You said normal girls were boring, but you were gone by the morning

 

This is Gospel for the fallen ones

Locked away in permanent slumber

Assembling their philosophies

From pieces of broken memories

Oh Woah-oh

(This is the beat of my heart This is the beat of my heart)

Oh Woah-oh

(This is the beat of my heart This is the beat of my heart)

The gnashing teeth and criminal tounges

Conspire against the odds

But they haven't seen the best of us yet

If you love me let me go

If you love me let me go

Cause these words are knives that often leave scars

The fear of falling apart

And truth be told I never was yours

The fear, the fear of falling apart

This is Gospel for the vagabonds

Ne'er-do-wells and insufferable bastards

Confessing their apostasies

Led away by imperfect impostors

Oh Woah-oh

(This is the beat of my heart This is the beat of my heart)

Oh Woah-oh

(This is the beat of my heart This is the beat of my heart)

Don't try to sleep through the end of the world

And bury me alive

Cause I won't give up without a fight

If you love me let me go

If you love me let me go

Cause these words are knives that often leave scars

The fear of falling apart

And truth be told I never was yours

The fear, the fear of falling apart

The fear of falling apart

The fear, the fear of falling apart

(This is the beat of my heart This is the beat of my heart)

The fear of falling apart

(This is the beat of my heart This is the beat of my heart)

The fear of falling apart

(This is the beat of my heart This is the beat of my heart)

The fear of falling apart

(This is the beat of my heart This is the beat of my heart)

The fear of falling apart

In the real dark night of the soul

It's always 3 a.m

It's always darkest before the dawn comes

It never dawned on me

At my weakest I'm pretending to be strong

Sometimes the demons are too hard to control

(Chorus)

In my darkest moment

Something takes me over makes me turn a cold shoulder

In my darkest moment

I need a revalation, divine illumination to come my way

Just when I thought I was me

It just wasn't me t-talkin'

And the last one that I'd ever wanna hurt

Stood right in my way

Hating is easy and loving takes real character

Love ain't in fashion in this hard stone cold hearted world

Chorus

Was any of it true?

Gazing at me starry-eyed

In your Jehovah's Witness suit

Who the fuck was that guy?

You tried to buy some pills

From a friend of friends of mine

They just ghosted you

Now you know what it feels like

And I don't even want you back, I just want to know

If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal

And I don't miss what we had, but could someone give

A message to the smallest man who ever lived?

You hung me on your wall

Stabbed me with your push pins

In public, showed me off

Then sank in stoned oblivion

'Cause once your queen had come

You treat her like an also-ran

You didn't measure up

In any measure of a man

And I don't even want you back, I just want to know

If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal

And I don't miss what we had, but could someone give

A message to the smallest man who ever lived?

Were you sent by someone who wanted me dead?

Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed?

Were you writing a book? Were you a sleeper cell spy?

In fifty years, will all this be declassified?

And you'll confess why you did it

And I'll say, "Good riddance"

'Cause it wasn't sexy once it wasn't forbidden

I would've died for your sins

Instead, I just died inside

And you deserve prison, but you won't get time

You'll slide into inboxes and slip through the bars

You crashed my party and your rental car

You said normal girls were boring

But you were gone by the morning

You kicked out the stage lights

But you're still performing

And in plain sight you hid

But you are what you did

And I'll forget you, but I'll never forgive

The smallest man who ever lived

Hello darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again

Because a vision softly creeping

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains

Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone

'Neath the halo of a street lamp

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more

People talking without speaking

People hearing without listening

People writing songs that voices never share

No one dared

Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools" said I, "You do not know

Silence like a cancer grows

Hear my words that I might teach you

Take my arms that I might reach you"

But my words like silent raindrops fell

And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made

And the sign flashed out its warning

In the words that it was forming

And the sign said, "The words of the prophets

Are written on the subway walls

And tenement halls

And whispered in the sounds of silence"

I tear my heart open—I sew myself shut

And my weakness is that I care too much

And my scars remind me that the past is real

I tear my heart open just to feel

I'm drunk and I'm feeling down

And I just want to be alone

I'm pissed 'cause you came around

Why don't you just go home?

