Tag: Singles
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About “Last Rose Of Summer”
Last Rose of Summer was born in a late summer of the mid-1990s, out of a synthesizer. I had saved for a long time to buy a Korg Trinity, and its arpeggiator became my playground. One evening — it must have been a warm stretch of July or early August — I set the machine…
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About “Morning”
“Morning” originally started as a promise to myself after a major, life-altering experience I had in the summer of 1993. After spending the whole summer on a course by a famous Finnish primal therapist doing group exercises and sessions that combined dance, movement and primal therapy to increase our knowledge about ourselves, something inside me…
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About “Love Boat”
Six Weeks Between Two Countries My song “Love Boat” is rooted in the six weeks I spent as a performer on a cruise ship travelling between Finland and Sweden in 1999. It was a strange experience, because I remained onboard for almost the entire time. I may have stepped ashore once or twice on either…
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About “Underwurlde”
Every album needs a beginning, and “Eternal Echoes”, structured, quietly, as a Hero’s Journey across its ten songs has “Underwurlde” where that journey starts. Let’s start with the music. Underneath the modern production is an old Finnish folk song from Karelia, Finland so the bones of the melody are older than anything else on “Eternal…
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About “My Dreams Of Tomorrow”
Every Song Had to Belong From the moment I began composing “Eternal Echoes,” I knew the album needed variety. Every song had to stand on its own — complete, distinctive, with a strong identity of its own. At the same time, they all needed to belong to the same larger picture. The songs are individual…
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About “Free To Fly”
The Origin: A Farmhouse and a Feeling of Floating I originally wrote “Free to Fly” in the summer of 1994 or 1995 — the exact year has dissolved, which tells you something about how old this song is. The inspiration came from something else entirely: a three-month summer course I took in 1993. We stayed…
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Lyrics to “Last Rose Of Summer”
The last rays of warmth embrace meAnd in that moment, from this soilShe has risenNow to that soil she’s going back againThe bloom of the autumn, my returning friendIt’s not the end, the time we spent togetherWith my Last Rose of SummerThe honey bee is singing goodbyeIn the last ray of autumn lightThe last Summer…
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Lyrics to “Morning”
After the darkyou can rise and shine with the sunwhen the night is overyou can breathe in The MorningDark was the night for allIt is coming for you through the hallOpen your eyes and see:you can welcome The MorningAfter the pain and the sorrowon it’s way is The New TomorrowThe LightInhale and leave the mourningon…
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Lyrics to “I Held You Once”
I held you onceWhen you had told me onceYou will soon say goodbyeThat you will not be mine“Don’t count on meDon’t wait for me to bethere to take care of youTo make your dreams come true”I won’t catch my next flightIf you change your mindPlease change your mindI’ll drop all and stay the nightIf you…
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Lyrics to “Love Boat”
Our boat swinging and hummingwhen we rolled on the wavesWe had liquids on the rocksWe had fluids in our veinsWe were stonedOn our Love BoatWe’re on the rocks againOn our Love BoatOnce on the land, land ohoyWe went on swayingBut the show had to go onSo we cruised back until the morningHumming, humming in our…