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Tuonelaan

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Tuonelaan Lyrics

Synkän saapuen, he tulivat etsien
Miestä nukkuvaa, avutonta saalistaan
Suoja varjoen, nurmi alla jalkojen
Äänetönnä yössä, salamurhaajan työssä

Tuonelaan, miestä viedään taas!
Kuolemaan, syyttömänä tuomitaan!
Mutta maailmaan, henki palaa riivaamaan!
Oikeutta, hakemaan!

Tupa hiljainen, henkäisy viimeinen
Ei osannut aavistaa, mikä unessaan odottaa
Tahto synkänlainen, ei mies eikä nainen!
Mukaansa pyytäen, kättään ojentaen

Tuonelaan, miestä viedään taas!
Kuolemaan, syyttömänä tuomitaan!
Mutta maailmaan, henki palaa riivaamaan!
Oikeutta, hakemaan!

Sieluni uhraan, jos vain, kostaa saan
"Anna sanasi kylvää, tuhoa päälle maan
Ei säästy edes rakkaimpas!"
Niin mä teen, siirrän kaiken, ajasta, ikuisuuteen!

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Tuonelaan, miestä viedään taas!
Kuolemaan, syyttömänä tuomitaan!
Mutta maailmaan, henki palaa riivaamaan!
Tuonelaan, miestä viedään taas!
Kuolemaan, syyttömänä tuomitaan!
Mutta maailmaan, henki palaa riivaamaan!
Oikeutta, hakemaan!

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rainbowdemon On Feb 27, 2009

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Quoted from the band's myspace page:

"The song was born from a riff, to which the chorus came easily. For some reason already in the beginning the word “Tuonelaan” [“to the underworld”, Tuonela is a name of the underworld in Finnish mythology] was in my mind, and the lyrics developed from that. I had not written lyrics in the form of a story before and that seemed to fit to the subject which started slowly taking shape. A man is assassinated and after selling his soul, he returns to take revenge on everyone, even upon the innocent, even his closest ones. Somehow that thought is creepy and tragic at the same time. (Ahola)"

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