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
Source: Nightwish
What a great day to be named Gaia
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.
Cool
What imagery in both the lyrics and this video…genius…and respect of culture!
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Superowe ❤️🖤
Leider schon lange ein Schatten Ihrer selbst
Przepiękna piosenka
The mix is still absolutely atrocious.
BORING.period
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.
🦋❤️🦋❤️🦋❤️🦋🫶💪🙏💯💯💯🌹🤍✨👍sooo beautiful ❤️❤️
How is Nightwish so good? ❤️🔥🌹✨
masterpiece
This song is so beautiful
❤love you guys❤ Been listening to nightwish since I was 14, I'm now 33
однообразно. предсказуемо. на один раз.
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
Marko Hietala Zeiten waren einfach geiler Ist nicht mehr eins … obwohl Floor Jansen für mich eine fantastische Sängerin ist
Thanks! TTKing's "Out of the mind" seems to be out now, if someone is interested.
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One of my favorites…
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
Как всегда красивая песня. Но мне не хватает Тарии
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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Thank you for dropping so many videos again Nightwish ❤
я обожаю найтвиш но только с первой солисткой!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Guys …Always good .. 🙂
Great reminds me of vintage Nightwish
im just going to stick with tarja era.. i have no clue what the hell i am listening to anymore
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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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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.
Not fun.
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IKUINEN FANI
В целом норм, но чутка не то пальто🤷♂. Хотя все равно спасибо за творчество!
ONE OF MY FAVORITES
Już nie mogę się doczekać przybywajcie do Polski❤🇵🇱
Love this new song!!
Toumas tiene algo que no superó con los niños, en todos sus discos habla de los niños
this is beautiful 🟣😢😭🤟✨🪶💜🖤💚❤️🌱🎨
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.
Me, before waiting for gta 6…