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{{Song
 | Title            = Nemo
 | Image            = Nightwish - Nemo - Finland - Spinefarm.jpg
 | ImageDescription = CD single - Finland - 1st edition.
 | Artist           = {{SongArtist|Nightwish}}
 | PublishedYear    = 2004
 | PublishedMonth   = 04
 | PublishedDay     = 19
 | Composer         = {{SongComposer|Tuomas Holopainen}}
 | Genre            = {{MusicGenre|Symphonic metal}}
 | Themes           = {{SongTheme|Depression}}, {{SongTheme|Desire}}
 | Rating           = 8
}}

'''''Nemo''''' is a [[symphonic metal]] song by the band [[Nightwish]]. It was the first single released off the album ''[[Once]]'' and appears to be the source of the album's title. The single was first released on 2004-04-19 and album version on 2004-06-07. There are multiple versions of the song including the orchestral version, single version (also called the fade out version), a radio edit, the cold end version, and various live recordings. Among the various singles that have been released, B-sides usually include ''[[Live to Tell the Tale]]'', ''[[Planet Hell]]'', and ''[[White Night Fantasy]]''.

[[Tuomas Holopainen]] composed the song's music and wrote the lyrics. The song was performed by [[Tarja Turunen]] on vocals, Tuomas Holopainen on keyboard and piano, [[Emppu Vuorinen]] on guitar, [[Jukka Nevalainen]] on drums, [[Marco Hietala]] on bass, and the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] performing the orchestra and choral background.

Tuomas Holopainen has explained that the song is based on his occasional feelings of being lost, longing for the past, and feeling nameless. The title is Latin for "nobody," a common theme in fiction, but Holopainen has explained that the song is not based on the characters created by Jules Verne (Captain Nemo in ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''), Winsor McCay (Little Nemo in ''[[Little Nemo in Slumberland]]''), and certainly not Andrew Stanton (Nemo in ''[[Finding Nemo]]'').

==Personal==
I think I heard this song around 2006, a couple years after I first discovered the band and after the release of the album. ''Nemo'' quickly became my favorite song on the album. The song is still a favorite of mine, but it lacks staying power because it's mostly chorus. Still, I love the combination of a simple piano theme and driving electric guitars, Tarja's vocals are very fitting to this morose song, the orchestra and choir really add weight, and the guitar in the instrumental break is fantastic.

==Lyrics==
 This is me for forever
 One of the lost ones
 The one without a name
 Without an honest heart as compass
 
 This is me for forever
 One without a name
 These lines the last endeavor
 To find the missing lifeline
 
 Oh how I wish
 For soothing rain
 All I wish is to dream again
 My loving heart 
 Lost in the dark
 For hope I'd give my everything
 
 My flower
 Withered between
 The pages two and three
 The once and forever bloom gone with my sins
 
 Walk the dark path 
 Sleep with angels
 Call the past for help
 Touch me with your love
 And reveal to me my true name
 
 Oh how I wish
 For soothing rain
 All I wish is to dream again
 My loving heart 
 Lost in the dark
 For hope I'd give my everything
 
 Oh how I wish
 For soothing rain
 Oh how I wish to dream again
 Once and for all
 And all for once
 Nemo my name for evermore
 
 Nemo sailing home
 Nemo letting go
 
 Oh how I wish
 For soothing rain
 All I wish is to dream again
 My loving heart 
 Lost in the dark
 For hope I'd give my everything
 
 Oh how I wish
 For soothing rain
 Oh how I wish to dream again
 Once and for all
 And all for once
 Nemo my name for evermore
 
 Nemo my name for evermore

==Media==
===Album Art===
I'm not thrilled about any of these covers. The palette is muddy, and the band members just look like they're trying too hard.

<gallery>
Nightwish - Nemo - Finland - Spinefarm.jpg|Original Finnish cover.
Nightwish - Nemo - Germany - Nuclear Blast.jpg|Alternate cover used in most other regions.
Nightwish - Nemo - USA - Roadrunner.jpg|US promo cover (same photo as back of ''[[Once]]''.
</gallery>

===Videos===
{{YouTube|kIBdpFJyFkc|Official video.}}
{{YouTube|plNcYhtPB8Y|Live at Wacken, 2013.}}
{{YouTube|ww2f4PPprSc|Live from the ''End of an Era'' DVD.}}

==Links==
{{Link|Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo_(song)}}
{{Link|Discogs|https://www.discogs.com/Nightwish-Nemo/master/3208}}
{{Link|SongMeanings|https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858504364}}


[[Category: Singles]]
[[Category: Favorite]]
[[Category: Favorite Songs]]