IHANA LEIJONA
Pidän hautapaikkaa
Timo Kämäräinen: laulu, rummut, basso, piano, syntetisaattorit, sähkökitarat, akustinen kitara, nauhaton kitara
Pääosaan tähteä kaivataan
Haussa hohtava enkeli
Joka taivaalla kirkkaana opastaa
Ja rakastaa niinku tiikeri
Tää on tunteellista ihmissuhdedraamaa
Joka pitää hyvin otteessaan
Saat olla just niinku huvittaa
Kunhan se istuu mun tarinaan
Kirjoitin kaiken
Siis tein tän kaiken
Vain meitä varten
Sillä jos jotain oikein rakastaa
Täytyy olla valmis luopumaan
Käsikirjoituksestaan
Anna kätes ja päivä kerrallaan
Kanssain kirjoita se uudestaan
Pidän hautapaikkaa
Kirjoita se uudestaan
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Olen odotellut sinua kauan
T.K.: laulu, rummut, basso, piano, syntetisaattorit, sähkökitarat
Olen odotellut sinua kauan
Olen odotellut että veisit minut täältä pois
Mutta tarvitseeko sinun sitä tietää
Ikkunasta katson josko joku siellä ois
Olen odotellut sinua kauan
Veisit pois
Mitä jäi taakseni
Taivu ei ruoto
Pakoni on jouheva
Takanani siimaa
Taannunko vain
Onko päässä jo vuoto
Kääntyykö laiva
Joku nostiko kannelle saaliin?
Tämä katiska on tiivis
Jotakin jo kuoli
Olen seitsemän vee imen pillillä ilmaa
Takapihan sinapinkeltainen nuoli
Viimeinkin saavutti
Osuiko se maaliin?
Olen odotellut sinua kauan...
Kanootin pohjalla makaava hauki
On intiaanikesä siksi pian jo haisen
Liiku ei evä mutta silmät on auki
Tunnetko vielä mun katseeni luottavaisen?
Olen odotellut sinua kauan
Olen odotellut sua niin kauan
Ei vaihtoehtoa
T.K.: laulu, rummut, basso, piano, syntetisaattorit, sähkökitarat, nylonkielinen kitara
Verneri Pohjola: trumpetti
Juho Viljanen: pasuuna
Antti Hynninen: saksofoni
Mulla ei oo vaihtoehtoo
Kuolen jos jään tähän makaamaan
Ei se oo raitiovaunu
Joka mun ylitse ajaa
Ensin tulee jäätävä tihku
Ja mun kieli juuttuu raiteeseen
Sinä kiltti yritit pelastaa
Mut irti tältä raiteelta sulattaa
Aurinko nousee
Mua nukuttaa
Ota syliin
Ja pidä kiinni
On sun vuoros kantaa mut pois
Ota syliin
Tai jäädyn kiinni
Vielä jossain kellot soi
Huone jäätyy ilma sakenee
Ikkunoista lämpö pakenee
En näe enkä kuule enää
Joku tuli tänne
Oletko se sinä
Jäät mun viereeni hämärään
Olen valmis jos tää tähän jää
Tartut mun käteen ja kerran vielä
Kuiskaan sen nimen jota muut ei tiedä
Ota syliin
Ja pidä kiinni
On sun vuoros kantaa mut pois
Ota syliin
Tai jäädyn kiinni
Vielä jossain urut soi
Jäi nousut nopeiksi muuttuneet
Viivat ja vuodet ohi kiitäneet
Ehkei niitä enää ollutkaan
Hetken huuma vain nostalgiaa
Muisto Teneriffan matkalta
Kun lapsetkin oli vielä mukana
