Latest Release: Bye Bye Beautiful

As you know, Nightwish's latest single, Bye Bye Beautiful, was released today. You can see the cover above. Nightwish are known for their excellent cover art and this is no exception. The chess piece covered in blood is taken from the line in the chorus which goes, "Did we play to become only pawns in the game?" You can see the music video here. You can find the lyrics here.

Track listing

The CD version contains the single, a demo version for the song The Poet And The Pendulum, a song featured on the Japanese version of Dark Passion Play entitled The Escapist which can be heard here and the D.J. Orkidea Remix of Bye Bye Beautiful.

Trivia

• The song is the second track on the album Dark Passion Play. It is proceeded by The Poet And The Pendulum and it is followed by Amaranth.
• The song is believed to be aimed at former vocalist Tarja Turunen, who was sacked by an open letter in October 2005. However, Toumas has stated that the music video is not aimed at her.
• It is written by Toumas and is sung by both Anette & Marco.

I hope it does well, but I will not be buying it as I have the song on the album.

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