'Cause I've channeled all your pain

And I can't help you fix yourself

You're making me insane

All I can say is:

I tear my heart open—I sew myself shut

And my weakness is that I care too much

And our scars remind us that the past is real

Tear my heart open just to feel

I tried to help you once

Against my own advice

I saw you goin' down

But you never realized

That you're drowning in the water

And I offered you my hand

Compassions in my nature

Tonight is our last stand

Oh, baby, this is goodbye (goodbye, goodbye), ooh-ooh

How did we end up awry? (Awry) ooh-ooh

Oh, baby, this is goodbye (goodbye, goodbye), ooh-ooh

You suffered for far too long

And now you're gone, I'm so lost

And now you're gone, I'm so lost

And now you're gone, I'm so lost

I know that you wonder

What happens down under

The bells ring, lava springs

I hope you don't suffer

Oh, baby, this is goodbye (goodbye, goodbye), ooh-ooh

How did we end up awry? (Awry, awry) ooh-ooh

Oh, baby, this is goodbye (goodbye, goodbye), ooh-ooh

You suffered for far too long

And now you're gone, I'm so lost

And now you're gone, I'm so lost

And now you're gone, I'm so lost

You told me that you loved me right from the start

You lied upon my heart, broke it apart

Why did I ever trust a man like you?

My heart's been used

I know that you wonder

I know that you wonder

I know that you wonder

And now you're gone, I'm so lost

And now you're gone, I'm so lost

And now you're gone, I'm so lost

And now you're gone, I'm so lost

Come as you are, ignited. Some lights are a different kind, never burning out.

 

I'll overcome

Silent songs I'll be humming on

'Til you sing along

Come as you are, ignited

Some lights are a different kind

Never burning out

Darkness and dust

Quiet shadows are dancing now

Asking for my hand

I'm hanging on fine

I'm trying to make sense of it all

Trying to understand

Do you ever wonder what it's like

Losing what you cannot be without?

