The Promised Story (2008)

TRACKLIST
1. Blank Page
2. Death Machine
3. Half Way Through
4. The Last Escape
5. Are We
6. The Miracle Mile
7. Turning
8. Ordinary

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RELEASED: December, 2008

MUSICIANS
Joose Turpeinen - Vocals
Hannu Hokkanen - Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Piano

RECORDED & MIXED by Hannu Hokkanen

01. BLANK PAGE

Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen

Found myself in a crazy day
Where I never meant to be
Out here I can't find a way
Where I could go and take a rest
If I don't have a destination
You think that any road will do
While I'm drawing lines on this blank page
You try to find the highest of hills

   Watch her reach out
   Watch her reach out

I'm tired with the too much too soon
But you, you keep on thriving
Looking for perfection from
Every corner of the room from
Every corner of the world
I'm sorry but we're losing connection

   PRE-CHORUS

      Please try to find your heart
      It's here, it's not that far
      It's now, it's a perfect day
      In every way
      Please don't lose your heart
      It's here, it's not that far
      It's now, it's a perfect day
      In every way

From a zero to hero, it's a long trip
But going back is the easiest thing to do
Can't you see that I don't want any part of this
I know you're lost...
But make an effort to find your way back

   PRE-CHORUS

      CHORUS

02. DEATH MACHINE

Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen, Hagi

Set My hands on this death machine
Time steals away whatever it can
These days are restless and filled with grey
My heart is beating on
Yesterday, with Sunday papers
And landline phone
Now I stare at evening sky, and wonder
Is that a star or a satellite

   Take me back to the days of thunder
   Make me feel the feel of wonder
   Never take me home
   Never take me

I don't even know what these words mean
People they talk and I try to listen
Dancing my hours on this old balcony
I won't believe it 'cause I feel fine
Something inside is bound to break
‘Cos they're asking too much of me
And I can't keep up with hands of time
Spinning this death machine out of line

   CHORUS

03. HALF WAY THROUGH

Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen

It's only a ghost that remembers my name today
When I'm spending time at the twilight of my years
You had a story that you were telling to us all
But never got to finish it in time

Tired of these loose ends you left me to tie
You tied your ends alright
Didn't think your story would make so many people cry
Even if you only got half way through

I'm waiting for the story to end
Waiting for the story to end

04. THE LAST ESCAPE

Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen

Walking around these city streets
Contemplating all things I've done
Taking change, making it so true
While writing a letter for you

   Down to my last escape
   The last escape
   My last escape
   The last escape

Word by word I struggle
I gotta go, I've got places to be
Please try to understand
Why I did what I did br>

   CHORUS

05. ARE WE

Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen

I can't play your games no more
Believe me I've seen more than enough
How you keep telling and how you keep yelling
It's a way that I don't understand

   Getting along, we are, we are
   Getting along, are we, are we

Another mastermind date with nothing inside
Spending hour after hour wondering why
Wasting my time, as if it's worth wasting
Looking for a line that's not worth saying

   PRE-CHORUS
   PRE-CHORUS

      Nothing can take me away
      I'm tied to this place with my heart
      Tied to this mind with my skin
      I wish I could take a new start

06. THE MIRACLE MILE

Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen

Remember that day
Your mothers birthday
How you hold my hand
When your father cried
Your sister wasn't there
I remember the spring day
One and the only

Out of all in the 365
Why did it happen that day
Or maybe we mix them up
Maybe we are too mixed up
I watch the open window
Listen to the sound of air
And I hear you call me

   The miracle mile
   Another way to go
   Your miracle smile
   Taught me how to show
   The miracle mile
   Another way to go
   Your miracle smile
   Taught me how to

Later on I found out why
You never called me back
I remember your father cried
Because you weren't there
I still watch the open window
I see you and I hear you call
Hear you call

   CHORUS

      I see you and I hear you and
      I see you
      Calling me calling me
      I see you and I hear you and
      I see you
      Calling me calling me

07. TURNING

Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen

For all the time I spent away before
I'm taking back now, what's mine to begin with
I've got years to catch up on
But I'm gonna do my best to reach them soon
It's a bedtime story you can tell
Few years from this day

   Remembering yesterday will not take me further
   That summer was nice, but hey it was three years ago now
   I'm taking a new direction
   Leading my life to new perfection
   I know, it's not easy
   Turning the tide upside down

They say losers always whine about their best
Winners go home and take their trophies
I quess it's time to end all this discussion
Start doing the things I really wanna do

   CHORUS

08. ORDINARY

Music: Hannu Hokkanen, Joose Turpeinen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen

Stating ordinary facts about life
I ain't nothing but a broken doll
Found a golden crown and took it for me
Doing carrousel with no speed limit

   I'm out of the ordinary, I can't find my way back
   Staying as an exception, wish I could find a way
   I'm out of the ordinary, I can't find my way back

Running through a street of small masquerade
I find myself behind every disguise
Lies lies, boring lies, it starts to fade
No thank you, I don't want your advice

   CHORUS