Nightwish - Dead Boy's Poem (lyrics)

[@Emper0rH0rde]

This is the most heartbreaking song Nightwish ever did. They've done their lion's share of *sad* songs, but this one is on another level entirely.

[@rockgamegirl4551]

This and Eva are definitely in the top for their sad songs

[@fleetadmiralsakazuki]

Two for Tragedy

[@rowdyreidgirl]

In1992, my mother and I went to visit a friend of hers from polytechnic Social Worker course.. I met the daughter of the friend, and I met Sarah, who had leukemia and had lost her hair from chemo. We all played together. I loved Sarah's gentleness. A year or so later, I asked about her, and my mother said nonchalantly, " Oh, she died.." That broke my heart. I was 14. Whenever I hear this song, I immediately think of Sarah, whose last name I never found out ❤ Rest now Sarah ❤❤

[@DarkMarxSoul]

This song was once considered "the mother of all Nightwish songs", and the message Tuomas wanted to be remembered for after he died. Tuomas was 24 when he released it, and he's almost 48 today. I wonder how he feels about it now.

[@PookieEatWorld]

Every time I hear something new by Nightwish, I find that I must compulsively listen to it until I have it memorized, and have studied every single note and its relationship to the notes around it. In my mind, there is no greater song writer in the world than Tuomas Holopainen.

[@benl5251]

Wonder what @PookieEatWorld is up to nowadays 🤔

[@khalidrajabov7998]

@@benl5251 same

[@reezaramones]

I wanted to do this song(dead boy's poem) before I die, because I wanted to tell the whole world what I think and feel. It expresses a lot of myself.-Tuomas Holopainen-

[@HopeSoooo]

Soul touching lyrics, I nearly cry every time I hear it. Tarja's heavenly voice along with the genius songwriter Tuomas Holopainen's lyrics are ....I have no words to say it.

[@victorgobatti9031]

I had a friend who killed himself some years ago. The only letter he left held these lyrics. I wish I could've helped him.

[@Hellraiser14]

omg

[@RichardRG86]

+Victor Gobatti wow...

[@GR3V3SZ]

+Victor Gobatti aww thats so sad bro I feel sorry for you and for him :(

[@TenyoGeorgiev]

+Victor Gobatti I'm so sad for your loss. But don't ever feel guilty! Just hope he is in a better place.

[@victorgobatti9031]

+Tenyo Georgiev Im sure he is! Thank u!

[@aleale785]

simply one of the best songs ever.... nearly 10 years after I heard it for the first time and is still one of my favorite songs.. Tarja has an amazing voice

[@plomienelo]

I would like to remind you that if you are looking at this comment then you have good taste in music.

[@ElCyberiusOrchestra]

The most beautiful song with the most perfect lyrics ever written... this is more than just music... this is poetry, art itself!

[@Perfidia]

This is a great example of when a songwriter is brave enough to just bare their soul to the world.

[@DTheEndeavoring]

Many of the lyrics of this song remind me of my relationship with my mother and how it impacted me throughout my life, even well after her death. She said she loved me, but she would frequently isolate me and verbally pick me apart, so I knew she didn't -- but I wanted so badly to believe the lie. As if to remind me that it was simple deceit, there was a time when she pulled back her fist to hit me, only stopping when I got angry and challenged her to do it. She was sick and needed help; help that I couldn't give. After years of PTSD and depression, I had nothing left to give. As her life came to an end -- despite all of my efforts to keep her alive and well -- all she could manage to do was fight with everyone around her. Then, in 2015, she passed on. In one fell swoop, I not only failed to become a god, I also turned my back on the one who had ignored my prayers.

[@rowdyreidgirl]

@TheEndeavouring I've been where you have ❤ We're survivors

[@SamSayonaraSimon]

There's a line, that make ´s my heart ache, everytime I hear it. "And you... I wish I didn't feel for you anymore"

[@TheUnforgiven1976]

This song is definitely one of Nightwish's best! As a writer and poet myself, I can completely relate to the emotions of this song. It is such an embodiment of truth and an utter masterpiece of the soul!

[@kirstenrichards8558]

Probably the most emotional Nightwish song for me~

[@mangalover0149]

This and The Poet and the Pendulum.

[@cristofertenggren5480]

It is thrilling me still today

[@zaitosan7663]

With The Poet and the Pendulum

[@arlenemachiavelli7653]

also for me, together with The poet and the pendolum and Ghost love score

[@midnightnightmareful]

A child, having witnessed enough sorrow and solitude to feel itself grown beggs for a return to passed times to erase made failures and resolve this devouring and painful feelings of lost childhood and invalidity. It stares out into the night praying to lost gods for friends to share its desolation and revivfy lost dreams for it alone has not the strength to do so. It only wishes what everyone wishes for, for being remembered, to share kindness, to love and to be loved, to live. All it longs for, prays for, fears for compacted in this song has given this song a grace rare to be found.