I'll keep running

I'll try

I'll overcome

Fading stars echo

Reminding us they know

We've come too far to let go

Don't let go

When she looks at me

I know the girl sees things

Nobody else can see

All of the secret fears inside

And all the craziness I hide

She looks into my soul

And reads me like nobody can

And she doesn't judge the man

She just takes me as I am

Come what may, she believes

And that faith is something

I've never known before

Come what may, she loves me

And that love has helped me open a door

Making me love myself a little more

When I turn away

She knows those are the times

There's nothing she can say

Nothing that anyone can do

And so she lets me live it through

And when I'm in my darkest hour of uncertainty

She just simply lets me be

And goes right on loving me

Come what may, she believes

And that faith is something

I've never known before

Come what may, she loves me

And that love has helped me open a door

Making me love myself a little more

And when it seems my dreams

Have all slipped through my fingers

When they just can't be found

I turn around and there they are

Shining in her eyes

Come what may, she believes

And that faith is something

I've never known before

Come what may, she loves me

And that love has helped me open a door

Making me love myself a little more

Toivon sulle polkuja ja lisää polkuja, joist osa johtaa harhaan

Toivon sulle polkuja

Ja lisää polkuja joist osa johtaa harhaan

Ja osa palauttaa sut takas sinne mistä juuri lähdit

Toivon sulle sadetta

Toivon myrskyä ja hetkellistä huolta

Ja että löydät sijan jonne vaikeen

Paikan tullen pääset sitten suojaan

Mä toivon oppimista, kasvamista, turvan tuntua

Toivon ihmisiä jotka susta tuntuu kodilta

Toivon haluu luottaa tulevaan

Ja siihen että voit aina sanoa myös ei

Vaikka joku lähtis pois

Toivon risteyksiä päätöksiin

Ne laittaa miettimään

Kuka haluat silloin olla

Mikä sul on tärkeää

En toivo yhtä vaan tai toista

Pelkkää hyvää vaan tai pahaa

Toivon kaikenlaista maasta taivaaseen

Mä toivon että ihmiset sun ympärillä kohtaa sut niin ku sä oot

Ja toivon ymmärrystä niitä kohtaan jotka ei vaan ymmärrä

Koska vaikka kuinka koittaisit olla kaikille se mitä ne tahtoo

Niin aina on niitä jotka löytää vikoi muista paitsi itsestä

Mä toivon huojentavii sanoja

Et pysyt avoinna

Ja vaikka kuinka maailma ois sulle paikoin ankara

Niin muista silti että viha ja sen patoaminen ei tuhoo toista

Vaan se tuhoaa sun oman sydämen

Ja jos sä kaatuilet tai horjut

Kuljet muiden keskellä

Niin tiedät missä on sе jota sä voit ottaa kädestä

En toivo yhtä vaan tai toista

Pelkkää hyvää vaan tai pahaa

Toivon kaikenlaista maasta taivaaseen

En toivo yhtä vaan tai toista

Pеlkkää hyvää vaan tai pahaa

Toivon kaikenlaista maasta taivaaseen

En toivo yhtä vaan tai toista

Pelkkää hyvää vaan tai pahaa

Toivon kaikenlaista maasta taivaaseen

Ja jos päivät olis liian pitkät ja leveät, ei niiden välissä voisi kokea unen kauneutta

Minä kuljen siellä missä

Maailma on pimeä ja lohduton

Takapihoilla joissa kukaan

Ei ole leikkinyt aikoihin

 

Surkeutta kannan selässäni

Sydämessäni muistoa sinusta

Ja se muisto vetää

Syvemmälle varjoihin

 

Jos ei niin pimeä yö täällä ois

En kai koskaan vois

Muistaa ihanuuttasi varjonkukka

Ja jos päivät olis liian pitkät ja leveät

Ei niiden välissä

Voisi kokea unen kauneutta

 

Maailma tappaa kaiken kauniin

Mutta sinua en sille anna

Pidän salassa, sinut

Varjonkukaksi kastoin

Sotamies voi rakastaa

Kuningatartaan ikuisesti, vaan

Koskaan ei kai käy

Päinvastoin

 

Jos ei niin pimeä yö täällä ois

En kai koskaan vois

Muistaa ihanuuttasi varjonkukka

Ja jos päivät olis liian pitkät ja leveät

Ei niiden välissä

Voisi kokea unen kauneutta

Anna tulla, tappele, kiroa, ei ranteeni vapise

Hakusessa hyvät bluetooth-kuulokkeet?

Pitipä tulla nopsaan postailemaan uusista suosikkikuulokkeistani, jotka huomasin nyt cdon.comissa mahtavassa tarjouksessa! Kuulokkeet irtoaa puoleen hintaan vielä huomiseen eli 30.4. asti. Mähän just pari viikkoa sitten ostin omani normihintaan Kärkkäiseltä... 😏 Jos oot vailla langattomia nappikuulokkeita, täältä lähtee vahva suositus Creativen Outlier Sports -mallille! Löytyy tummansinisenä*, oranssina* ja neonvihreänä*. Tähän asti kertyneen käyttökokemuksen perusteella tykkään näistä todella paljon. Kun ennen ostopäätöstä suoritin laajan kuulokevertailun netissä, vaatimuslistalla oli:

