Nightwish Lyrics Test | Music

Answer: Bless The Child

This is a passage from "Bless The Child", from "Century Child" album.
This single has a videoclip, recorded in a hangar.

Curiosity about the band: Tarja Turunen, singer from 1996 to 2005, always coordinated the color of her clothes with her microphone.

Answer: "Ghost Love Score", "Deep Silent Complete", "Elvenpath"

The word "siren/s" is commonly repeated in Nightwish lyrics. Tuomas Holopainen has said that mermaids fascinate him quite a lot.
In "Ghost Love Score" we can see, for example, the reference here: "...A siren from the deep came to me...", in "Deep Silent Complete" here: "...The sirens are calling for me..." and in "Elvenpath" here: "...Songs as a seduction of sirens...".

Curiosity about the band: Tuomas Holopainen is considered to be the the Nightwish mastermind, because he writes almost all songs and does the music too.

Answer: "...Pierced right through my youth..."

This passage belongs to the song "The Crow, The Owl And The Dove", from the album "Imaginaerum".
This is the entire verse concerning the owl in the song: "An owl came to me; Old and wise; Pierced right through my youth; I learned its ways, envied its sense; But needed nothing it had".

Curiosity about the band: The name Nightwish comes from the band's first demo of the same name.

Answer: "Sacrament Of Wilderness", "She Is My Sin", "Seven Days To The Wolves", "Lappi", "Wanderlust"

Wolves are referenced a lot in Nightwish songs. They are Tuomas Holopainen's favourite animals and sometimes appear as a metaphor.
In "Sacrament Of Wilderness", for example, the reference appears here: "...The frozen figure crossed by tracks of wolves...", in "She Is My Sin" here: "...A wolf will betray a lamb...", in "7 Days To The Wolves", apart from the name of the song already, here: "...The wolves, my love, will come...", in "Lappi" here: "...Dismal are the mirrors of a wolf..." and in "Wanderlust" here: "...Hear how the wolves howl...".

Curiosity about the band: Tuomas stated that he would never play the song "Ocean Soul" live, because it has a lot of personal meaning for him. He also states that "ocean soul" are the best two words to describe him.

Answer: Beauty And The Beast

This passage belongs to the song "Beauty And The Beast", from the album "Angels Fall First".
The studio version features Tuomas Holopainen as a singer for the male voice parts. This song is also played in the live DVD "From Wishes To Eternity", featuring Tony Kakko from the Finnish metal band Sonata Arctica as the male part's singer.

Curiosity about the band: Almost (if not all) the members have or had side projects.

Answer: Song Of Myself

"Song Of Myself", based on a poem of the same name from Walt Whitman, features a part with a long poem recited by many different voices. The song belongs to the album "Imaginaerum" and the live version doesn't feature the poem.

Curiosity about the band: The album "Dark Passion Play" was going to be called "The Poet And The Pendulum". However, Tuomas thought it wasn't a very good idea to name the album that way because it was too much a reference to him.

Answer: Last Ride Of The Day

"Last Ride Of The Day" is from the album "Imaginaerum".
This passage is situated here: "...Once upon a night we`ll wake to the carnival of life; The beauty of this ride ahead such an incredible high; It`s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead; This moment the dawn of humanity; The last ride of the day...".

Curiosity about the band: Floor Jansen is the third Nightwish singer.

Answer: "...The master of the tale-like lore..."

This passage belongs to the song "FantasMic", shown in the album "Wishmaster".
"FantasMic" was written as an homage to the Disney World, being T. Holopainen is a big fan of it.

Curiosity about the band: The song "Bye Bye Beautiful" was dedicated to the singer Tarja Turunen, who was fired after the concert "End Of An Era" in Hartwall Arena, in 2005.

Answer: Song Of Myself

In "Song Of Myself", from the album "Imaginaerum", a verse contains a reference to the Dead Boy from the song "Dead Boy's Poem" ("Wishmaster"). The passage is this: "...What is left for encore; Is the same old Dead Boy`s song; Sung in silence...".

Curiosity about the band: Most of Tuomas' lyrics are inspired by Disney.

Answer: "Arabesque", "Imaginaerum"

Nightwish has many songs without any lyrics. A full instrumental album was released along the movie "Imaginaerum". The album's name is "Imaginaerum-The Score".

Curiosity about the band: Tuomas said many times that "The Village" was his favourite movie. He sees the movie as "escapism at his best", watching it many times a week.