Antti teki potkun viekkaan
Ja Jarkon jätski tippui hiekkaan
Ostin uuden samoin tein
Ja laitoin sun kaulaasi lein
Ymmärsin sen nyt vasta
Et koskaan lakannut rakastamasta
Laulut kuoli pois
T.K.: laulu, kitara, syntetisaattorit
Olli Haavisto: pedal steel, dobro
Risto Ylihärsilä: Juno 60-syntetisaattori
Jaakko Kämäräinen: basso
Olli Krogerus: rummut
5. Tahtoisi en
T.K.: laulu, rummut, basso, piano, syntetisaattorit, sähkökitarat
Tahtoisi en
kääntää selkää
Tahtoisi en
yötä pelkään
Kaikki on vain
kuvitelmaa
Enpä mä kai
ole velkaa kenellekään
Ethän ammu selkään
Tahtoisin sen
en mä pelkää
Tahtoisin sen
tuun sun selkään
Kiihdytä vaan
noustaan ilmaan
Halkeaa maa
Kiitti kun otit mut mukaan
muhun osu enää kukaan
tuskin koskaan enää pelkään
kun me kiivetään yön selkään
Tahtoisi en
Ihan pieni ääni kuuluu
jotain irtoo olen hullu
Tulivana tuhkaks taipuu
Muuttaa muotoaan jo kaipuu
Katson taakse vanhaan meihin
Räjähtäviin galakseihin
Ollaan sankareita kaikki
Hei tätä taitaa olla se laiffi
Tahtoisin sen
ehjän sydämen
6. Syksy ei lopu koskaan
T.K.: laulu, rummut, basso, piano, syntetisaattorit, sähkökitarat
Satoi kolme viikkoa
Valvoin kuskin paikalla
Mietin vaihtoehtoja
Unohda mut
Oon jo kaukana
Unohda mut
Luu ulkona
Edessä uusi maailma
Painan kaasua
Sillä tiedän tiedän tiedän
Tää syksy ei lopu koskaan
Unohda mut
Oon jo kaukana
Unohda mut
Veitsi rinnassa
Takana julma maailma
Imen kaasua
Sillä tiedän tiedän tiedän
Tää syksy ei lopu koskaan
Ja mä kaahaan kahtasataa
Maassa jossa aina sataa
Turha mua on ajaa takaa
Olen nopee olen vakaa
Tää syksy ei lopu koskaan
Älä usko minua
Minä rakastan sinua
Lailla kurjan pelkurin
Elän sussa kuitenkin
Unohda muut
Ja mä kaahaan kahta sataa
Turha mua on ajaa takaa
Sillä tiedän tiedän tiedän
Tää syksy ei lopu koskaan
7. T. Enkeli
T.K.: laulu, rummut, basso, piano, syntetisaattorit, sähkökitara
Tiesin sen
Odottanut en
Tunsin alusta saakka epävarmuutta
Niinpä poistuin ennen myrkkyannosta
Pyydän anteeksi jokaiselta lahkolta
Joihin oisin voinut kuulua
Nyt huutelen yöllä sun unissa
Ei auta vaikka liuotat sun aivoja
En tahtoisi lisätä sun vaivoja
Kun se paskakin syyttää sua kaikesta
Tiesin sen
Odottanut en
En ehtinyt kiittää kaikesta
En ehtinyt syyttää kaikesta
Silti kuitenkin
Ootte perheeni
Terveisin enkeli
8. Rosebud
T.K.: laulu, rummut, basso, piano, mellotron, sähkökitarat
Ollaanko hiljaa vaan
Hetkinen paikallaan
Pilviä katsellaan
Tahtoisin koskettaa
Enpä ois silloin uskonut
Etten pystyis mieltä hallitsemaan
Käytävän päästä kuulen sut
Yhden sanan pystyn tunnistamaan
Rosebud
Rosebud
Ollaanko hiljaa vaan...
