tiistai 1. lokakuuta 2013


Pariisin Kevät - Odotus

Waiting


Hey, don't be afraid of your voice
It echoes back from the walls
For me, your song is the most beautiful
I listen like a tiger hiding in the grass
I see you as the most beautiful bird
The cage door isn't closed
You are there from your own will
But if you decide to dare
I will be waiting silently by the door
I will be waiting silently by the door
I will be waiting
I will take you in my arms
And no one can ever get in between us

I sharpen these teeth
Listening to a beautiful song
When I dream about your flight
I'll catch you in the air

I will be waiting silently by the door
I will be waiting silently by the door
I will be waiting
I will take you in my arms
And no one can ever get in between us

Somewhere close by, time is waiting for someone to stop it
Always close by
Hey, don't be afraid of your voice
It echoes shrilled from the walls

For me, your laughter is the most beautiful
When I grab you by the wings
But if you decide to come out

I will be waiting silently by the door
I will be waiting silently by the door
I will be waiting
I will take you in my arms
And no one can ever get in between us

I will be waiting silently by the door
I will be waiting silently by the door
I will be waiting
I will take you in my arms
And no one can ever get in between us







torstai 23. toukokuuta 2013


Anna Puu- Säännöt Rakkaudelle

Rules for Love

We can't want each other so, that we lie
at home to our loved ones, this is the first rule.
We can't  say to each other: "What if we'd take it all off?
We'll open the the last gate." This is rule number two.

We have to invent the rules for love.
And love within their boundaries, slow down for the intersections in time.
We have to invent the rules for love.
And love within their boundaries, and turn for home in time.

We can't look at each other so, so that we'll reveal the truth.
We'll let in and stay side by side forever, this is already rule number three.
We can't need each other so, so that we'd sink.
And we can't live on our own, this is the rule most hopeless.

We have to invent the rules for love.
And love within their boundaries, slow down for the intersections in time.
We have to invent the rules for love.
And love within their boundaries, and turn for home in time.

We can't abandon each other, what if we do fall in love after all?
If we were created as one in the beginning, this is the last rule.

We have to invent the rules for love.
And love within their boundaries, slow down for the intersections in time.
We have to invent the rules for love.
And love within their boundaries, and turn for home in time.



sunnuntai 12. toukokuuta 2013


Samuli Putro - Olet Puolisoni Nyt

You Are My Spouse now

No prairies, no fields, no mountaintops
There's a city and in it two senior citizens
The other wakes to a repeating nightmare and gets out of bed
The wolves aren't howling and the water's not ice cold
The spouses body covered by two quilts
The other one was a present, it's edge fraying
The gaze freezes, the time not

The tears begin to flow just downstairs
The silence is so perfectly silent
That a whisper is a shout
I wouldn't trade a second
Not the youth, not the mad growing pains
Not the ice that broke, not the church bells 
You were my spouse then, you are my spouse now

The wall is wallpapered and the floor is wood
Photographs of the dog and the grandchildren
The upstairs is coughing, a step is missed
The film stops
I call this the love of two people
I call this life even though
I haven't performed perfectly either

The tears begin to flow just downstairs
The silence is so perfectly silent
That a whisper is a shout
I wouldn't trade a second
Not the youth, not the mad growing pains
Not the ice that broke, not the church bells 
You were my spouse then, you are my spouse now

The potent spring blossoms
And the morning wears an iron suit
When the shed is made of soapstone
There I am young like the lawns
You sit in the corner table of the room
The music is rhythmic
I ask if I can have a dance, you nod
You nod

The tears begin to flow just downstairs
The silence is so perfectly silent
That a whisper is a shout
I wouldn't trade a second
Not the youth, not the mad growing pains
Not the ice that broke, not the church bells 
You were my spouse then, you are my spouse now




Zen Café - Huonot Päiväsi

Your Bad Days


The light refracts like this in your window
floating across the room toward the wall
Covering you in distant movements
that's what really makes you beautiful
I'll always stay as ugly as always
as ugly as in my class photos

I liked how you stirred
for a second and then swam back to sleep
I looked closely at those expressions
that tells me that you are you
I have exactly two expressions
one of them in use right now

When I'll know all your bad days by heart
you can invite the nights in
When I'll know all your nightmares by heart
you can invent more