• Pitkä akunkesto. Näissä Creativen kuulokkeissa akun kerrotaan kestävän yhdellä latauksella 11 h, ja parin viikon käytön jälkeen sanoisin lupauksen pitävän paikkansa. Käytän kuulokkeita jokusen tunnin päivittäin, enkä joudu lataamaan näitä kuin pari kertaa viikossa. Kuulokkeet alkavat piippailla sen merkiksi, kun akku alkaa olla vähissä. Vielä vertailuksi, suositun Beats -merkin bluetooth-napeissa akku kestää vain 8 h, vaikka ne ovatkin huomattavasti kalliimmat!
• Silikoniset vaihdettavat korvatulpat. Mulla on ahtaat korvakäytävät, joten ei-säädettävät kuulokkeet passaan suosiolla. Silikonisista napeista joudun poikkeuksetta aina ottamaan käyttöön ne kaikista pienimmät, eivätkä nämä kuulokkeet olleet poikkeus. Noi kuvissa näkyvät koukut saa muuten pois, ellei tykkää niistä! Mä kokeilin kuulokkeita koukkujen kanssa yhden lenkin ajan, mutta koin ne vähän hankalaksi ja nappasin irti. 
• Loistava äänenlaatu. Obviously, eikös? Creativet ei yhtään häviä mun aiemmille langallisille Kosseille, vaikka ilmeisesti langattomuus helposti heikentää äänenlaatua. Näistä ei myöskään karkaa ääntä ulkopuolelle.
• Vaivaton yhdistäminen puhelimeen. Näiden kohdalla se on tosi helppoa! Puhelimen bluetooth ekana päälle, sitten pidetään pari sekuntia kuulokkeiden virtanappia pohjassa, kuuluu äänimerkki ja pian sen jälkeen Bling! Connected. Aluksi piti ehkä bluetooth-asetusten kautta yhdistää laitteet, mutta ei siis todellakaan ollut vaikeaa. Jos mun teknisellä osaamisenpuutteella selviää käyttöönotosta, niin kuka tahansa toinen osaa varmasti saman. 
• Järkevä hinta. Isoista on-ear kuulokkeista voisin kuvitella maksavani kolmenumeroisia summia, in-ear eli nappikuulokkeista en todellakaan. Käytän nappeja paljon, ja tähän saakka oon joutunut hankkimaan uudet noin kerran vuodessa. Ei tuntuisi järkevältä maksaa kuulokkeista satasta vuoden välein, kun varmasti on olemassa hinta-laatusuhteelta järkevämpiäkin vaihtoehtoja.

Creativet on kaikkea tätä kirkkaasti! Tosiaan omani ostin pari viikkoa sitten, kun päivitin puhelimen Huawei P8:sta iPhone seiskaan. Koska ko. luurista puuttuu 3,5 mm kuulokepaikka kokonaan, langattomien hankinta oli mulle ilmiselvää. Toki iPhonen mukana tuli adapteri, jolla tavalliset langalliset kuulokkeet voi kytkeä laturille tarkoitettuun lightning-porttiin. Oon kuitenkin ymmärtänyt, että lighning-portin viat ovat aika yleisiä, enkä siksi halua käyttää sitä muuhun kuin lataamiseen - ainakaan säännöllisesti.

Aluksi ajatus langattomista kuulokkeista lähinnä ärsytti. Hölmö Apple, miten kehtasittekin poistaa pakollisen 3,5 mm kuulokeliitännän?!? Kaikki muu iPhone 7:ssa houkutteli, mutta langattomiin kuulokkeisiin siirtyminen tuntui raskaalta askeleelta ottaa. Lopulta päätin olla reipas ja larpata nykyaikaan. 5-10 vuoden päästä piuhat ovat varmasti aikamoinen muinaisjäänne, joten miksen hyväksyisi jo tässä vaiheessa sitä, mikä on kuitenkin vääjäämättä edessä? Sitä paitsi, eipä muuten tarvitse enää pelleillä solmussa olevien nappikuulokkeiden kanssa!

*-merkityt linkit ovat kaupallisia affliate-linkkejä

Oodi sävellykselle 1680-luvulta

En osaa sanoin kuvailla, miten paljon rakastan Pachelbelin Canonia. Canon sais mun puolesta soida repeatilla taustamusiikkina niin arjessa kuin juhlassa - elämänlaatu nousisi varmasti kohisten! Jos se on musta kiinni, tätä sävellystä tullaan kuulemaan niin mun häissä kuin hautajaisissa, ja mieluusti kaikissa muissakin pippaloissa. Kun toissa iltana rämmin kaupasta kotia kohti, koin häkellyttävän tunnelmallisen hetken kun Canon alkoi soida Spotifyssa ja taivaalta satoi hiljalleen jättimäisiä lumihiutaleita. Just sellasia täydellisiä hiutaleita, joita tuijottaessa tuntuu kuin jalat irtoaisi maasta ja lähtisi leijailemaan kohti yläilmoja. Ehkä maagisinta ikinä. En muista, koska oon viimeks ollut niin onnellinen kuin sillä hetkellä! Vallan vitutti olla niin pian kotioven takan kaivamassa avaimia taskusta. Ei vaan viitsinyt tehdä kauppakassin kanssa mitään lisälenkkiä, vaikka hetken olisi suonut jatkuvan hieman kauemmin.

