| HIM – Valo Yössä Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuRZxDEHGDU This is the original version from 1979 by Tuomari Nurmio. The singer wrote both the lyrics and the melody. His voice is, shall we say, an acquired taste. But it fits much better for the kind of a man that this song is about. |
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| HIM – Valo Yössä Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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There are many misunderstandings in that translation. Here's mine: ---------------- The only speck of light in the night flashes on top of a taxi. Padded thwart of that boat of nuts and bolts waits, I go. Murky thoughts come forth, rough words devise lies. Thick wallet... It's easy to look for love. A beggar feels a chill from the glow in these frosty eyes.* Scythes of light** mow down houses, Hand goes for the cape of the ferryman. I can't blame nor thank life. Let it be, I don't care. The diligent ferry swims from womb to the grave, stopping at a thousand pubs. * To hear it as "alla silmien" is a common mistake. What it really says, is "hallasilmien" ** Metaphor for the driving lights of the taxi |
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