[@eddiejohnston1853]

This sums it up. Great writing buddy!

[@johnwesley492]

Eddie Johnston He's not your buddy, friend. Sorry, I just couldn't resist.

[@brokencydeGirl100]

This is art. Tuomas ist a genius.

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

That is beautiful and heartbreaking, I am moved deeply by the song and lyrics,,,

[@0Blackadder0]

" So much to live for So much to die for If only my heart had a home.." feeling this right now

[@honcp4367]

I'm feeling it in 2001 bro hitting hard ☮️ 2 U an URS

[@madradrevolutionary9408]

Such deep pain when you give someone your heart and they throw it away

[@debbystormrage]

How do you feeling now in 2022?

[@SeraphimIllusion]

I never thought I'd find a band that could read my soul so insanely accurate. This song is so amazing.

[@hamstermunchies5558]

I don't know why but its one of the very few things to make me cry like a baby.

[@1GTX1]

I also cry almost every time i hear this song, and it's probably because i can relate

[@joaodiego1790]

+Hamster Munchies lol girl, I think I have seen at least one comment of yours in every Nightwish song on KZbin :p

[@hamstermunchies5558]

Since you've seen me that must mean you're on every NW song too

[@PB-Trinity]

+Hamster Munchies I don't know for you but I'd kill to hear Floor singing this song. What do you think ?

[@joaodiego1790]

+Hamster Munchies yea, that is a good thing

[@Burizia]

The spoken words in this song are just genius. Best poetic verse i've heard in a long time.

[@ChichickenVersion02]

Gives me shivers and reminds me of my little brother who slept away when he was only an half year old... Gotta love the lyrics and Tarja's voice

[@Himekahorselover]

i can't say enough how much i ADORE this song and how much i ADORE Nightwish. their music is filled with SO much incredible, passionate, emotion. indescribable. the best band in the world, if you ask me. words cannot praise them enough

[@margaritatoteva3647]

A heartbreaking masterpiece

[@LadyeXo]

Every time I listen to this song, the lyrics cut deeper and deeper. "My love letter, to nobody"

[@Patricia-bl5lf]

Magnificent!!! Music does not get better than this!!! Nightwish is the Best. Second best is Within Temptation.

[@rjdshmetal]

2:49 to 3:14 3:46 to 4:12 where the boy is speaking is beyond epic. The words are knife turning. I don't car what kind of music you listen to or like but if people are not touched by that then you have no soul.

[@Samio352]

This is one of the songs where everyone has their own meaning that they give to it, beautiful and open for analysis into the beauty of song and poetry. A truly great piece of art, this!

[@Archris17]

Agreed. Music and song is how the heart speaks directly to this world. Any emotion; joy, sadness, passion, they are all one and the same. This song speaks the heart's feelings without restraint, that's what makes Nightwish so good.

[@alfazenka1222]

Brate moj... Znam da si tu i dalje, samo da se ne mozemo videti neko vreme... Brzo ce to proci. Volim te. Neka ti je laka crna zemlja.

[@BeardlessPipeSmoker]

:'(

[@garyhound7246]

Saučešće

[@johannessilver8653]

Tuomas is a poet, composer and total genius of music and art. Tarja is a Siren.

[@redneckster6639]

tarja got booted for a reason.

[@redneckster6639]

@Big Bill O'Reilly And got booted because she is wahmen and got a vagina? Hell yee!

[@river85]

Tarja with nw sucked live

[@redneckster6639]

@@river85 Jup, she was oversold and they kicked her for a reason.

[@river85]

@@redneckster6639 I don't think she was kicked out because she sucked live, there were problems between the other members and her that we'll never know! But she wasn't good live (to be honest neither Anette). Floor is the most versatile! I adored tarja's era songs, though. I still love nw but they have lost much epicness

[@1985reeza]

This song always brings tears to my eyes...

[@SacredNIghtfall]

This song is SO beautiful. One of my favorite Nightwish songs ever...

[@cuttlefisch]

Surely one of the two or three greatest rock songs of all time, just utterly epic and spell-binding.

[@OneTrueVikingbard]

This song’s title became sort of a theme for Nightwish going forward: “Dead to the World”, “Romanticide”, “For the Heart I Once Had”, “The Escapist”, “Last Ride of the Day”, “Song of Myself”…and then Floor Jansen joined the band and the Dead Boy was no more. Kind of feels like the essence of Nightwish, childhood innocence lost as represented by the Dead Boy, is no longer there.