Yllä mun suosikkiversiot Canonista. Orkesterin voimin lähes mikä tahansa kuulostaa hyvältä, mutta simppeli pianon pimputuskin toimii joka kerta. 

Kumpaa sinä kaihdat, yksinäisyyttä vai laumaa?

(Oisin oikeastaan halunnut linkittää Teleksiltä biisin Kävelevä sydän, 

jota ei jostain käsittämättömästä syystä löydy Youtubesta. Jos teillä on

Spotify, kuunnelkaa ihmeessä täältä!)

Näitä ulisen yksin kotona

Laulaminen on mukavaa, kunhan saa ulvoa ja ulista itsekseen omassa rauhassa. Mikään, ei niin mikään, ollut koulussa yhtä pelottavaa kuin laulukokeet! Muistan miten mulla oli ala-asteella jo viikkoa ennen laulukoetta vatsa kipeänä, kun jännitti niin maan perkeleesti. En muista enää mitä päädyin laulamaan, mutta häkellyin kuin kokeesta napsahti arvosanaksi ysi. Se jää ikuiseksi mysteeriksi, lauloinko oikeasti ysin edestä, vai olinko vaan niin kauhusta kankeana, ettei opettaja tohtinut antaa täysin rehellistä arvioita...? 😕 Seiskalle mennessä ei niinkään pelottanut uusi rakennus, uudet opettajat, uudet luokkakaverit ja mahdolliset uudet kiusaajat, vaan tieto siitä että jossain vaiheessa on taas laulettava. Stressasin asiaa valtavasti, mutta hähää! Jotenkin mä siitä kokeesta luistin. En muista, saiko vaihtoehtoisesti soittaa soitinta, vai olinko mä tai opettaja sairaana... niin tai näin, koskaan en joutunut laulamaan.

Karaokea oon laulanut kerran tai pari parhaiden ystävieni kanssa - ja silloinkin parodiasanoituksilla. Lumi teki enkelin eteiseen ja Kesäviini taipuvat kuulkaas aika monenlaisiin tarinoihin. Parodiaan kuuluu toki oleellisena osana äänen vääntely, joten "laulaminen" muiden kuullen ei ahdistanut siinä tilanteessa. Muutoin minä en julkisesti laula. Se on privabisnestä jos jokin. Oon se ilonpilaaja, joka ei kotibileissä tartu mikkiin singstarin merkeissä tai laula muiden mukana juhlissa. Ei tule sellaista humalaa, jossa mut saataisiin houkuteltua mikrofonin äärelle. Ihan jo sekin on hirveetä, kun välillä yrittää kuvailla tiettyä biisiä, ja pitäisi uskaltaa hyräillä pikkuinen ääninäyte.

Silloin kun mulla tekee mieli verrytellä äänijänteitä, muunmuassa seuraavat biisit tuntuvat helpoilta ja ovat luontevia luritella. Varsinkin Watskyn Hey asshole on sellainen, jota tulee vinguttua jopa accapellana; hey asshole, see the sun is shining, but you are not smiling and I don't know why and I don't know why. Tarttuvat lyriikat! Kuten puhuessa, laulaessakin mulla usein on ongelmana ettei ääntä meinaa lähteä, ja pitää oikein tietoisesti kaivaa se volyymi kurkusta ulos. On maailman surkein yhdistelmä olla persoonaltansa hiljainen hiirulainen, ja siihen päälle vielä kilpirauhassairas joka käheyttää ja vaimentaa ääntä entisestään. 70-vuotiaana musta ei varmaan saa enää mitään selvää. 😉

I've got a Dungeon Master's guide

I've got a 12-sided die

I've got Kitty Pryde

And Nightcrawler, too

Waiting there for me

Yes I do, I do

I've got posters on the wall

My favorite rock group KISS

I've got Ace Frehley

I've got Peter Criss

Waiting there for me

Yes I do, I do

In the garage, I feel safe

No one cares about my ways

In the garage, where I belong

No one hears me sing this song

In the garage

I've got an electric guitar

I play my stupid songs

I write these stupid words

And I love every one

Waiting there for me

Yes I do, I do

In the garage, I feel safe

No one cares about my ways

In the garage where I belong

No one hears me sing this song

In the garage, in the garage

In the garage, I feel safe

No one cares about my ways

In the garage where I belong

No one hears me sing this song

In the garage, I feel safe

No one laughs about my ways

In the garage where I belong

No one hears me, no one hears me

No one hears me, no one hears me

No one hears me sing this song

Hey bra, how we doin' man?

