"The first years of my life I lived in Lapland, very high up North in Finland. I wrote this song remembering the deadly cold winters that felt like needles in your face and the never ending dark, dancing northern lights in the skies and again never ending light at the summer times, a truly magical place called Salla. I remember writing this song and for some reason seeing those landscapes from my childhood clearly through the eyes of an eagle. So I wanted to capture this flying emotion in this song.
It is strange how the first years of your life have been carved so deep into your soul.
Juha made a post on his Facebook account regarding this instrumental in 2021: https://www.facebook.com/juha.raivio.official/posts/the-first-years-of-my-life-i-lived-in-lapland-very-high-up-north-in-finland-i-wr/236697361605250/
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"The first years of my life I lived in Lapland, very high up North in Finland. I wrote this song remembering the deadly cold winters that felt like needles in your face and the never ending dark, dancing northern lights in the skies and again never ending light at the summer times, a truly magical place called Salla. I remember writing this song and for some reason seeing those landscapes from my childhood clearly through the eyes of an eagle. So I wanted to capture this flying emotion in this song.
It is strange how the first years of your life have been carved so deep into your soul.
-j-"