"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" is the third single released from the album Onc… Read Full Bio ↴"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" is the third single released from the album Once by Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish. It was released on November 24, 2004, by Spinefarm Records, together with the platinum edition of Once. "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" is Finnish and means "Death Makes an Artist" in English. The single was never released outside Japan and Finland. During the end credits on A Day Before Tomorrow, the orchestral version of "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" is audible. It was never officially released, but it was ripped off the DVD and released it through the Internet.

Since Anette Olzon joined the band, it is no longer performed live, as she does not speak Finnish.

Kuolema tekee taiteilijan
Nightwish Lyrics

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Kerran vain haaveeni nהhdה sain
En pienuutta alla tהhtien tuntenut
Kerran sain kehtooni kalterit
Vankina sieltה kirjettה kirjoitan

Luojani, luoksesi, anna minun tulla siksi, miksi lapseni minua luulee
Sinussa maailman kauneus, josta kuolema teki minusta taiteilijan
Luojani, luoksesi, anna minun tulla siksi, miksi lapseni minua luulee

Oman taivaan tהnne loin
Anna minun pההstה pois

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Nightwish's song Kuolema tekee taiteilijan (Death Makes an Artist) describe the experience of a person who has had a glimpse of a dream and aspires to attain it. They yearn to reach the heights where they can actualize themselves and escape from the chains that hold them back. However, they feel trapped, confined to a crib with bars, with only a letter as a means of communication.

The person is seeking divine guidance and appeal to their creator to help them become what they aspire to be, to become an artist like their child believes they are. They acknowledge that the beauty of the world is in their deity and death has made them an artist. The person has created their own heaven through pursuing their aspiration. They wish to let go of their heaven to reach even greater heights.

The song describes the challenges we face in attempting to realize our dreams, including feelings of confinement, entrapment, and insecurity. It also speaks of the beauty of the world despite the pain and strife, and how the pursuit of art or any form of self-expression can be a way to find meaning and purpose.

Line by Line Meaning

Kerran vain haaveeni nähdä sain
I had a dream only once

En pienuutta alla tähtien tuntenut
I didn't feel small under the stars

Kerran sain kehtooni kalterit
Once I got bars in my cradle

Vankina sieltä kirjettä kirjoitan
As a prisoner, I'm writing a letter from there

Luojani, luoksesi, anna minun tulla siksi, miksi lapseni minua luulee
My creator, let me become what my child thinks of me

Sinussa maailman kauneus, josta kuolema teki minusta taiteilijan
In you is the beauty of the world, from which death made me an artist

Luojani, luoksesi, anna minun tulla siksi, miksi lapseni minua luulee
My creator, let me become what my child thinks of me

Oman taivaan tänne loin
I created my own heaven here

Anna minun päästä pois
Let me go

Oman taivaan tänne loin
I created my own heaven here

Anna minun päästä pois
Let me go