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)
Sleepwalker
Nightwish Lyrics
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Feel the ocean where passion lies
Silently the senses
Abandon all defenses
A place between sleep and awake
End of innocence, unending masquerade
That's where I'll wait for you
Hold me near you
So close I sear you
Seeing, believing
Dreaming, deceiving
A place between sleep and awake
End of innocence, unending masquerade
That's where I'll wait for you
Sleepwalker seducing me
I dare to enter your ecstasy
Lay yourself now down to sleep
In my dreams you're mine to keep
(Sleepwalk with me)
Sleepwalker seducing me
The lyrics to Nightwish's song Sleepwalker are a vivid depiction of the powerful emotions that arise when passion and desire reach a fever pitch. The opening lines, "Close your eyes, Feel the ocean where passion lies, Silently the senses, Abandon all defenses," invoke a sense of surrender to the overwhelming sensations that come with intense attraction. The singer seems to be encouraging their lover to let go and fully immerse themselves in the moment, without fear or hesitation.
The lyrics go on to describe a "place between sleep and awake," where innocence is lost and the masks we wear in everyday life are stripped away. This is where the singer waits for their lover, offering a sense of safety and security in the midst of an otherwise uncertain and dangerous world. The lines, "Hold me near you, So close I sear you, Seeing, believing, Dreaming, deceiving" suggest a kind of dizzying intensity that comes with being so close to someone you desire, but also a potential for deception or confusion.
The chorus, with its repeated refrain of "Sleepwalker seducing me," further reinforces the idea of surrender and submission to the powerful forces of desire. The singer seems to be inviting their lover to join them in this dreamlike state, where they can explore their passions without the constraints of the waking world. Finally, the closing line "In my dreams you're mine to keep" suggests a longing for permanence and a desire to hold onto the intense feelings of connection and desire that arise in these moments of abandon.
Line by Line Meaning
Close your eyes
Start to relax and let go of your surroundings
Feel the ocean where passion lies
Immerse yourself in your deepest desires
Silently the senses
Be calm and quiet within yourself
Abandon all defenses
Let go of any barriers that may be holding you back
A place between sleep and awake
A state of limbo between consciousness and unconsciousness
End of innocence, unending masquerade
A loss of purity, constant pretense
That's where I'll wait for you
I'll be there waiting for you in that uncertain space
Hold me near you
Embrace me closely
So close I sear you
Emphasizing the physical and emotional intensity of the moment
Seeing, believing
What you perceive in your dreams becomes your reality
Dreaming, deceiving
The lines between reality and imagination can become blurred
Sleepwalker seducing me
Being tempted by someone who is unconscious and unguarded
I dare to enter your ecstasy
Taking the risk to fully indulge in the experience
Lay yourself now down to sleep
Surrender to the unconscious mind
In my dreams you're mine to keep
I can possess you completely in this dreamlike state
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ERNO MATTI JUHANI VUORINEN, JUKKA ANTERO NEVALAINEN, SAMI TUURE PETTERI VAENSKAE, TARJA SOILE SUSANNA TURUNEN, TERO KALLE SAKARI KINNUNEN, TUOMAS LAURI JOHANNES HOLOPAINEN
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@yuzuru747
Lyrcris;
Close your eyes
Feel the ocean where passion lies
Silently the senses
Abandon all defenses
A place between sleep and awake
End of innocence, unending masquerade
That's where I'll wait for you
Hold me near you
So close I sear you
Seeing, believing
Dreaming, deceiving
A place between sleep and awake
End of innocence, unending masquerade
That's where I'll wait for you
Sleepwalker seducing me
I dare to enter your ecstasy
Lay yourself now down to sleep
In my dreams you're mine to keep
Sleepwalker seducing me
@johannessilver8653
They should have won Eurovision with this...pure gold.
@stpftw1
but would they be as popular and awesome as they are now if they had gotten to the eurovision finals and won the thing? i doubt :D
@Astristul
And yet, they didn't even qualify for the contest. Pretty sad!
@aleksandarivanovski3684
@@stpftw1 What would have stopped them?
@josegramaglia2415
Nah. This is one of her worst interpretations! Now she is THE QUEEN, in that contest, just an apprentice (with a lot of mistakes)
@ArcticDragon97
@@stpftw1 ABBA was also successful, although they won Eurovision in 1974.
@MarioBankov
19 years passed and still i'm listening the same music
@lorenajakymow6480
The same here😍😍
@amorphyc
21 bro, 21!
@amorphyc
Даже не верится, что наша любимая Тарья уже уничтожала залы в том возрасте!