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Rhythm 9.8
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Lyrics 10.0
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This song has been reviewed 18 times. Overall score for this song, 9.9.
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Nightwish - Dead Boy's Poem Lyrics

Song details
TitleDead Boy's Poem
ArtistNightwish
AlbumWishmaster (2000) , Track 10 ,
Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish (2005) , Track 15
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Song lyrics
"I live no more to shame nor me nor you
I'm sorry"

Born from silence, silence full of it
A perfect concert my best friend
So much to live for, so much to die for
If only my heart had a home

Sing what you can't say
Forget what you can't play
Hasten to drown into beautiful eyes
Walk within my poetry, this dying music
- My loveletter to nobody

Never sigh for better world
It's already composed, played and  told
Every thought the music I write
Everything a wish for the night

Wrote for the eclipse, wrote for the virgin
Died for the beauty the one in the garden
Created a kingdom, reached for the wisdom
Failed in becoming a god

Never sigh for better world
It's already composed, played and  told
Every thought the music I write
Everything a wish for the night

If you read this line, remember not the hand that wrote it
Remember only the verse, songmaker's cry the one without tears
For I've given this its strength and it has become my only strength.
Comforting home, mother's lap,  chance for immortality
Where being wanted became a thrill I never knew
The sweet piano writing down my life

Teach me passion for I fear it's gone
Show me love, hold the lorn
So much more I wanted to give to the ones who love me
I'm sorry
Time will tell [this bitter farewell]
I live no more to shame nor me nor you

And you... I wish I didn't feel for you anymore...

A lonely soul... An ocean soul...
lyrics submitted by Dayn
lyrics corrected by ambyst0ma on 29-12-2004




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08-05-2004 12:25Murmin is offline Murmin 

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this is such a great song, in my language: KLASSE!!!
16-08-2004 02:29PsYkOpAtH is offline PsYkOpAtH 

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so good... nightwish kick ass
15-10-2004 11:17NightwishLover is offline NightwishLover 

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The first time I heard this song I dremt my self away, just thinking about nothing. I simply love this song Nightwish rule!
16-11-2004 21:07poslanik is offline poslanik 

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This is my girl's best song!!! So it is to me also cause when I listen to it I remember her!!!
26-11-2004 10:55poslanik is offline poslanik 

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I just have to say that this song is too sad to me when I don't see my girl for the longtime, but I like to listen to it before we meet cause then I'm so happy when I see her.
L&M forever
29-11-2004 23:32i_luv_the_used is offline i_luv_the_used 

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this song is awesome!!! i luv nightwish!!
01-12-2004 21:33Nemesea is offline Nemesea 

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Well, I think this song is more about a love hurt which triggers a suicide at the end, of a young boy... Yes very romantic indeed . DBP is a good song, with very emotional lyrics which fit perfectly, which triggers (with me) a lot of emotions, and toughts... But romantic? Not in this lifetime it's not!
01-12-2004 21:56minastirith is offline minastirith 


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This is a sad song, it makes me cry occasionally, but it's a well written song.
18-12-2004 22:14Pop_killer is offline Pop_killer 


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This is so sad... but its great all the same
20-12-2004 08:39Tuulikki is offline Tuulikki 

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This is a lovely song.

It's a personal song by/about Tuomas. He's the Dead Boy. It's like the story of his life. I believe it's him saying his thank yous and sorrys to those he cares for.

Not about a child committing suicide
30-12-2004 10:26poisonbrain is offline poisonbrain 


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I saw an interview with Tuomas and Jukka, and he said, and I qoute: "The basic idea is if I were to die tomorrow, if I really died, there'd be so much I wanted to say. There are so many people whom I should thank, so many I should apologize to but haven't apologized. So many people I should tell to go fuck themselves but haven't had the guts to do so far. I just had to write a song for them. It might be that Dead Boy's Poem is the best song we ever wrote."
Gotta love the guy. Still, I can really see the other thing with the suicide in here. Maybe it wasn't what they originally intended, but there are so many songs that work out that way.

And do I really have to say that I love it??
05-02-2005 21:47johnmatti is offline johnmatti 

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Lovely. Peaceful. Not the best, but good indeed.
28-02-2005 19:58CenturyChild is offline CenturyChild 

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Love it <3
12-03-2005 21:28hobbitgirl is offline hobbitgirl 

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this is the first Nighwish song I have ever heard. I was so amazed that ive download a few more songs of theirs!
28-07-2005 03:54dudekrulz is offline dudekrulz 

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So awesome....so so awesome.
10-09-2005 22:15alelee is offline alelee 

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I love it!!!! [i]"So much to live for, so much to die for. If only my heart had a home."
01-10-2005 13:03Tuomasaholic is offline Tuomasaholic 

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"The basic idea is if I were to die tomorrow, if I really died, there'd be so much I wanted to say. There are so many people whom I should thank, so many I should apologize to but haven't apologized. So many people I should tell to go fuck themselves but haven't had the guts to do so far. I just had to write a song for them. It might be that Dead Boy's Poem is the best song we ever wrote."Tuomas said about it
He's right! What if we'd die tomorrow So much that is unsaid *sigh* song makes me cry As good as salying the dreamer
sigh
19-10-2005 08:13akaast is offline akaast 

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This is truly the deepest song ever written by man. I hope the majority of us Nightwish-fans understand the message of this song.
19-10-2005 08:15akaast is offline akaast 

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Oh, hobbitgirl, it's really great that you supported the band by DOWNLOADING their songs. Music ain't free.
08-12-2005 02:08l0st_s0ul is offline l0st_s0ul 

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I love this song. I heard it today, and it's great!
12-01-2006 15:43Dropkicked is offline Dropkicked 


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This is an amazing song, at first i didnt much like it cos it was boring but then i got really into it
30-01-2006 17:38beckyl is offline beckyl 

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Ah amazing song! I love how it finishes with Tarja singing "a lonely soul...an ocean soul".

It's really sad too. I still don't have the Wishmaster album, I need to get it; I have all the others. I heard this off the Highest Hopes cd.
23-04-2006 02:43Angelika_Wylde is offline Angelika_Wylde 

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This is a beautiful song. I burned the song from my CD onto my computer, so know I play it on loop.

I *heart* Nightwish
23-04-2006 11:03Dropkicked is offline Dropkicked 


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lol ditto.....though ive listened to them so often I know all their songs off by heart
23-08-2008 16:27adilinar1120 is offline adilinar1120 


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98% of Nightwish songs are written by Tuomas
But there are some that seem like more personal than others...

Ocean Soul
Dead to the World
Dead Boy's Poem
Ghost Love Score

They're all basically about him... Tuomas writes about himself, most of the time. And about things he experiences or feels...

Like "Wish I had an Angel" is about a bar or something like that, Ive heard.

This one, and the bonus track on Dark Passion Play "The Escapist" are one of my fav songs...

But this one just sends chills down my spine, the way he writes, and the way he uses the words...

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