She is the former lead singer of the Finnish band Nightwish which she founded along with Emppu Vuorinen and Tuomas Holopainen in 1996. After being expelled from the band in October 2005, Tarja Turunen is now devoting her time to her solo career under the stage name of Tarja.
During the spring of 2005, she prepared a collaboration with Germany's Martin Kesici, the duet Leaving You for Me, also accompanied by a video. On November 8th 2006, Tarja's first solo album, Henkäys Ikuisuudesta was released as a Christmas album.
Tarja's second solo album, My Winter Storm, was released in November 2007 and achieved gold status in Finland on the day of release. The album took the number 1 spot in the Finnish charts. Tarja also sings on track In The Picture, composed by Rage guitarist Victor Smolski, on Nuclear Blast Allstars' album 'Into The Light', 2007. In 2009, Tarja released a duet with Doro Pesch, the former vocalist for heavy metal band Warlock.
Tarja's third solo album, What Lies Beneath was released in Finland on September 1, 2010. The album sold around 1,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release, landing it position 24 on the Top New Artist Albums chart. This is the first album on which Tarja is credited for composition on every original track.
Official site: www.tarjaturunen.com
I Walk Alone
Tarja 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
Every step I take
I walk alone
My winter storm
Holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone
The lyrics to Tarja's song "I Walk Alone" reflect a sense of independence and self-reliance. The opening lines, "Put all your angels on the edge, keep all the roses, I'm not dead" suggest that the listener should not worry or mourn for the singer – they are not dead, nor do they need the assistance of angels. The singer then continues on to state that they will walk alone, despite any obstacles that may come their way.
As the song progresses, the repeated chorus "I walk alone, every step I take, I walk alone" emphasizes the singer's desire to assert their independence and make their own way in the world. The lines "My winter storm, holding me awake, it's never gone when I walk alone" suggest that the singer's journey has not been an easy one, but they are willing to face the challenges head-on and persevere.
Towards the end of the song, the lyrics take on a more spiritual tone, as the singer references "waiting up in heaven" and feeling "every move" of their loved ones. This hints at the idea that even though the singer may walk alone, they still feel connected to those they care for on a deeper level.
Line by Line Meaning
Put all your angels on the edge
Place your heavenly guardians at the boundary
Keep all the roses, I'm not dead
Retain all the flowers, I am not deceased
I left a thorn under your bed
I left a prickly reminder beneath your resting place
I'm never gone
My presence is everlasting
Go tell the world I'm still around
Inform the globe that I am still present
I didn't fly, I'm coming down
I did not soar, I am arriving
you are the wind, the only sound
You represent the breeze, the sole noise
Whisper to my heart
Softly speak to my feelings
when hope is torn apart
When expectation is shattered
and no one can save you
And no one can rescue you
I walk alone
I journey without companionship
Every step I take
Every motion I make
My winter storm
The iciness within me
Holding me awake
Preventing me from slumbering
It's never gone
It is ever-present
When I walk alone
As I venture by myself
Go back to sleep forever more
Return to eternal slumber
Far from your fools and lock the door
Distant from your foolish companions and secure the entrance
They're all around and they'll make sure
They are omnipresent and they will ensure
You don't have to see
You do not have to witness
What I turned out to be
What I became
no one can help you
No one can aid you
waiting up in heaven
Anticipating in the heavens
I was never far from you
I was never distant from you
Spinning down I felt your every move
Rotating downward, I perceived your every action
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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@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!
@endymoura812
Nightwish after Tarja departure is just another band. Tarja is complete, a goddess ❤❤❤
@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.
@Konny94
Tarja didn't lose Nightwish, Nightwish lost Tarja! Eternal Queen!
@neonred7594
I agree. Nightwish is nothing without her.
@sudemustaine5468
that woman literally came to us from heaven