All right.

It's been a while man, life's so rad!

This band's my favorite man, don't ya love 'em?

Yeah.

Aw man, you want a beer?

All right.

Aw man, this is the best. I'm so glad we're all back together and stuff.

This is great, man.

Yeah.

Hey, did you know about the party after the show?

Yeah.

Aw man, it's gonna be the best, I'm so stoked! Take it easy bra'.

I'm me

Me be

Goddamn

I am

I can

Sing and

Hear me

Know me

If you want to destroy my sweater

Hold this thread as I walk away

Hey, what's up?

Not much.

Did you hear about the party?

Yeah.

Um, I think I'm gonna go but, um, my friends don't really wanna go. Could I get a ride?

Oh no

It go

It gone

Bye-bye

Who I

I think

I sink

And I die

If you want to destroy my sweater

Hold this thread as I walk away

Watch me unravel, I'll soon be naked

Lying on the floor (lying on the floor)

I've come undone

If you want to destroy my sweater

Hold this thread as I walk away (as I walk away)

Watch me unravel, I'll soon be naked

Lying on the floor (lying on the floor)

I've come undone

I don't want to destroy your tank-top

Let's be friends and just walk away

It's good to see you lying there in your Superman skivvies

Lying on the floor (lying on the floor)

I've come undone

When I am down, and, oh, my soul, so weary

When troubles come, and my heart burdened be

Then, I am still and wait here in the silence

Until you come and sit awhile with me

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains

You raise me up to walk on stormy seas

I am strong when I am on your shoulders

You raise me up to more than I can be

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains

You raise me up to walk on stormy seas

I am strong when I am on your shoulders

You raise me up to more than I can be

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains

You raise me up to walk on stormy seas

I am strong when I am on your shoulders

You raise me up to more than I can be

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains

You raise me up to walk on stormy seas

I am strong when I am on your shoulders

You raise me up to more than I can be

You raise me up to more than I can be

Hey, asshole

See the sun is shining

But you are not smiling

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

I'm an asshole

Cause the sun is shining

But I am not smiling

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

I know I'm often told

That there's a pot of gold

But I don't see no fucking rainbow and my coffee's cold

I know I should be grateful

I know I'm good and able

But I don't have the strength to get up from the kitchen table

This kind of shot comes once

Another opportunity of a lifetime just slipped away

And that's the fifth this month

but when you take a punch

Don't you ever forget

Why you get up and you put one foot in front of the next

Got the power of my will

I don't wanna win a mil

But I'm looking at window sill

Gotta take a bitter pill

Gonna pay for what I did to my head and my heart'll foot the bill

Got a foot in my mouth and because I'm kicking myself I developed

A habit of knocking out my front tooth

Looking uncouth

Want to hear the truth

Give it to me straight

151 proof

Telling myself it'll happen when I'm happy

But I'm climbing up a ladder that has got no end

Hung up on a rung I'll never make it to the top

I'm looking at the bottom and I must descend

All I want to do is buck this trend

Everybody need a buck to spend

And I'll be working on myself, til I work on someone else

Til I get there Ima just pretend

I know I'm often told

That there's a pot of gold

But I don't see a fucking rainbow and my coffee's cold

I know I should be grateful

I know I'm good and able

But I don't have the strength to get up from the kitchen table

This kind of shot comes once

Another opportunity of a lifetime just slipped away

And that's the fifth this month

but when you take a punch

Don't you ever forget

Why you get up and you put one foot in front of the next

[Chorus:]

Hey, asshole

See the sun is shining

But you are not smiling

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

I'm an asshole

Cause the sun is shining

But I am not smiling

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

When I'm in a crisis

In a moment of silence

I look under my eyelids

And I'm checking my mileage

I been using a pool of water as a mirror but not for style it's

So I can reach in and pimpslap my reflection for acting childish

Spent a half an hour sitting at the bottom of my shower

Lettin the water run over my body and dammit I wanted to get up

But I didn't have the power

I don't have the answers anyway yay (yay yay yay)