[@aniaferr]

I dare to say this is the best masterpiece I've ever had the pleasure to listen to.

[@johannessilver8653]

They did the best live gig of this masterpiece in 2000 when they also recorded DVD "From Wishes to Eternity". One of the ultimate best songs there is.

[@daveb2853]

Nothing short of amazing, sends chills every time I listen to it.

[@dante4625]

One of the best voice ever

[@vhaldemaarbutcher8416]

Sing what you can`t say Forget what you can`t play

[@arenaskiez]

Out of all the songs I've listened to, this has the best lyrics.

[@suydmc272]

This song is so beautiful it is unbelieveable and the poetry is great too. It is a bid sad and that just gives it even more soul. I love it!

[@charles1998121]

How in the multiverse am I now coming across this song 😱😱😱😱 I LOVE IT 💘

[@encoreee90]

the part from 4:38 to the end is unbelieveable...every instrument and her voice...her voice when singing 'an ocean soul' is, i have no words, just epic..the feeling of this outro is very powerful

[@hopeless.mehedi]

2024 still listening this song from Bangladesh 😅😅

[@Hildoz2]

I love the poem the boy reads out loud in the song! It's matches just perfect and really gives you an insigt in the story.

[@manfredbarth5025]

tarjas voice, is a gift of the gods

[@glavatasara]

A gift of the thruly God!

[@valeriahernandezbelman6809]

+Denis Olujic absolutamente!!!

[@abbybruce4066]

This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard!

[@tyhmatyyppi]

One of the best songs of Nightwish IMO. So beautiful lyrics, so good voice...

[@PaleonPale]

As a composer myself, this really hits me deep. I can't not tear up, especially 2:47

[@Dravenlee6]

This song saved my life. I was in a bad place and this just hit my feeling so every time I feel like life is to much I play this song

[@johannessilver8653]

Tuomas receives plenty of feedback from people who really say that his music has saved their lives. Good that you feel better as well.

[@hankaben4909]

pray to Lord Jésus-Christ, only He can save

[@pionjar666]

Thank you Tarja. You was part of Nightwish became a big. Now we move on it's Floor's time.

[@christianflack806]

This song should be taught at music schools around this planet.

[@rjdshmetal]

In my early to mid 20's this song hit the spot. Still does. I spent most part of my 20's searching for who I was and living a lonely life. Christian married man now and happy. How the current lame music industry looks at some of todays popular artist as geniuses and ignores a song like this is beyond me.

[@KikiHitomi1]

This is my favorite Nightwish song

[@MrsNightmare1]

people who dislike this have no idea what music means :) This is totally a masterpiece and one of my top songs ever!

[@IYeSICMF04]

This is a masterpiece - so true!

[@zwergnase1995]

this song is so beautiful, one of my favorite nightwish songs. tarja i miss you ): anette is great but nobody can replace tarja. does anybody know who speaks the poem??

[@rami_ferreyra]

it speaks about joe

[@StuntcatTV]

he means joe mama, before you ask

[@helge2000]

Neil Hardwick's son is the person who recites the poem.. Neil is a British-born Finnish theatre and TV director and writer. Tuomas has said he definitely wanted that the child must be a native English speaker so he contacted Neil.

[@kukus14]

wszystkie piosenki Nightwish są świetne :) Ale muszę się z tobą zgodzić, ta jest naprawdę wspaniała.

[@TheAngelHernan]

wow this is one of the most lyrics i've heard and tarja's voice just make it so beautifl love it!

[@SahariaCoimbra]

This music takes me to other world. It keeps me calm. Thank you NW for your inapproachable talent.

[@Kartsukko]

Criminally underrated song... :( My favourite ballad from them, one of my favourite songs over all.

[@CiyeyFantasy]

it's so beautiful. I can feel with the song

[@Sumpfhexchen]

I wished, I found this gorgeus song while I was able to run, hours for hours... Thanks for sharing

[@billy25x]

What an art... this song incredibly makes me cry, probably the most emotional song of the band.... "where being wanted became a thrill i never knew..."

[@TeeteringPeaks]

...and you... I wish I didn't feel for you any more.

[@thull21]

the song reminds me of the bad mess i got myself into about a year ago, when you have felt you cant go on, when you have hurt so bad that you just want to stop the pain forever, you can truly connect with this video.

[@LordSkarder]

As far away as I am from such music now,this song still moves me. Possibly the best song Nightwish have.

[@valanah]

This is so beautiful, but so sad, too. I love Tarjas voice. And the little boy sounds so sad. Thanks, I looked for the lyrics, great video.

[@crazydandielion]

this song is so awesome! it gives me chills!

[@joy_Unbreakable]

i like Nightwishs old and new Songs.

