I Walk Alone
Tarja/Tarja Turunen Lyrics
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Keep all the roses, I'm not dead
I left a thorn under your bed
I'm never gone
Go tell the world I'm still around
I didn't fly, I'm coming down
Whisper to my heart
When hope is torn apart
And no one can save you
I walk alone
Every step I take
I walk alone
My winter storm
Holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone
Go back to sleep forever more
Far from your fools and lock the door
They're all around and they'll make sure
You don't have to see
What I turned out to be
No one can help you
I walk alone
Every step I take
I walk alone
My winter storm
Holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone
Waiting up in heaven
I was never far from you
Spinning down I felt your every move
I walk alone
I walk alone
Every step I take
I walk alone
My winter storm
Holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone
Tarja/Tarja Turunen's song "I Walk Alone" is a song about the resilience and strength of a person who is determined to make it through life despite the challenges and setbacks they face. The opening lines of "Put all your angels on the edge, Keep all the roses, I'm not dead, I left a thorn under your bed, I'm never gone," suggest that the singer has faced death but is not defeated. They have left a negative memory behind, under the bed, but they continue to live and thrive. They are not gone and are encouraging people to spread the word that they are still here.
The singer goes on to say, "Go tell the world I'm still around, I didn't fly, I'm coming down, You are the wind, the only sound, Whisper to my heart, when hope is torn apart, and no one can save you." These lyrics suggest a message to friends and family that they should spread the word that the singer is still alive and they are coming down to earth. The wind is the only sound, and friends and family should whisper to their heart when hope is lost and no one can help or save them.
The chorus of the song features the lyrics "I walk alone, every step I take, I walk alone, my winter storm holding me awake, it's never gone, when I walk alone." These lyrics depict how the singer feels about facing life. They are walking alone, every step they take, but they are not defeated. Their winter storm, their struggles, are keeping them awake, but they are never gone.
Line by Line Meaning
Put all your angels on the edge
Put your guardian angels on high alert.
Keep all the roses, I'm not dead
Don't mourn for me. I'm still alive.
I left a thorn under your bed
I left a painful memory in your life before I left.
I'm never gone
Although physically absent, my spirit remains present.
Go tell the world I'm still around
Spread the word that I'm still a part of this world.
I didn't fly, I'm coming down
I'm not gone for good. I'll return soon.
You are the wind, the only sound
You're the only force that can move me.
Whisper to my heart
Speak softly and gently to my innermost being.
When hope is torn apart
When all hope seems lost and despair sets in.
And no one can save you
And there's no one to help you out of your predicament.
I walk alone
I proceed on my journey all by myself.
Every step I take
In every single step I take.
My winter storm
My bleak, harsh reality.
Holding me awake
Keeping me from being able to rest or escape.
It's never gone
It never disappears.
Go back to sleep forever more
Retreat back to oblivion and never wake up.
Far from your fools and lock the door
Stay away from those who have wronged you.
They're all around and they'll make sure
Your enemies are all present and watching your every move.
You don't have to see
You don't need to witness.
What I turned out to be
The person I've become.
No one can help you
No one can provide you with support.
Waiting up in heaven
Patiently anticipating in the afterlife.
I was never far from you
I was always close, even if not physically.
Spinning down I felt your every move
Even in my distant state, I could sense your every action.
I walk alone
I continue to proceed unaccompanied.
Every step I take
With each and every kstep I take.
My winter storm
My harsh and bitter reality.
Holding me awake
Keeping me from rest or escape.
It's never gone
It never goes away.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: MATTIAS LINDBLOM, HARRY SOMMERDAHL, ANDERS WOLLBECK
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@kimberiedema6951
Put all your angels on the edge
Keep all the roses, I'm not dead
I left a thorn under your bed
I'm never gone
Go tell the world I'm still around
I didn't fly, I'm coming down
You are the wind, the only sound
Whisper to my heart
When hope is torn apart
And no one can save you
I walk alone
Every step I take
I walk alone
My winter storm
Holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone
Go back to sleep forever more
Far from your fools and lock the door
They're all around and they'll make sure
You don't have to see
What I turned out to be
No one can help you
I walk alone
Every step I take
I walk alone
My winter storm
Holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone
Waiting up in heaven
I was never far from you
Spinning down I felt your every move
I walk alone
Every step I take
I walk alone
My winter storm
Holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone
@ShamusWoosley
As someone who discovered NW with Floor, I've had to go back and review NW from the beginning. I can understand if you were imprinted first by Tarja-Tuomas romance but as I see it from my 77 years and passage through a number of romances, each befitting my age, the elations and tragedies were deaths and rebirths.
T&T were young, post juvenile but pre-adult.That comes at 28 or so with Saturn Return.
The music of elves and Tolkeinesque stories are for youthful imaginations about heroes and swords.
For Tuomas to mature he had to be tried in the fire, broken, melted, then recast stronger, like a Japanese sword. Look at Beethoven whose greatest works came out of his intense suffering, but that is what draws out the deepest essence.
Annette was transition and rest.
Tuomas could never have written Human || Nature until he made it through the Dark Woods on his Quest. Now his songs are not just of a man but for mankind, even the end of mankind as in Greatest Story which sees our end, but celebrates us as spirits "We Were Here," and, as in Endlessness, or Shoemaker, we will be gone soon, but Life is ever reborn.
Dead Boy had to die to grow.
Something told them that that last ride was the End of an Era.
It had to be.
His song was always to Wish for the Night which comes toward us like a rising tide.
And in Auri Desert Flower he surrenders gently "All I wanted was to go" as Navigator, he at first Oceanborn in wet salty waters of flesh, but leaves to chart the Sea of Stars...
How blessed we all are to have heard the Edema Ruh.
@PasechnikG
Тарья, я в тебя влюблён.
Нет, целовать песок, как Владимир Маркин я не готов.
Я просто тебя люблю, не надеясь на взаимность.
Как тебя слушаю, что-то внутри переворачивается.
PS
А тебе удачи во всём.
И в искусстве, и в личной жизни
PPS
Пусть удача тебя никогда не оставит!
@PeterCTheRock
You will never walk alone Tarja, Nightwish fans remember your magic! ❤
@astrisperspecto4130
Well, she lost loads of her magic in my Winterstorm.
Or more like "my soprano tantrum"
@piotrsadloha7451
@@astrisperspecto4130 she's loose ,but Nightwish loosed much more :-(
@roybradshaw4252
BEST FEMALE SINGER IN THE WORLD
@andreiamachado9958
@@roybradshaw4252 Sure she is
@RuzsabJaniesq
@@roybradshaw4252
82/5000
is either Beth Gibbons or Hope Sandoval or someone else, but certainly none of the symphonic metal. Lisa Gerrard, Kate Bush etc.
@angelguillen4596
La voz de Tarja tiene algo que me emociona por encima de cualquier otra.
@angelguillen4596
+XVysionX Game Toda la razón. Pero mejor no perder tiempo respondiendo a un tipo sin educación. Saludos amigo.
@eliotcanizares4387
+XVysionX Game +Fernando Bonham no le hagas caso. nunca falta un inadaptado que quiere joder la vida, yo comparto tu opinión, la voz de Tarja es única :D
@gothicboy38
+Black Emperor que se ciente ser miserable y querer umillar a los demas para salir de tu miseria?