Hey girl - Remember this

Summer Nights

Hey girl - Where do you spend your afterlife
Hey girl - You gotta breathe in right now
Your smile shines like the sun of a summer night
Your soul is free like a dance on a beach

Hey girl - You're gonna turn off your ears
You're gonna turn off your eyes
Life is black anyways - that's all

Fool it - You can fool it by your smile
You can fool it by ignoring

Summer nights, summertime

Hey girl - you have wings on your little back
Hey girl - your mother must have been a bird
Your smile shines like a cancelled suicide
That's why you're better not to become old

Fool it - You can fool it buy your smile
You can fool it buy ignoring
You can fool it by your shine
You can fool time by ignoring

Hey girl - there's no reason for you to cry
And girl - remember to breathe right now

- Lapko -

I'm Listening

Lapko is one of the bands I've loved since the first time I heard their music. And it gets better with every record. The new one I listened today (called A New Bohemia) made me feel so much better. And that song up there is one of my favourites from the previous album, Young Desire. I loved every song from it though, so calling one a favourite is a bit misleading.

Another anecdote: all the boys I've ever truly fallen in love with have hated Lapko and their music desperately. Not that you could make any laws of averages out of this piece of information. I've never fallen in love that easily, so the number of the guys is limited. But still, every single one of them.

Sweet Melodies

There are some people who are able to sing me happy. Terhi Kokkonen from Scandinavian Music Group is definitely one of them. I went to their concert last night, and it was adorable. They may not have the most entertaining stage show, but they don't need one. That concert was just about standing in the crowd and listening those beautiful songs sang so wonderfully. And singing yourself. You know, I love singing. I also am just terrible at it. Therefore I love going concerts like this, where everyone sings along on the top of their lungs, and you are just one voice in the choir. No-one hears you, and cares even less whether or not you sing right or wrong. The feeling sets me free and makes me so happy.

I wanted to share one of their songs I especially love. So please listen the song Tahdon uudet silmät (I want new eyes). Under you can find half-assed translation of the lyrics in case you are not a Finnish speaker. (In case you are, please don't read them as they are no good.)





Scandinavian Music Group - I want new eyes

I want new eyes
so I could see further
over the garden to the mountains
and through them

I want new voice
so I could tell
that in the morning I heard a hummingbird too

Let's go swimming to the east side of the rocks
I'm neither afraid of the tide nor the strangers anymore
When the sea falls back, algae dries out grey
If someone picks it up, it turns into dust

I want new voice
So I could tell
That I want new eyes
That I want to learn to know
What you did try to say
I already see a lot further

I'm neither afraid of the tide nor the strangers
I heard a hummingbird and cried because of you

Let's go swimming to the east side of the rocks
I'm neither afraid of the tide nor the strangers anymore
When the sea falls back, algae dries out grey
If someone picks it up, it turns into dust