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About This Track
“Wish I Had An Angel” was the eleventh single for Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish, the second from their fifth album Once. The song features vocals by then-vocalist Tarja Turunen and bassist Marco Hietala, but is still performed live with current vocalist Anette Olzon and is often used as the final song of the band’s live shows.
Featured on the soundtrack of the film Alone in the Dark, it became the group’s most popular single in Europe and in the United States, next to Nemo. It made it onto two U.S. film soundtracks. It reached #60 in the United Kingdom, the highest of any of the band’s singles in the UK.
The song speaks of love and how it is so easily corrupted, and the pain resulting there from. “I wish I had your angel” - I wish I had your innocence, as mine has been destroyed by lust and dark thoughts. The innate self centeredness of my human nature burns innocence (angel wings) to dust. It corrupts goodness. It destroys beauty. The inability to escape the human condition. The song reflects the complex emotions that plague humanity. It’s painful to be human.
The song was also used as soundtrack in the film ‘Alone In The Dark’, 2004.
Directed by Uwe Boll, “Wish I Had an Angel” was the last video from Once and it features some scenes from the 2005 movie Alone in the Dark, also directed by Boll. An alternate version of the film omits the fil
Featured on the soundtrack of the film Alone in the Dark, it became the group’s most popular single in Europe and in the United States, next to Nemo. It made it onto two U.S. film soundtracks. It reached #60 in the United Kingdom, the highest of any of the band’s singles in the UK.
The song speaks of love and how it is so easily corrupted, and the pain resulting there from. “I wish I had your angel” - I wish I had your innocence, as mine has been destroyed by lust and dark thoughts. The innate self centeredness of my human nature burns innocence (angel wings) to dust. It corrupts goodness. It destroys beauty. The inability to escape the human condition. The song reflects the complex emotions that plague humanity. It’s painful to be human.
The song was also used as soundtrack in the film ‘Alone In The Dark’, 2004.
Directed by Uwe Boll, “Wish I Had an Angel” was the last video from Once and it features some scenes from the 2005 movie Alone in the Dark, also directed by Boll. An alternate version of the film omits the fil
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Shouts
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fariborz69 wrote:
Super
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SpaceCop_Mon-El wrote:
♥ x 3
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dansux wrote:
♥
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Aleopheus wrote:
Ahhh it is "Your Virgin Mary undone". still understand : "Your word to marry your duck" ;)
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marysienka1603 wrote:
świetna piosenka ;p
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MyMusicGame wrote:
♥
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Annabella62 wrote:
das Album 2011 ist der Hammer , echte Finnen eben *strahl
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kurrick024 wrote:
uplifting like wings of a angel like creature
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KasiaaO wrote:
I wish I had an angel For one moment of love I wish I had your angel tonight <33
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Szkieletorek16 wrote:
simply amazing!!
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ladycaroledowns wrote:
Brilliant!!......Love it!!!
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kurrick024 wrote:
triumph into nothing it persists
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Zabri_again___ wrote:
just listen to the bass drum.. disco metal :)
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MrFahrenheit200 wrote:
It's definitely one of their greatest songs!
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GiovaneBritto wrote:
Phoda com "ph"
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Nieznajomy666 wrote:
♥
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sundayborn13 wrote:
nice
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snowmann63 wrote:
ich habe mein Angel zuhause.
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crocy2 wrote:
i have an angel...
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WarlordThorvald wrote:
they should really change drum beat in refrain. disco metal... beside that very good song.
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