Illalla äänet voimistuvat
Ne saa pakanankin rukoilemaan
Seinille piirtyvät kauhukuvat
Yhden sanan niiden päälle maalaan
Rosebud
Rosebud
Hiljalleen huudot hiipuvat
Kaiut katoavat tuulen mukaan
Kuvien hahmot haalistuvat
Kunnes tunnista ei niitä kukaan
Rosebud
9. Loista vain
T.K.: laulu, kitara, syntetisaattorit
Olli Haavisto: pedal steel, dobro
Risto Ylihärsilä: Juno 60-syntetisaattori
Jaakko Kämäräinen: basso
Olli Krogerus: rummut
Loista vain
Oi
Ne painaa mut maahan
Ja oottaa koska antaudun
Valot yössä himmenevät hiljaa
Vaimenevat äänet totuuden
Oi
Maailma on kylmä
Vain laatikoita numerosarjoineen
Oi miksi musta tuntuu petetyltä
En tällä koodillani enää mitään tee
Loista vain
Loista vain
Oi
Elämä on kiimaa
Se saa mut satuihin uskomaan
En jaksa enää tätä viimaa
Kuolen jos jatkan ollenkaan
Oi
Piiloudun laatikkoon
Ja kaiken vanhan hautaan vien
Siellä leikin tinasotilailla
Ja niistä yhdellä on liekehtivä pää
Sua kohti lennän vieläkin
Korkealla ja paljon nopeemmin
Ja sä loistat uskon vieläkin
Enemmän kuin koskaan aiemmin
Ota minut hellään syleilyyn
Ota minut
Ota minut hellään syleilyyn
10. Malibu
T.K.: laulu, kitara, syntetisaattorit
Olli Haavisto: pedal steel, dobro
Risto Ylihärsilä: Juno 60-syntetisaattori
Jaakko Kämäräinen: basso
Olli Krogerus: rummut
On ajat muuttuneet
On kovin toisenlaiset tilanteet
Horisontti heiluu
Hei onpa reiluu
Kun ovet avautuu
Toiset sulkeutuu
Valokiila kapenee
Ja joku hukkuu pimeyteen
Kun kaukomailla huojuu palmupuu
Malibu
On vanha mennyt pois
En tiennyt tällaistakin olla vois
Uusi tulee antaa sen tulla
Mä kyllä sopeudun
Yössä hiljaa huudan
Huudan kunnes en
Enää kuule itsekään
Kun kaukomailla huojuu palmupuu
Malibu
TOOT TOOT
ARTHUR 3:
Mr. B. 2 (Beacon Song)
I haven’t been
outside for a week
it’s been raining all the time
I’ve been sitting here
only one thought is clear
I’m enchanted by the light
I know I should eat
maybe get me some sleep
but I am petrified
I’m watching the light
As long as I breathe
if it depends on me
I swear I’m gonna stay
Canned food
is old but it should
keep the hunger away
There’s nothing to need
I’m totally pleased
as long as you are shining
I’m watching the light
the light is turning
round and round (round and round)
slowly going
round and round (round and round)
I know that i should
get me down
Sometimes I
try to combine
my few memories
They are washed away
but I remember portrait
where you were standing tall
You were on an isle
and I remember the shine
which I have found again
I’ve found it again
John And Yoko
I wanna play like we did before
I don’t want to fight anymore
I wanna be like John and Yoko again
I wanna dance with you tonight
I wanna leave all the troubles behind
I wanna do things right this time
Because
I’m in love
No time to hesitate
Nothing has to change
I wanna do it again
Love Me Now
Murder would be lame
Torture is insane
I don’t want to hurt
but how to clean the dirt
If it’s killing me is it killing you?
Is it killling me if I won’t get through?
it’s never ever too late
Love me now
You keep on telling me
I’m passive aggressive
can you love the frozen part
It’s always in my heart
Is it killing me is it killing you?
In the name love
we can be cruel
Love Me Now
Punchline
This is the greatest thing I’ve ever done
This is the catchiest song I’ve done so far
It’s stronger and wilder than the power of love
The meaning of life in a shape of a song
so what we are waiting for?
Who’s gonna steal the show
so what we are waiting for?
are you ready for the
punchline
This is the greatest thing I’ve Ever done
This is the greatest song I’ve ever sung
It’s so damn hard to describe this invention
now is the time to release the tension
McGyver
Why do you look me like an insulted farmer?
