In May 2007, Nightwish announced Anette Olzon as Turunen's replacement. That September, the band released their sixth album, Dark Passion Play, which has sold almost 2 million copies. The album's lead single, "Amaranth", became one of Nightwish's most successful in Europe. The supporting tour, one of the band's largest, started on October 6, 2007, and ended on September 19, 2009. The band released an EP/live album, Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places), in March 2009 as a CD/DVD, and their seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, was released globally on various days in late 2011/early 2012.
On October 1, 2012, Nightwish announced that they had parted ways with Olzon and would be finishing the tour with at that time ReVamp vocalist (ex-After Forever) Floor Jansen. In October 2013, Nightwish made Jansen and longtime session uilleann pipes player Troy Donockley permanent members of the band, and they were featured in the acclaimed album Endless Forms Most Beautiful, released on March 27, 2015. From 2014 to 2019, Nevalainen, while still a member of the band, was inactive due to severe insomnia issues; in July 2019, he announced that he would not be returning to the band, with Kai Hahto, who had acted as his replacement since 2014 (including by performing all drums on Endless Forms Most Beautiful), being promoted as the official drummer, and is featured as such at the ninth album, Human. :II: Nature., which was released internationally on April 10, 2020. After twenty years of performing with the band, it was announced that bassist Marko Hietala had parted ways with the band in January 2021. Jukka Koskinen was announced as Hietala's replacement to play bass during the tour. In August 2022, he was announced as a permanent member of the band.
Nightwish is the third-best-selling band and musical entity in Finland with certified sales of nearly 900,000 certified copies. The group is also the most successful Finnish band worldwide, selling more than 10 million records and receiving more than 60 gold and platinum awards, having released six Number 1 albums and thirteen Number 1 singles. On October 26, 2018, Nightwish was inducted into the Finnish Music Hall of Fame, becoming the honorary gallery's 11th member.
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Studio albums
Angels Fall First (1997)
Oceanborn (1998)
Wishmaster (2000)
Century Child (2002)
Once (2004)
Dark Passion Play (2007)
Imaginaerum (2011)
Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)
Human. :II: Nature. (2020)
Gethsemane
Nightwish Lyrics
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But let this cup of suffering pass from me
Send me no shepherd to heal my world
But the angel, the dream foretold
Prayed more than thrice for you to see
The wolf of loneliness in me
Not my own will but yours be done
Will easter come, enter my room?
The lord weeps with me
But my tears fall for you
Another beauty
Loved by a beast
Another tale of infinite dreams
Your eyes, they were my paradise
Your smile made my sun rise
Forgive me for I don't know what I gain
Alone in this garden of pain
Enchantment has but one truth
I weep to have what I fear to lose
You, wake up, where's the tomb?
Will easter come, enter my room?
The lord weeps with me
But my tears fall for you
I knew you never before
I see you never more
But the love, the pain, the hope, oh, beautiful one
Have made you mine 'till all my years are done
Without you (without you)
The poetry within me is dead
In these lyrics, the singer is struggling with their faith and praying to their father, with the request that they not suffer but recognizing that it is ultimately up to their father's will. They reject the idea of a shepherd coming to help them heal, instead asking for the "angel, the dream foretold." The singer acknowledges their own loneliness, calling themselves "the wolf of loneliness." The second verse begins with a call for someone to wake up and find the tomb, asking if Easter has come and entering their room. The lord weeps with the singer, but their tears fall for the person they love.
Line by Line Meaning
Toll no bell for me father
I don't want a funeral or church service when I die.
But let this cup of suffering pass from me
I don't want to suffer or die.
Send me no shepherd to heal my world
I don't want someone to help me or make things better.
But the angel, the dream foretold
I want an angel, as I dreamed about this.
Prayed more than thrice for you to see
I prayed multiple times for you to see.
The wolf of loneliness in me
I feel very lonely.
Not my own will but yours be done
I don't want to do what I want, but what you want.
You, wake up, where's the tomb?
Where are you, are you dead, buried, or gone?
Will easter come, enter my room?
Will there be a second coming of easter, and will you be there?
The lord weeps with me
God is crying with me.
But my tears fall for you
I am crying for you.
Another beauty
Someone else beautiful.
Loved by a beast
They were loved by someone hateful.
Another tale of infinite dreams
Just another fantasy.
Your eyes, they were my paradise
Your eyes were everything to me.
Your smile made my sun rise
Your smile brightened my day.
Forgive me for I don't know what I gain
I'm sorry for not knowing what I gained.
Alone in this garden of pain
I am alone, in pain.
Enchantment has but one truth
Magic has only one real thing.
I weep to have what I fear to lose
I am crying because I don't want to lose it.
I knew you never before
I never knew you before.
I see you never more
I will never see you again.
But the love, the pain, the hope, oh, beautiful one
The things I felt for you, the pain I went through, the hope I had, oh beautiful one.
Have made you mine 'till all my years are done
I had these feelings for you for as long as I can remember.
Without you (without you)
I am nothing without you.
The poetry within me is dead
I have lost the ability to write poetry without you.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ERNO MATTI JUHANI VUORINEN, JUKKA ANTERO NEVALAINEN, SAMI TUURE PETTERI VAENSKAE, TARJA SOILE SUSANNA TURUNEN, TUOMAS LAURI JOHANNES HOLOPAINEN
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@quorthonthegreat5649
This song is simply divine, perfection in musical form. Goosebumps.... everytime.
@tsexodr1
Agree my friend..Simply divine..the greatesr word to describe it...
@84traveler
The best song of Nightwish, period!
@babylon333
Best album of Nightwish- Oceanborn. Who agree?
@johannessilver8653
Me !!! ..... Oceanborn is pure and real NW.
@re.nate.g
me agreeeeees! It's so pure, so raw. Definetly my favorite of Nightwish
@tamaskaani
This album and the endless forms most beautiful is the best
@Wildm0use
Once (2004) is.
@CristianCastanares
Pues sí
@johannessilver8653
They were so young when creating something as grand as this with deep meaning...genius work.