I'l remember you inch by inch
but not our anniversaries
For some reasons numbers wont stay in my mind
but images like these
The light grabs the bed cover
I'll make a shield for you with my hands

When I'll know all your bad days by heart
you can invite the nights in
When I'll know all your nightmares by heart
you can invent more

Some day, through and through, I will get to know 
your dreams and history 

When I'll know all your bad days by heart
you can invite the nights in
When I'll know all your bad days by heart…


Note: I translated the part "Muistan sinut sentti sentiltä" to I remember you inch by inch because I thought it fits in better. Direct translation and maybe the correct one would be centimeter by centimeter but that doesn't sound as good.


tiistai 9. huhtikuuta 2013


Pariisin Kevät - Kesäyö

A summer night

I sat in the dark,
a moment started and it felt…
…like it would never end.
For a moment silence came to me,
like a creature and shouted,
"Don't be afraid of the world."
We sat together for a while
and the universe was looking down upon us.

And outside, a summer night.
Tears rained down my face.
And outside, a summer night.
Tears rained down my face.

I wake up on the beach,
the night is brighter than the day.
The dots of light glide into the morning.
I have forgotten where I came from,
I drape myself in the cape of oblivion
but I remember airships, flying into the skyline.

And outside, a summer night.
Tears rained down my face.
And outside, a summer night.
Tears rained down my face.

I sit in the dark,
still waiting for the moment that will never end.
A silence would arrive,
telling me how everything eventually disappears.
I see the lights in the sky
and cold chills run down my spine.

And outside, a summer night.
Tears rained down my face.
And outside, a summer night.
Tears rained down my face.

And outside, a summer night.
Tears rained down my face.
And outside, a summer night.
Tears rained down my face.

And outside, a summer night.
Tears rained down my face.
And outside, a summer night.
Tears rained down my face.




maanantai 8. huhtikuuta 2013


Zen Café - Todella kaunis

Really beautiful

We would meet when it's important
No one would get to bother us and tell us what to do
We would give each other a reason for silence
So you're buying time and I'm the one selling it

You are really beautiful, you only live once
You are really intelligent, you only live for a moment
You are really beautiful, you only live once
You are really intelligent, you only live for a moment

We would take anything from each other
What I'd get from you, could replace…
…the restless evenings and the sleepless nights,
spaces, useless fumblings and the the insignificant works

You are really beautiful, you only live once
You are really intelligent, you only live for a moment
You are really beautiful, you only live once
You are really intelligent, you only live for a moment

I would catch you without a question
I wouldn't be afraid to be in you
I would catch you without a question
I wouldn't be afraid to be in you
I would catch you without a question
I wouldn't be afraid to be in you
I would catch you without a question
I wouldn't be afraid to be in you
I would catch you without a question
I wouldn't be afraid to be in you

You are really beautiful, you only live once
You are really intelligent, you only live for a moment
You are really beautiful, you only live once
You are really intelligent, you only live for a moment
Really beautiful, you only live once
Really intelligent, you only live for a moment
Really beautiful, you only live once
Really intelligent

We could create a miracle for each other
If you are able as I am able to see







tiistai 19. maaliskuuta 2013


Apulanta - Päivästä toiseen

Day in, day out

Just yesterday a rose-scented
Warm night I spent with you
Quietly the waves of the silky sea sang to us
Dreams and reality
I couldn't tell apart at all
Baby you swept me down like ripe grain

I only have myself to blame
Left alone wandering in the blizzard
Because I didn't ask for the price of your love

I'm cold and my feet are tired
Sleet beating the frozen ground
Laughter dies in cold hallways
Neon lights writing out your name
Reflecting your image upon the walls
For too long I believed in miracles

I only have myself to blame
Left alone wandering in the blizzard
Because I didn't ask for the price of your love

Day in, day out, empty walls
Day in, day out, darkness
Day in, day out, your heart's covered by ice
Day in, day out, I get left outside the door
Day in, day out, I'm freezing
Day in, day out, my dreams are crushed

Yesterday is past and gone
I guess you'll be gone tomorrow
A grayed heart wanders alone
Baby, if I could turn back the time
I would never do it again

I only have myself to blame
Alone wandering in the blizzard
Because I didn't ask for the price of your love