Have I stepped on your grass
Are you sure that it was me
who spoiled your day
I cannot find a way
to make you mine again
after those things
I have done
Maybe I should call McGyver
he’ll fix my heart with chewing gum
ARTHUR 2:
CUSTODIAN
I am your Custodian
I never let you fall
I am cleaning your podium
I am feeding your horse
Sometimes you may ask for a favor
I come inside your head
I come inside your head
I take a garden hose in your ear
spray the mold off your brain
then you can try again
Sometimes you may ask me to help you
with your melted wings
with your melted wings
You are a salt statue in a penthouse
I’m piggybacking you
I’m carrying you thru
I am your Custodian
I never let you fall
I am cleaning your podium
I am feeding your horse
—-
MACHINE GUN
Machine Gun -
aiming at me
Machine Gun -
though I can’t see
Everyone’s sending signals of fear
though nothing seems to hurt me
Machine gun -
distant shots can be heard
Machine gun -
echoes of imprudent words
No one knows what they are trying to say
it’s threatening
so it’s time to explode
Machine gun -
they’re all around my home
Machine gun -
I’m on a target zone
I still can’t see
but I’m sure they are there
I load again and shoot things I fear
though nothing seems to hurt me
—-
GIMME A SIGN
We have been in this state too long
Have to move on
I wouldn’t want to back of no more
Got to be strong
I’ve never been a part of this scene
I’ve never been a dancing queen
but you’re so fine
I don’t know what is too much
I don’t know what is enough
to break the ice
I have to try
Sign,
Sign, Gimme a sign, gimme a sign
Fine, you will be mine, you will be mine
That’s the way I wanna play this game
That’s the way do you feel the same
I’ve never been a part of this scene
I’ve never been a dancing queen
but you’re so fine
I don’t know what is too much
I don’t know what is enough
to break the ice
I have to try
Sign,
Sign, Gimme a sign, gimme a sign
Fine, you will be mine, you will be mine
—-
SLOW MOTION
Kitchy moonlight stabbed my heart
A new romance did not start
The candles burned away too fast
I’m just dreaming of the past
When we dived into the sea
everything seemed different to me
all the movements seemed so slow
i was haunted by your glow
DEEPER THAN THE OCEAN HIGHER THAN THE STARS
YOU TURN ME TO SLOW MOTION
HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE
So fed up with all these games
The foolish things still stay the same
Now I’m floating here alone
the destination still unknown
All the movements seem so slow
I am haunted by your glow
DEEPER THAN THE OCEAN HIGHER THAN THE STARS
YOU TURN ME TO SLOW MOTION
HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE
—–
PEOPLE ARE POISONED
No one is safe
It’s injected in your veins
You won’t feel the pain
but life won’t be the same
Need to get more
don’t know what you are looking for
The doses get higher
the price don’t matter we are buying
People are poisoned
People are poisoned
Is there anyone to save the world
Having a blast
one more time before the end
gotta be fast
lifeline is too short to bend
Time to begin
it’s not a sin
you always have a chance to win
in to the out
shout it out loud
if you want you can get it now
People are poisoned…
But nobody seems to slow down ‘cos
People are poisoned we are poisoned
is there anyone to save the world??
—-
SMELL THE SQUEEZE
So I’ve tried to more than ever
but never ever couldn’t get any higher
So I’ve strained all my muscles
to solve the puzzles
oh, I gotta save your fire
I smell the Squeeze - It’s the disease
So I learned the secret handshake
they let me in the club of the superheroes
In a bar listening to the stories
Oh how boring - I’ll get me coat
I smell the Squeeze - It’s the disease
I am a rhino
I know
I am a rhino
I smell the Squeeze - It’s the disease
—-
ARTHUR 1
WEEKEND
Millions of people are staring
the same picture in the news
There’s a motorcycle laying on the street
Millions of strangers have gathered around that sad view
a cruel accident but no one seems to care
Nobody’s calling the ambulance
they are stealing his money and burning his body
:What a weekend my love
it has been great so far
What a weekend my love
through the window of my car
What a weekend my love
It has been great so far
What a weekend my love
I enjoy your company
may I have another cup of tea?
Millions of soldiers are gathered around that small country
the innocence is not enough to save
Nobody’s calling the president
they are stealing their money and burning their bodies
:What a weekend my love
it has been great so far
What a weekend my love
through the window of my car
What a weekend my love
It has been great so far
What a weekend my love
I enjoy your company
may I have another cup of tea?