Don't want to panic but I gotta come clean

because the plan of the planet is just mean

Knew if was tough, but dammit it's obscene

I've been huffing and puffing up to the top of the summit

And I'ma rough it if I have enough steam

I'll keep on coming and coming until I'm coming with the stamina of a salmon

Who's heading upstream (nah nah nah nah nah)

[Chorus (x2):]

Hey, asshole

See the sun is shining

But you are not smiling

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

I'm an asshole

Cause the sun is shining

But I am not smiling

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

Carried away on the staircase,

Carried away through the grey old gates,

Carried away in a world you chose,

Carried away in other’s shoes.

Snap you off and you’re not even there,

Carry away or you’ll lose your head.

Carried away in the quiet night,

Twilight swifts to the morning light,

Carried away through the thin shape,

Carried away ‘till your palms burn.

Carried away like you thought of something,

Someone will come and carry you in return.

And you lose just who you are

When the wave crashes your heart.

And it hurts with every step,

How you wish you’d be someone else

Just for a while.

Carried away from nine to seven,

Carry our shifts since nine to seven,

Carry away just to feel alive,

Carry that shit, just you exist.

And if they stop you off you’re gonna fuck them up.

Carried away ‘cause the others won,

Carried away ‘till their head come off,

Carry away ‘till the earth shakes,

Carry away ‘till the world burns.

Carry away before you know they know

I will never pay back and carry yours in return.

And you lose just who you are

When the wave crashes your heart.

And it hurts with every step,

How you wish to be someone else.

And it hurts with every step,

How you wish to be someone else, just for a while.

And you lose just who you are

When the wave crushes your heart.

And you lose just who you are, just who you are.

And it hurts with every step how you wish to be someone else

And it hurts with every step how you wish to be someone else,

Just for a while, just for a while, just for a while. 

The universe is talking through your mouth

But nobody knows what it says.

Come closer, don’t drift away,

The stars lie to you, ‘bout you to your grace.

And you will find a second soul,

The kind you can mix with your own.

And you will find a second soul

To run around, you’ll never be alone.

A satellite slowly to the sun

Rolls and makes the views.

Are you tired searching the place

Where you belong, where you belong, where you belong?

And you will find a second soul, 

The kind you can mix with your own.

And you will find a second soul

To run around, you’ll never be alone.

To run around, you’ll never be alone.

And you will find a second soul,

The kind you can mix with your own.

And you will find a second soul,

To run around, you’ll never be alone.

And you will find a second soul,

The kind you can mix with your own.

And you will find a second soul,

To run around, you’ll never be alone.

To run around, you’ll never be alone. 

Not even they can stop me now

Boy, I'll be flying overhead

Their heavy words can't bring me down

Boy I've been raised from the dead

No one even knows how hard life was

I don't even think about it now because

I've finally found you

Oh, sing it to me

Now my life is sweet like cinnamon

Like a fucking dream I'm living in

Baby love me cause I'm playing on the radio

(How do you like me now?)

Pick me up and take me like a vitamin

'Cause my body's sweet like sugar venom oh yeah

Baby love me cause I'm playing on the radio

(How do you like me now?)

American dreams came true somehow

I swore I'd chase until I was dead

I heard the streets were paved with gold

That's what my father said

No one even knows what life was like

Now I'm in LA and it's paradise

I've finally found you

Oh, sing it to me

Now my life is sweet like cinnamon

Like a fucking dream I'm living in

Baby love me cause I'm playing on the radio

(How do you like me now?)

Pick me up and take me like a vitamin

'Cause my body's sweet like sugar venom oh yeah

Baby love me 'cause I'm playing on the radio

(How do you like me now?)

(On the radio)

Sweet like cinnamon

Like a fucking dream I'm living in

Baby love me 'cause I'm playing on the radio

(How do you like me now?)

(On the radio)

Sweet like cinnamon

Like a fucking dream I'm living in

I've finally found you

(Oh, sing it to me)

Now my life is sweet like cinnamon

Like a fucking dream I'm living in

Baby love me 'cause I'm playing on the radio

(How do you like me now?)