Day in, day out, empty walls
Day in, day out, darkness
Day in, day out, your heart's covered by ice
Day in, day out, I get left outside the door
Day in, day out, I'm freezing
Day in, day out, my dreams are crushed

Day in, day out, empty walls
Day in, day out, darkness
Day in, day out, your heart's covered by ice
Day in, day out, I get left on the other side of the door
Day in, day out, I'm cold
Day in, day out, my dreams are crushed




keskiviikko 6. maaliskuuta 2013


Juha Tapio - Kelpaat kelle vaan

You are good enough for anyone

Just for a moment, this side of the world,
just for a moment, will sleep through a white night.
You think of how can anything hurt you so,
your best years were beaten down.

I can't even know a half of your pain,
all words remain powerless.
But some morning I will know,
you will wake up to notice,
that you survived and you're good enough for anyone.

And you are beautiful, even though you don't feel it anymore,
even though they took your faith in humanity.
Just for a moment half of the world will sleep,
just for a moment and a bright morning will prevail.

I can't even know a half of your pain,
all words remain powerless.
But some morning I will know,
you will wake up to notice,
that you survived and you're good enough for anyone.

I can't even know a half of your pain,
all words remain powerless.
But some morning I will know,
you will wake up to notice,
that you survived and you're good enough for anyone.



perjantai 1. maaliskuuta 2013


Apulanta - Maanantai

Monday

So last night I wrote too much again
I wrote to you again
You should remember to be brave enough
You should remember to try

I guess money always solves it
The wait finally pays off
The best of the breed survives
When the world rearranges itself

The path will save you
The path will save you if you are brave
The path will save you if you change direction

I guess monday is coming too soon again
It's too easy to be happy
I do know it
I do know it, how it feels

So the monkey wanted you too
The monkey took you after all
Who did I hear you scream for
Fire gets the most expensive of the gifts

I didn't want anything else than everything
A collar made of stone
And that is the natural reason
And in the end everything will work out

The path will save you
The path will save you if you are brave
The path will save you if you change direction

I guess monday is coming too soon again
It's too easy to be happy
I do know it
I do know it, how it feels

Again monday wasn't the most merciful
It's pointless to try to be happy
I do know it
I do know it, how it feels

The path will save you
The path will save you if you are brave
The path will save you if you change direction

I guess monday is coming too soon again
It's too easy to be happy
I do know it
I do know it, how it feels

Again monday wasn't the most merciful
It's pointless to try to be happy
I do know it
I do know it, how it feels





Pariisin Kevät - Painovoimaa (Korkeushyppääjän rakkaus)

Gravity (The high jumpers love)


Every morning I rise to fall
From the high jumpers heaven
I have risen and I'm landing down on earth
I'm still struggling during the days
Fighting during the night against 
Gravity

Everyone understands the tears of a clown
You are a drama queen
You have repeated those gestures a thousand times
You read spells
You coax the Lady Luck
Yet your demons wont leave you

The high jumpers nightmare comes true
The effect of gravity disappears
It happens on the moment of takeoff
Soon a man recedes toward the horizon
Longing to get back
Longing to get back

The cold earth disappears from under the feet
I'm falling past clouds
I fall in love but never completely
Anyone can claim that they understand
The clowns tears
The tears

Would you come to dance on the edge of the knife
We can slip together
Gathering a martyrs cloak upon the shoulders
Looking down on others and  point out

We'll say
It's gravity




torstai 28. helmikuuta 2013


Olavi Uusivirta - On niin helppoo olla onnellinen

It's so easy to be happy


It's so easy being young
all or nothing
hey rock 'n' roll
It's so easy to get a hold of
And to soon let it go.

The days just keep coming
and the sundays go by without notice
and it's easy for the fingers
to accompany the evening with a guitar.

Heey… It's so easy being happy
Heey… And to settle for what you got

It's so easy being free to imagine
that everything has a reason.
But how is love
or the creation of the world explained?

I can plan my whole life
my wife, my career and even the house.
But everything goes in a different way
someone is planning better than me.

Heey… It's so easy being happy
Heey… And to settle for what you got

Heey… It's so easy being happy
Heey… And to settle for what you got

Heey… It's so easy living in the here and now
Heey… And to settle for what you got