Lyrics by [Linderel]

In addition to poems, I've also tried my hand at song lyrics. Most of them are probably not very good, with me not knowing how to actually compose anything and all, and I'm not as familiar with the art of rhyming as I would like to be. However, I do believe that at least some of these are worth reading and giving a thought or two to. Being practically bilingual, I have lyrics both in English and in my mother tongue, Finnish.
Everything on this page is © Saara Aitakangas a.k.a. [Linderel].

You try so hard
but you still can't walk
the wounds are yet to be healed
even after years
they're still too fresh
Bloody tears of pain
is not all that worn out a phrase
Can't you see what's happening
you're dying inside
so drop that stupid mask of yours
a mask of smiles is meant for fools

Endlessly you cry
night after night
thinking that no one cares
Look up, you silly little child
see all those friends
they're smiling to you
Invisibility and worthlessness
they are only an illusion
created by the scarred soul inside
Let them heal you
let them close
open up your heart
and see how much you have

Drop your guard
let the tears fall freely
(you can, you're allowed)
take the hand that's reached out for you
Finally be able to live
without those fears that plague you now

Let go of the past
however cruel it may have been
and know that you are loved
just the way you are

Don't cry (when I'm gone)

Are you there?
I think I heard you calling
my name across the river
your feelings bare
But I'm going, yeah
I'm going now

CHORUS:
Hey, darling
don't you cry when I'm gone
after all I was just
another shadow before the sun

So do you know
what's behind that horizon?
I can't sleep
I've gone too deep
my actions beyond redemption
Can't forget while I'm here

CHORUS

The ship'll be away soon
and I just want you to know
that my heart is bonded
with the crystal lagoon
of the tears you've shed
all because of me

CHORUS

Sakura

When we first met
it was like a stroke of fate
you just stood right there and it was late
but you seemed so alive
and I'll say with my hand on my heart
it was a sight to remember for a while

CHORUS:
Come again by accident
meet me by the cherry trees
give promises you cannot keep
so I can wither away
trapped in my hopeless dreams
and like the fragile blossoms
be carried with the wind one day

My second time with you
I'll never forget
and I guess you could say
it was a mistake to place that bet
And while it still seems that I could have a chance
I know, this will be a lonely dance

CHORUS

So now I sit here
wishing and waiting
The blossoms are opening
and I'm painfully aware
of the cold breeze in the air
Petals drift past me and you're still not there

CHORUS

Ablaze

A:  Dancing on the street

   in the middle of the staring crowd

   I look stupid, I know

   but it makes me feel so proud

   this feeling of absolute freedom



A1:  I'm hoping against all odds

   that you would finally see me

   so, yeah, I'm losing my touch

   and my frail grip on reality



CHORUS:

   In my life there's one thing sure

   I'm just your ordinary girl

   completely plain and dull

   But this music makes me beautiful

   yeah, it makes me feel alive



A2:  Most of the time

   I really don't feel like smiling

   but when I'm with you and hear these songs

   I'm sure I could rise high, flying



CHORUS x 2



C:  I have a rhythm in my blood

   this voice was made to sing

   For a moment, forget everything

   and let me take you with me

   to a world somewhere far above

The music of the pyre

CHORUS:

   She burns

   she burns so bright

   and in the dark of the night

   her screams of terror haunt me



A1:

   Another day

   another prayer

   endless long hours of hiding in fear

   too many people

   who have seen what you are



repeat CHORUS



A2:

   Another night

   another victim to the pyre

   Will it ever stop

   will you see tomorrow?

   And you hear it



repeat CHORUS



A3:

   Knocking at your door

   they're here, you know

   with their torches and blades

   and mad, mad eyes

   And you run



repeat CHORUS x 2



   But you already know the truth

Red Suitcase

CHORUS:
     The red suitcase and the
     blue suede shoes
     I'm on the road again

A1:
     Searching for my soul
     in hidden crooks, shadowy corners
     I can't seem to find myself
     and when the moon is my only company
     I feel like I'll break and fade
     Don't know where I'm going
     don't know where I'll be when tomorrow comes
     if it comes at all

A2:
     You call, but I hang up
     can't bear to face you today
     Do you believe that my heart is aching
     to see you run and hide
     every day from my eyes
     I know it's hard to be with me
     but I just can't stay anymore

CHORUS:
     The red suitcase and the
     blue suede shoes
     I'm on the road again

A3:     
     I'm on the road again
     (red suitcase and blue suede shoes)
     I'm on the road again

     (red suitcase)
     (blue suede shoes)
     on the road again

     on the road again

     I think I'm going home

The oceans that separate us
I would cross for a single word
and even if I was a long,
long way from home
I wouldn't mind
as long as you'd just look at me
and say I'm welcome
in your life

*I don't know what to do
so I'm reaching out
for you
wishing and praying for answers
you've ensnared me so*

Would you care about me enough
to hear me out,
talking about the feelings
you awakened in me tonight?
You see, my only hope is
for your smile
so I'd know I
wouldn't have to hide

*I don't know what to do...

Made immortal, soulmates in sorrow
Written for and inspired by [Slavork]

CHORUS:
     We should have been
     made immortal
     soulmates in sorrow
     our legend passing down
     to the children of tomorrow

A1:
     As we laid down on the grass
     side by side, facing the sun
     for the very last time
     I couldn't help but feel
     this piercing, poignant agony

     I had my answer from you
     a long time ago
     and I can't say
     why it's so hard for me
     to let it go

CHORUS:
     We should have been
     made immortal
     soulmates in sorrow
     our legend passing down
     to the children of tomorrow

A2:
     It was your smile
     that once captured me
     so innocent, somehow
     yet I knew you would be
     impossible to control

     Like one of those plays
     we used to read, remember
     like Romeo and Juliet
     it's how I think of us
     now when all is over

CHORUS:
     We should have been
     made immortal
     soulmates in sorrow
     our legend passing down
     to the children of tomorrow

A3:
     Only for you, my love
     I would give up
     all of my façades
     but it just wasn't enough
     no, not enough

     You were like the wind
     never still, never calm
     but I still wait for you to come
     miraculously, somehow
     from wherever you've gone


CHORUS:
     We should have been
     made immortal
     soulmates in sorrow
     our legend passing down
     to the children of tomorrow

C:
     But now I lie here alone
     listening to the night
     and remembering you
     how you touched me, so deeply
     yet never stayed to say

     You never stayed to say
     good night

Huilisti

A1:

      Tyttö nuori pellavapäinen

      istui puun oksalla

      silmänsä hymyilivät taivaalle

      tietämättöminä hiipivästä pimeydestä



CHORUS:

      Ja hän soitti

      hän soitti huiluaan

      pajupuusta veistettyä

      unohtaen kaiken muun

      yhä silmänsä säteillen



A2:

      Kaukana kotoaan

      ei tyttö nuori nähnyt

      kuinka perheensä, ystävänsä

      suistuivat itkien pimeään



repeat CHORUS



A3:

      Hän jatkoi auringonlaskuun

      kunnes vastassa olivat enää rauniot

      tyttö vain hymyili surullisesti

      ja nosti huilun huulilleen



repeat CHORUS

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