RELEASED: October, 2009
MUSICIANS
Niko Huttunen - Vocals
Hannu Hokkanen - Guitars, Bass, Piano, Harmonica, Percussion
Ari Häkkinen - Guitar, Bass, Percussion
Elina Luomala - Violin
RECORDED & MIXED by Eino Kauppila
01. IT'S LIKE a) THIS, b) THAT, c) OTHER, HOW?
Music: Ari Häkkinen & Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Ari Häkkinen
Let it rain
It reminds me of summer
Flood the lake
With the crest of a new wave
I could talk
Endlessly about politics
I could fall
Hopelessly into your arms
Look around
I see a world run by ignorant minds
Give me hope
That it's not impossible to meet others who care
Let all eyes see what's going on
Let all ears hear the truth
Will you sing along with me?
Tell me you
Enjoy these pamphlets more
More than we
Enjoyed watching Rambo IV
Do we stay?
Just where do you draw the line?
Do we go?
What if I called you tonight?
Look around
I see a world run by ignorant minds
So come on
If we don't step up who do you think will?
CHORUS
02. YOU MAKE HISTORY, WE MAKE PLANS
Music: Ari Häkkinen & Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Ari Häkkinen
Surrounded, cornered, and smothered
We all get our share
We're all infected with the same disease
The social birth defect
And in this place we call "home"
The problem's chronic
From the micro level of cities
To the macro level of the nation
Anxiety, aggression, or depression
With some of us
Introversion, ignorance, or wanting out
With some of us
We all fight the battle
In our own ways
Whether we know it or not
Our actions are just war tactics
Take this guitar and the
Unrestrained world of these chords
It's the way out for me
And it's the way for you baby
And in this place we call "home"
The problem's chronic
To get by is different 'round here
So tell me
How could we lead the life you live?
When every-thing's
So fucking restrained in here
From the micro level of cities
To the macro level of the nation
03. LIFE AND WHAT'S LEFT OF IT
Music: Hannu Hokkanen & Ari Häkkinen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
These are pictures of love as it should be
And this here is life and what's left of it
I've got my dollars, did you bring your dime
Baby, we'll hit the jukebox one last time
One last time
You're skinny dipping, now who is really winning
I've got a feeling I might break some hearts tonight
You know that rain the night is bringing
So come on, let's go back to the start
Let's go back to the start
Come on please tear away
All the pictures of yesterday
This right here is now
And now is what I really want
On any other day I wouldn't feel like this
But today the rain can soak me up
Don't mind jumping on rooftops
Setting of car alarms all night
Just feeling like I do right now
Like I do right now
CHORUS
04. SUMMER AGAIN
Music: Ari Häkkinen & Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
This is all I have to say
Please leave a statement at my door
Say what you need
"I don't care, it just doesn't seem to be fair"
There are all these implications
With the people we don't want to know
This here is my final say
To all the deaf ears around me
This is not what you need from me
I can give you so much more than this
This is not what you need from me
I can give you so much more than this
Let's stay out and dream about the nights we never had
All the lost stories we can find again
Let's think about tomorrow when the sun starts to rise
Everything is more than we will ever need
Another busy day, please hold on
Waiting for something, everything
Wanting to change what I have felt
What I feel slips my mind
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
05. JUST LIKE YOU
Music: Hannu Hokkanen & Ari Häkkinen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
I find it hard to believe
The misfortunes and stories that you tell
These are things that never really happened
I'm having a laugh about it all
I keep smiling inside of me
We listen but we never believe
We never believe that these things could be true
The rudeness of your ways it's hurting
What do you think of us
It's not normal to believe everything
I've had my fair share of lies
Now I'm ready to show you how I feel
Oh, and I want you to listen to me
We live, we breathe, we eat, and die like you, just like you
You lie, you trick, you cheat and die like us, just like us
We live, we breathe, we eat, and die like you, just like you
There's nothing different in the way we are
I wanna hear what it's like on that side
On the greener side of this fence
The side where gold never ends
Where the rain soaks you dry
Nothing seems to be wrong, and nothing seems to die
When nothing seems to go wrong
CHORUS
06. TOO MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
Music: Ari Häkkinen & Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Ari Häkkinen
From sunset to sunrise
Distorted chords with lots of laughs
Tonight everybody is here
And we sing
Anthems of being loved
Nights turn into days
There's still time to fight the evil ways
Keep on keeping on
If this moment lasts we'll make it before long
Empty hallways left behind
We'll take over the streets tonight
And now everybody is gone
I got your number
But I got nowhere to go
Nights turn into nights
History's not planned it's made under these city lights
Keep on keeping on
If this moment lasts we'll make it before long
Can I rest my head here?
Keep the fire going strong
We need the warmth until
A new day is dawning
This is the party upstairs
See you here a year from now
Next week is for sleeping
Summer's just around the corne
07. I WAS HERE FIVE YEARS AGO
Music: Ari Häkkinen
Lyrics: Ari Häkkinen
We'll walk a 1000 miles
I'll call you when I get there
If I ever get there
Need crowd control
This place falling apart
It's all like it's been for too long
In a panopticon
In these familiar surroundings
With these faces I miss
Five years and counting
In and out at the same time
Don't want to lose what we had
This is the place I like
If I leave now
I'll get there in the end
But I'll always be here as well
CHORUS
08. LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND
Music: Hannu Hokkanen & Ari Häkkinen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
If I was a man on a desert where it never rains
I'd drink your water, and I wouldn't ask
But what I do, I fight and I blend
So today my heart's just an empty flask
Play a prank on Jesus, make love to your God
Say what you mean, and mean what you say, everyday
You know that you can't un-ring that year old bell
So be sure when you say a thing like that
But tonight you can do that, everything
Just this one night
What would you do, what would you change
If you had the chance
We don't want to leave yet, we still want to stay here
Listening to the radio, waiting for the blue skies
Watching people passing by, wondering what they might say
If only they knew as much as we do
CHORUS