—–
CURTAIN
There’s a line behind the curtain
there’s a line that should never be crossed
when you pulled down the curtain
I started growing moss
Now I’m hiding in the shadows
my shield has been burned by the flames
Dark shapes in the distance
I paint myself to wall
I’m watching them go away
You have stolen my sweet visions
but given back what it seems to be true
I don’t regret my decisions
you’ve already made me move
Now I’m hiding in the shadows
my shield has been burned by the flames
Dark shapes in the distance
I paint myself to wall
I’m watching them go away
—-
BOOGIE NIGHTMARE
I was killed by an accident
I remember how it hurt
I was looking for help
but the lights were already turned down
and my body was burned by the sun
It was a nice motorcycle
Fast enough
I was looking for help
all my life
I’ve been waiting fr this moment
if I could be
rocking like hell
my boogie
boogie woogie
shall be free!
I will boogie when I die
I will boogie when I die
—–
SENATOR
My mother knew what it means to be poor
She hardly wished I would get some more
Gave me no lessons only one good advice:
“You’d better get a rich fool by your side”
I grew up and stepped in the game
I got to know about money and fame
In early days I got kicked out of school
I followed my nurturer’s rules
In the light of the moon I was swimming
In the light of the moon I was dreaming
of you who sailed away but showed me a way to go
In the light of the moon I was dreaming
In the light of the moon I was swimming
away, away, away
please help me away
I got everything that my mother dreamed
A mansion with a pool -I can go on endlessly
Sitting on the beach pouring glass of champagne
Feeling dizzy at the end of the day
——-
TOOT TOOT
WHY YOU LOCK (YOURSELF IN A SAFETY BOX?)
Dreams are dying
in an empty head
thoughts are flying out
without a thread
before you were awake
an open-minded soul
has gone away
Where did all the pretty things disappear?
Where did all the fantasies go?
WHY YOU LOCK YOURSELF IN A SAFETY BOX?
Themes are getting violent
in your dreams
you try to make them silent
but it seems
you’re too faraway
no one’s by your side
anyway
Where did all the pretty things disappear?
Where did all the fantasies go?
WHY YOU LOCK YOURSELF IN A SAFETY BOX?
“I have it all here
I’ve never asked
for compassion
no need to fear
infidels looking for action
so please
lock the door”
…but why did YOU…
—–
(THE DISAPPEARANCE) OF MR. B.
Far away the moon is
sharing light to a lonely man
he travels through the darkest night
goes on the endless path
he’s left behind the world he loved
the time was running out
no sign of light anymore
the moon is covered by the clouds
The wind is whistling murder ballads
in a minor key
the branches slowly start creating
slow and haunting beat
he won’t be scared he likes the sound
of nature’s harmony
he finds the tune and hums out words
based on his memories
AT SOME POINT NO SOLUTION IS GOOD WHEN NONE OF THE WAYS IS LEADING TO YOU SO I CHOSE THE PATH WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE KNOWING NOTHING CAN MAKE THINGS UNDONE
The journey still goes on
it seems that it will never end
He’s running out of energy
his will begins to bend
Just before he’s falling down
He turns his eyes up to the sky
white light sweeps the trees
He is blinded by the shine
AT SOME POINT…
“This way -
you haven’t been running a circle
your course has been straight
guided by faith
in something you think is not real”
“This way -
you have been running a circle
you just couldn’t see
It has been me
sharing my light all the time”
AT SOME POINT…
—–
MOTHER SAID
I am
partial
need more
a little is
so damn boring
I’m still
looking
for the
ultimate
satisfaction
hazy
scrappy
wasted
MOTHER SAID
NEVER TALK TO THE STRANGERS
MOTHER SAID
STAY AWAY FROM THE DANGER
She said
I’ll do
just fine
if I’ll do it my own way
a safe flight
if I
don’t try
fixing it in the morning
——-
OVER THE LINE
I am empty now
nothing to mind about
I’m leaving them behind
I’m floating through the sky
the sweetest lullaby
is sheltering my flight
It’s never easy to get me
OVER THE LINE
Most of the visions I see before I fall asleep make me cry
the most vicious secrets are buried with me when I die
Most of the people I have ever cared always get sacrificed
they die every night in the wasteland of my mind
It happens every night
when I turn out the light
