🌍🌑🌎🌑🌏🌑

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  34. 3 weeks ago

    fabulous video! the island looks like a butterfly and the children are statues. Is this based on a tale/event? so well done and Floor of course just floors me (lol)-continued success

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  35. 3 weeks ago

    ❤❤❤

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  36. 3 weeks ago

    This song is in my Top 3 from the album! I love the message and the instrumentation! I get goosebumps from the part halfway through when the traditional Tongan chanting blends with the classic Nightwish symphonic orchestration. Absolutely amazing.

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  37. 2 weeks ago

    Not fun.

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  38. 2 weeks ago

    🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

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  39. 2 weeks ago

    IKUINEN FANI

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  40. 2 weeks ago

    В целом норм, но чутка не то пальто🤷‍♂. Хотя все равно спасибо за творчество!

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  41. 2 weeks ago

    ONE OF MY FAVORITES

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  42. 2 weeks ago

    Już nie mogę się doczekać przybywajcie do Polski❤🇵🇱

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  43. 2 weeks ago

    Love this new song!!

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  44. 2 weeks ago

    Toumas tiene algo que no superó con los niños, en todos sus discos habla de los niños

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  45. 1 week ago

    this is beautiful 🟣😢😭🤟✨🪶💜🖤💚❤️🌱🎨

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  46. 1 week ago

    The song makes me cry after learning about the Tongan Castaways, it's a story of resilience, but something about the boys going through what they have, the lengths they had to go to keep going, the WILL they had to do whatever it takes. It's an unimaginable nightmare that they turned into a hopeful song. Literally. They made a guitar and sang together just as the lyrics state in the song. I want to say "those poor boys" but what I end up feeling each time is "those brave warriors," because that's what they were. What a powerful testament to an inexplicably hopeful instance of history that might well go unnoticed.

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  47. Me, before waiting for gta 6…

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