[@stevenleesmith1]

+Joy Unbreakable M me too

[@johannessilver8653]

Right...no matter the time ...they are great since 1996.

[@TheGuardianEzio]

So you will be hated by both Floor's fans AND Tarja's! (sarcastic)

[@Ranahi_Itma]

_A lonely soul,_ _An ocean soul...._ *story of my life*

[@alarabjasminum86]

One of the greatest song i've ever heard.Honestly! Everything here is just PERFECT- music,lyrics,child voice. If i'm going to die in next 10 minutes,the last thing that i'd like to do is listen this song.Now you should search for another masterpiece from Nightwish,which is Creek Mary's Blood. I wish you all the best Lady Turunen! sorry for my english,because i'm come from Poland.

[@bigkev2084]

one of my fave songs from Wishmaster, first time i heard this song it made me choke up a bit

[@mangalover0149]

This and Come Cover Me, for me. Love them.

[@Spectru91]

the quitar in the middle of the song just kills me so beatiful

[@mikemora6777]

amazing song , never tired of listening it💙

[@alexisf7720]

No matter what, the first lines break me completely.

[@liveforlife2494]

This is one of my favorite Nightwish songs. Thanks ^_^

[@kiluanh7497]

"If you read this line, remember not the hand that wrote it... Remember only the verse, songmaker's cry, the one without tears"! "And you... I wish I didn't feel for you anymore..." "I'm sorry" It's just... I got no word to tell how powerful this song is on mind and heart! The truth can only touch us!

[@iristof6548]

Beautiful! Beautiful! That's the best song in the world!

[@alexandreleuba2537]

I've just seen them live tonight in Geneva, performing this song. Greatest moment ever!

[@johannessilver8653]

Alex Leuba: My greatest moment ever was when they did that in the concert "From Wishes to Eternity" in 2000. There is KZbin video of that too.

[@hopeisonlyanillusion]

oh i fell in love with nightwish in 2006 and are one of favorite bands , i cannot describe the feelings that this music evoques on me , but well i just gonna said that they keep me alive , althrough i rarely listen to them ,cause i just have suddenly the need to listen to one of their records i just enter on rapture

[@exmgx]

"Did you hear the one about the man who can't be destroyed? He was buried alive. He was set on fire. They carried him away. But he keeps...coming...back. Don't be afraid. Be terrified. Did you hear that? Did you feel that? Did you see that? Prepare yourselves. As I lay me down to sleep. I pray my soul is mine to keep. And never step outside this bed. Never. Into all evil...now back from the dead."

[@YellowLantern18]

Every time I hear this,my heart breaks from memories.

[@AmorrSummerstorm]

"Walk within my poetry , this dying music" my god this is amazing and inspiring sentence to me

[@TheBlackberry36]

Hauntingly beautiful!

[@Moonlightslullaby]

There is no song I'll ever love as much as I love this one. Just perfect. : )

[@32byrd]

This is such a beautiful beautiful song.

[@kukus14]

Wow I never had any idea that this video would become so popular! Thanks everyone!

[@ladansedeshermines378]

Say how I love this song it's impossible... Magic, sadness, hope, all in one music: the art.

[@BigScarab90]

Ive seen Floor sing this song live and she did such a good job with it! Never expected to see it performed live in my life ever

[@erikacusquisiban4821]

hace 10 años escuché a mágica banda, Tarja capturó todo gusto musical que pudo existir en mí \m/ Adoro a Tarja y cuando muera quiero su voz acompañandome mi último día

[@vannevieyra9824]

creí que era la única xD

[@erikacusquisiban4821]

+Vanne Vieyra 😉

[@XxxmariacullenxxX]

this has to be one of the saddest songs ever written..... amazing...

[@zapman266]

I must say, this is quite possibly the reason I started craving music with soprano vocals.

[@a.molsdal6954]

My fav nightwish Song ever.

[@silriadys]

I love...this is a strong and beautiful music....!!

[@iloveyou4everandmore]

i freaking love the song it's so full of feelings

[@mippyreid8587]

He knows he's dying, listening to concerts has been his best friend in hospital, while he waits for human contact. His only refuge is his writing and his composition. Listen to the lyrics, you'll hear what he needs to.

[@yeyouhd8802]

Did he write this on a dying bed ???

[@WickerDruid11135]

No matter where I look, corner to corner of cultures abound.. Nightwish shall forever endure in my "heart" and capture it time and time again. For it is, to me, exactly as it's name states, a wish upon the night for everything to be better when dawn breaks..

[@IakovC]

Honestly, I feel the exact same way about everything that you have written! Cheers!

[@margaritatoteva8780]

so beautiful, love it