AUTUMN OF THE LION (LEIJONAN SYKSY)

Going down the road again, autumn has come.
Wind blowing into my neck, starless sky.
The rain is falling,
Bad news going ahead.
La lala laalaa...

Cold wind (viima) blowing against my face,
Can’t see no light from villages nearby.
While tramping along the strawberry fields,
The song slowly accompanies the wanderer.
La lala laalaa...

Are you escaping the hard love?
Is your mind of mossy bronze?
Are these the autumn days of Lions?
Or the days of pale plaster figures?

The hooded crows wind away from the fields,
Night is coming, allowing me some rest.
The space opens with thousands stars,
The man hides the warmth of the flames in his song.
La lala laalaa...          - up -


THOUGHTS FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (AJATUKSIA MAAILMAN LAIDALTA)

At the edge of the world we are spending a new time again.
But has anything changed once more, except with what we keep looking at the world...
once again?
There’s a youth problem… or, come to think of it, adult problem.
Life is assailed by too much vain pride and by the everlasting false symbols of power.

Everyone can make a change, for themselves.

But from where can be found the source of ideas,
where our thoughts can fulfill?

In our little circles we can also make a difference,
though the best idea of ones life can be lost, before one gets a chance, a new chance.
Collective consciousness may bring us an opportunity to expand our minds once again,
and ancient believes are overthrown.

Everyone can make a change, for themselves.

For the paths of yesterday are now freezing to be closed.
And we move hesitating towards the future.
We’re loosing sight of the whole picture.
And we are taken towards a new world.

At the edge of the world we are spending a new time again.
But vain importance is focused on the everlasting lies of false power’s symbols...          - up -


AIRSHIP ITALY (ILMALAIVA ITALIA)

Loose your ropes, fly again, Italy!
We wish you luck, gentle winds.
You can trust the crew, the course is north.
Our white ship does not guess it’s fate.

Over the land goes the quiet ship, Italy.
The compass does not show dangers, worries.
Your courage is praised by Kings and countries;
You can never be showered with all your honours.

The land disappeared, underneath is the ice, Italy.
Ahead there is haze, bullets of hail.
Not even the sun is carrying it’s rays to you;
Our craft can already be drawn as a wreck on the map.

Six of the men never, Italy,
There can be found light moulds.
Our ship is golden like a shadow of a dry-weather cloud
And the direction of our fate is an eternal mystery.          - up -


LEGEND OF THE SEA (MERI)

Stories, they are told in every season.
They may stop you for a while to think of the reason.
One story’s brought to you from the deep sea,
from the mighty oceans, is that where to find the key?

"...No one knows much about the sea,
until they’ve felt the sea inside themselves..."

One sailor heard of a place across the open seas
with gates leading to paradise on earth.
He travels on, but destination can't be found,
while he's starting to feel he is becoming close with the sea.

"...Everyone must face the sea alone.
No one can tell you the way you should feel..."

Ship’s now endlessly drifting.
He falls asleep and begins dreaming.
He sees a vision of various gateways
with gates that seem hard to reach. He travels on.

He finds himself thinking
all the good things he'd like to accomplish in life.
One gate becomes open.
Salty water starts flowing out. He wakes up with tears in his eyes.

Finally his ship had found the way back home.
And he talks about the journey with his wife.
They wonder about the legend of the sea
and everything that had happened to him recently.

Thinking of the stories being told,
they realize: The answer lies within themselves...

Within is the sea...
and we all hold the key.          - up -


THE BONELESS ONES (LUUTTOMAT)

At the time I wanted many flames and one fire,
and those without bones gave me only my life.
But I wanted more and more - no knowledge, all I got was the spark.
I aged some more and learned:
by singing in secret you can conquer many evils.

At the time I wanted many drops and one ocean,
and those without bones gave me only my death.
But I wanted another life - no knowledge, all I got were tears.
I grew some more and learned:
by singing in secret you can conquer many evils.

At the time I heard many stories and one truth,
when I, a boneless one, sang a dream.          - up -


INTRODUCTION (JOHDATUS)

I woke up this morning and my eyes, they don't seem very bright.
When I look in the mirror, I see her face instead of mine.
Have I lost my mind?

So I look there again, but she’s gone. I’m still having these dreams.
I keep thinking of her.
She comes to my dreams and it all seems so real, but it feels like out of this world.

Yesterday nothing seemed right, but now the future looks bright.
I don’t know who you are, but you gave me new hope in the night.
You showed me the light.

Another day rises. There'll be the right time today, and the time would be now,
to start to see the world in a different way, to really understand how...to be...

Free. Your life is in your hands.
And you’ll see there’s no time to lose.
Fly with me. Touch inside. Just use your mind.
That’s how you can find your own way...
to be free.

So many times I’ve had this feeling of someone watching me.
I thought I was crazy, when it was sure that no one could see.
It was a mystery.

But now I know that she’s near and it fascinates me.
With these visions so clear, she gave me a new destiny.
And so she spoke to me:

”Look, inside us all, there’s a light shining deep in our soul.
It’s our source and our goal.
Realising the more, that you give, the more you get,
let your mind join your heart in your head...to be...

Free.” “Your life is in your hands.
So you’ll see there’s no one else to blame.
Fly with me. Touch inside and free your mind.
That’s where you can find your own way...”

Now, as I close my eyes, my mind will start to sail.
From the deepest disguise, the truth reveals its vale.

(* Introduction for a path to wisdom, a new extensive freedom, she brought for me to see.)
It illuminates all your heart.
I've finally seen a new dawn.... in your eyes.

(* Added from the Finnish version. These translated words replace the next last English lines in the Finnish lyrics. This is the only time the song’s title is used in the song.)          - up -