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
The Archive of Lost Dreams
Tarja Lyrics
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Countless stories were left to rest in peace
Darkened and calm
The grave uncared
Once a haven filled with hope
The archive of lost dreams
We send our inner fears for the ocean to score
Waiting it takes them all away from the shore
Longing for our wishes to find a way back home
Aah...Naiad
The last one in the unknown
The keeper of our written dreams
Aah...Promises
None of them were left behind
She blessed them with her kiss
See.
Hear and feel
The miracle of life
Believe the signs and trust you'll stay alive
Descend to find the depth of your heart
Mysterious Naiad
Now the circle's closed forever
Aah...Naiad
The archive is gone
We are on our own
The lyrics to Tarja's song The Archive of Lost Dreams paint a visual picture of a mysterious and abandoned place, hidden beneath a thick veil of mist. The imagery of countless untold stories resting in peace in this unknown and darkened archive, uncared and forgotten, sets the tone of the song. It is a place that was once filled with hope and dreams, but now is left to be forgotten. The lyrics suggest that people send their inner fears and deepest beliefs to the ocean to rid their soul from them, hoping they will not come back. The finality of the song is clear when it states "Now the circle's closed forever, the archive is gone, we are on our own." This suggests a sense of finality, like the end of an era, with the archive now lost and people left to fend for themselves.
The line "deepest beliefs from billions of souls, longing for our wishes to find a way back home" suggests that people are searching for answers, a way to make their dreams come true, and to find meaning in their lives. The mention of Naiad, the last one in the unknown, and the keeper of their written dreams, highlights the idea that people believe in some higher power, hoping their dreams find a way to come true, and that it is through some mysterious keeper that they might find fulfilment. The song ends on a note of uncertainty, with people having to rely on themselves, now that there is no archive to keep their dreams safe.
Line by Line Meaning
Far from the light to reach beneath a veil of mist
The archive of lost dreams is located in a place that is far from light and shrouded in a misty veil.
Countless stories were left to rest in peace
Numerous stories were lost and were not able to be told.
Darkened and calm
The archive of lost dreams is calm and dark.
The grave uncared
The place where the archive of lost dreams lies is like an abandoned grave that nobody takes care of.
Once a haven filled with hope
The archive of lost dreams was once a sanctuary of hope.
The archive of lost dreams
The archive of lost dreams is a place where dreams that were never realized reside.
We send our inner fears for the ocean to score
We try to let go of our internal fears so that the ocean may take them away.
Waiting it takes them all away from the shore
Waiting for something to happen that can take away our fears and keep them away from our consciousness.
Deepest beliefs from billions of souls
Billions of people keep their deepest beliefs and desires within themselves.
Longing for our wishes to find a way back home
We wish our desires could be realized and come back to us.
Aah...Naiad
The Naiad is invoked with this line.
The last one in the unknown
The Naiad is the last entity that remains unknown.
The keeper of our written dreams
The Naiad keeps the written dreams of people.
Aah...Promises
Promises are evoked with this line.
None of them were left behind
Nobody left their promises behind.
She blessed them with her kiss
The Naiad blessed people's dreams with her kiss.
See.
This line is an imperative to see.
Hear and feel
This line is an imperative to hear and feel.
The miracle of life
People should be aware of the miracle of life.
Believe the signs and trust you'll stay alive
People should have faith in the signs around them and trust that they will survive.
Descend to find the depth of your heart
People have to go within themselves to discover their true feelings.
Mysterious Naiad
The Naiad is mysterious.
Now the circle's closed forever
The story of the Naiad and the archive of lost dreams has come to an end.
Aah...Naiad
The Naiad is once again invoked.
The archive is gone
The archive of lost dreams is not there anymore.
We are on our own
People are left to rely on themselves now that the archive of lost dreams is gone.
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Jua Los
Prödigia por exelencia! Musa inspiradora..
Iris
I almost cried when I first heard this. It has to be one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.
Reverie King
are you still crying?
Dkoxperia Koziukov
"The Archive Of Lost Dreams"
Far from the light to reach beneath a veil of mist
Countless stories were left to rest in peace
Darkened and calm
The grave uncared
Once a haven filled with hope
The archive of lost dreams
We send our inner fears for the ocean to score
Waiting it takes them all away from the shore
Deepest beliefs from billions of souls
Longing for our wishes to find a way back home
Aah...Naiad
The last one in the unknown
The keeper of our written dreams
Aah...Promises
None of them were left behind
She blessed them with her kiss
See.
Hear and feel
The miracle of life
Believe the signs and trust you'll stay alive
Descend to find the depth of your heart
Mysterious Naiad
Now the circle's closed forever
Aah...Naiad
The archive is gone
We are on our own
Marcos Sánchez
Dkoxperia Koziukov i
patrick martin
tarja! tarja! tarja!