The strings were arranged by Jesper Nordenström and performed by Jakob Ruthberg, Anna S Wallgren, Roland Kress and Christian Bergqvist.
CD-single Maxi single The music video to "Sail Away" was shot on a beach in Riga, Latvia on 19th & 20 September 2005.
[1] In the video, some black butterflies fly away to the sea after singer Lauri Ylönen is shown walking slowly down a cold-looking beach, singing.
The woman takes some pills, probably to commit suicide and jerks her head in Ylönen's direction.
As he is walking, he sees some more odd happenings, such as two children dancing around a wooden sculpture (possibly a pyre) in gas masks.