Pick me up and take me like a vitamin

'Cause my body's sweet like sugar venom oh yeah

Baby love me 'cause I'm playing on the radio

(How do you like me now?)

Oh, sing it to me

Now my life is sweet like cinnamon

Like a fucking dream I'm living in

Baby love me 'cause I'm playing on the radio

(How do you like me now?)

Pick me up and take me like a vitamin

'Cause my body's sweet like sugar venom oh yeah

Baby love me 'cause I'm playing on the radio

(How do you like me now?)

I won't cry myself to sleep, like a sucker.

I won't cry myself to sleep, if i do, i'll die.

Now you fall asleep with another, damn you.

'Member how we used to escape for the summer?

Fireworks and sparkles would light up the black skies.

We'd hold on tight for our lives to each other.

Hello, hello, where did you go?

We were two kids living life on the run, like the american dream, baby!

Nothing to lose and we'd get messed up for fun.

We went too fast, too young.

But i won't cry myself to sleep, like a sucker.

I won't cry myself to sleep, if i do, i'll die.

Now you fall asleep with another, damn you, damn you.

Flowers in my hair and your breath smelled like whiskey.

Promised anywhere that i'd go, take you with me.

Dancing on your feet like a child to the radio.

Hello, hello, where did you go?

We were two kids living life on the run, love the american dream, baby!

Nothing to lose and we'd get messed up for fun.

We went too fast, too young.

But i won't cry myself to sleep, like a sucker.

I won't cry myself to sleep, if i do, i'll die.

Now you fall asleep with another, damn you, damn you, damn you, damn you.

Every once in a lifetime, dreams can come true.

Now when the stars shine, you meet somebody like you.

But i won't cry myself to sleep, like a sucker.

I won't cry myself to sleep, if i do, i'll die.

I pray you're life is sweet, you ****er, damn you, damn you, damn you.

A hundred days have made me older

Since the last time that I saw your pretty face

A thousand lies have made me colder

And I don't think I can look at this the same.

All the miles that separate

Disappear now when I'm dreamin' of your face.

I'm here without you baby

But you're still on my lonely mind.

I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time.

I'm here without you baby

But you're still with me in my dreams

And tonight girl, it's only you and me.

The miles just keep rollin'

As the people leave their way to say hello

I've heard this life is overrated

But I hope that it gets better as we go.

I'm here without you baby

But you're still on my lonely mind.

I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time.

I'm here without you baby

But you're still with me in my dreams

And tonight, it's only you and me.

Everything I know, and anywhere I go,

It gets hard but it won't take away my love.

And when the last one falls, when its all said and done.

It gets hard but it won't take away my love.

I'm here without you baby

But you're still on my lonely mind.

I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time.

I'm here without you baby

But you're still with me in my dreams

And tonight, it's only you and me.

En kanna kaunaa enkä kaipaa tänne koskaan

kun äiti kuolee, lähden viimein kaupunkiin

En muista niitä, jotka nyt mua hieroo paskaan

jos laitan silmät kiinni, nousen taivaisiin

Ne huutaa raivoissaan: “Ei, mies ei toimi noin!”

Kauneus kai loukkaa niitä, minkä sille voin

Ja ruumistani täällä vaikka pilkataan

sieluuni koskea ei voi milloinkaan

Vaatteeni, joille irvaillen ihmiset nauraa

ja höyhenpuuhka, jota nyt niin halveksitaan

tarvitsee siellä vielä lisää kimaltavaa

tai muuten hukun massaan monenkirjavaan

Eivätkä ruuhkaan juutu perheautot vain

vaan linja-autot, limusiinit rinnakkain

Joskus voin mennä vuorille vain katsomaan

alhaalla illoin hehkuvaa maisemaa

En niele tuskaa, vaan shamppanjaa virtanaan

verhoudun paljetteihin päästä varpaisiin

Minä tunnen kaikki

ja tietenkin minut tunnetaan

valokeila aina osuu tähden askeliin

Ei pilkkaa suut

ei nouse sormi yksikään

En enää pelkää

etten ketään löydäkään

ja linnun lailla kerran nousen korkeimpaan

ruumiini vanki koskaan en ollutkaan