I sink in loneliness
there’s a screen in front of me
it’s gleaming constantly
I’m not able to suppress
The creatures block my journey
OVER THE LINE
Most of the visions I see before I fall asleep make me cry
the most vicious secrets are buried with me when I die
Most of the people I have ever cared always get sacrificed
they die every night in the graceland of my mind
——
MY HEART
I am and you are
he is and we are
you are and they are all the same
I love and you love
he loves and she loves
you love and they are all the same
MY HEART - screams for unity
MY HEART - filled with sympathy
———
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
I’m the driver of the van
you were waiting for years in the corner
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
if I turn on my magic fan
you won’t see me before the border
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
I’m the holder of the can
that’s the storage of my mystery mojo
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
but save your soul for Uncle Sam
‘cos Speedy Gonzalez’s on the run
I’m on the run
Well, you’ll see me again
when the lines are washed away
until then my anxious motor keeps on running
how to read between the lines
when the lines are hard to find
so don’t you even try
just enjoy the ride
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
show me you’re a decent man
who is standing on the line with the giants
when you lock the cell of mine
I wink my eye and smile
to remind you we are all the same
we’re all the same
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
I’m still the driver of the van
John Lennon was waiting all the years
Remaining up the speed
is the only thing I need
to ignore how the ground is shaking
Well, you’ll see me again
when the lines are washed away
until then my anxious motor keeps on running
How to read between the lines
when the lines are hard to find
so don’t you even try
to save my soul
——
PSYCHO/STEREO
You try to bite me like a hydrophobic animal
I didn’t know I’m with a vegetarian cannibal
I’m bleeding hard and your rage is dying down
now it’s my time to beat you on the ground
If I’m a psycho - you make it stereo
the psychos in stereo
I wait silently until you’ve fallen asleep
I turn the room into the Agent Cooper’s dream
I start the tape before I hit the sack
I wake up hands cuffed behind my back
If I’m a psycho - you make it stereo
the psychos in stereo
Make it stereo
WINNIE THE POOH
Breathing
is getting thicker and louder
my heart is
bumping more than it should
And I see them
as a group of strong contenders
I will not I will not
take part anymore
Speaking
is getting harder and harder
I feel
like I was Winnie the Pooh
and I back off
claim it’s not essential
I will not I will not
take part anymore
Call me when you need me
Call me when you’re free
I WON’T CRACK
Well-known
syllables changing their places
my brain has
turned into foam rubber mash
oh, but I know
that I’m your favorite toy
so I will not I will not
need no therapy
——
COWARD
Flashbacks of cool cats
they turn their back
when it’s time to go
I know
I went home alone
flashbacks of rat packs
transmitting their secret code
it’s in their biological way to be
it’s in their biological minds
You say:
“I’m a COWARD”.
I say:
"I’m a multimillionaire in case of love
in my own disco".
but I say:
“You’re a liar”.
you say:
“unsureness sets the path for me to go”,
but you don’t know, oh,
you don’t know
Cool cats and rat packs
All of you could learn from me
I know
I know something you don’t know
It’s in my astrological way to be
it’s in my astrological mind
——
HEAVEN IS A PLACE
Heaven is a place - for me and you
Heaven is a place - it’s surely true
Heaven is a place - behind the moon
Heaven is a place - but I don’t know
Heaven is a place - I’ve just been told
Heaven is a place - address unknown
She says heaven’s for a family
for those who deny sexuality
a portrait from 19th century
One says time is different now
the message’s not so cruel somehow
yes is no without a doubt
Before they told a faery tale
of a male who showed us how to pray
now the story’s changed it makes more sense
but as a tale it ain’t that groovy anymore
I have been just standing by
that faery tale is not my kind
but heaven is also on my mind
Heaven is a place - in your eyes
Heaven is a place - in your smile
Heaven is a place - because you’re mine