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"This song was made to be uptempo and lighthearted, with many key changes and time-signature shifts. Easy to listen to, but difficult to play. I think I sang the phrase “Jonah and the whale” the very first time I tried out the chorus melody. It felt right, so why not make a song out of it? I had no intention of doing an interpretation of the biblical Jonah - this is my own fantasy. The lyrics shift between a playful side and a serious one, and the conclusion almost makes it feel like a true story. When Tony joined, I reworked the melodies in the second verse to give the song more variety. I really pushed the boundaries there, but I knew Tony would handle it. Contributions like that are what make Tony so unique. He has the technique and musical understanding to be given almost anything. The final choir section at the end was already in the demo version, and I sang that myself, but I let Viktor add the top harmony, which turned out to be a perfect fit." (Jan Strandh, Master Massive)

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(C) Fireflash Records
(P) Master Massive 2026

Music by: Jan Strandh, Max Warnby
Lyrics by: Jan Strandh

Published by: Copyright Control

ISRC Code (Music): DE1QW2610453
EAN: 4069977321156

Produced by: Jan Strandh
Co-Produced by: Max Warnby
Engineered by Per Mårten Hellberg
Mix & Master by: Plec at Panic Room

Video by Exit Stage Left

Excerpts from "The Sea Beast" (1926) by Millard Webb
Excerpts from "Moby Dick" (1930) by Lloyd Bacon

MASTER MASSIVE is:
Tony Niva - lead vocals
Marcus ”Masken” Karlsson - lead vocals
Viktor Gustafsson - lead vocals
Jan Strandh - lead guitar and vocals
Max Warnby - bass guitar
Johan Hautajärvi - drums

Lyrics:

Lone the fisher preparing sail
To search for the ghost in the lake
Bear witness to Jonah’s fate
When he sailed through this cloudy dusk
He left his hope to the stars
Steering away and far
Jonah and the whale
In the candlelight of the belly jail
Jonah’s gruesome plight
In lost chronicles fading in daylight
It’s the saga Starry Night
Turned his eye to the deep blue sea
Meeting his creature of fate
Blessed by the Northern Cree
When the ocean, for hours in lee,
Swift as a bolt from the blue
Transform to a boiling sea
Jonah and the whale
Shaking chandeliers in the belly jail
Jonah’s gruesome plight
In lost chronicles fading in daylight
It’s the saga Starry Night
Jonah and the whale
Calls and cantillates in the belly jail
Jonah’s gruesome plight
In lost chronicles fading in daylight
It’s the saga Starry Night