elämä jatkuu. tai: kai sä oot mun ainoa rakkaus


Paljon on muuttunut.
Kuin muutin vuonna 2010 Helsinkiin opiskelemaan vaihto-opiskelijana aloitin elämäni parasta, vaikuttavampaa ja tärkeämpaa aikaa. Tie sinne oli rankka - menetin ihmisiä, joita luulin olevan ystäviä, saavuin henkilökohtaiseen rajoitukseen, ja itse asiassa olin antanut kokonaan periksi. Elämäni muuttui Helsingissä - yhtäkkiä tunnuin olevani “tavallinen” ihminen, tunnuin olevani oikeassa paikassa oikeassa aikassa. Kaikki vaan sopi täydellisesti. Ensimmäisissä viikoissa oli vaikea uskoa, että olin vielä “minä”. - Yhtäkkiä kaikki oli niin hyvä, niin positiivinen - olin niin … onnellinen. Joskus oli niin vaikkea uskoa siihen, että menin istumaan Tuomiokirkossa. En ole uskonnollinen ihminen, mutta Tuomiokirkko on ainoa paikka, jossa “ymmärrän” - ymmärrän, miksi ihmiset uskovat, miksi he rukoilevat. En sano, että rukoileminen on mitä tehdän kun olen siellä, mutta 10 minuuttia riittää. 10 minuuttia, joissa keskityn siihen, mistä olen kiitollinen, mitä pelkään, mitä on juuri tässä hetkessä tärkeä. 10 minuuttia tuossa Tuomiokirkossa, ja kaikki on kunnossa. 
Kaipaan tätä lähes päivittäin - Helsinkiä, Helsingin yliopistoa, asuntoa Puistolassa, kieltä, ilmaa, jne. Ei kulu päivääkään, kun en ajattele tätä aikaa. Helsinki tulee aina jossain verran olemaan kotini. Helsinki on se paikka, missä sydämeni on. Rakastan meidän asuntoa tässä, Kölnissä. Rakastan kotikaupunkiani. Mutta sydämeni on kuitenkin Helsingissä. 
Luulin aina, että joskus lopetan opiskeluni ja muutan Suomeen. Jostain syystä tieni ei itse asiassa johtaa Suomeen enää, ei ainakaan kun katsotaan miten sujui vaihtovuoden jalkeen: Olen “vihdoinkin” luoponut Suomen kielen opiskelustani Kölnin yliopistossa. Olin aina siltä
Luopua on niin kielteinen verbi, mutta se on kuitenkin hyvä juttu. Päätös oli toki vaikkea ja se kesti enemmän kuin vuosi kunnes olin varmaa, mihin tie menee seuraavaksi.
Olin onnellinen, kuin allekirjoitin sopimuksen, mutta kotona aloitin itkeä. Tuntui siltä, että olisin luoponut kaiken, mitä oli minulle tärkeä. Siltä, että haaveeni ei voisi olla mitään kaukeampaa. Ensimmäinen viikko matkanjärjestäjän toimistossa oli kuitenkin mahtava. Joskus tuntuu vähän niin kuin Helsingissä - että nyt on kaikki kunnossa, tai ainakin nyt on parempi kuin aiemmin.
Tuntuu toki vielä oudolta, että en aktiivisesti opiskelen suomea enää (amattikoulutuksessa tietysti ei edes ole mahdollisuus tehdä niin), mutta kieli ja maa ovat kuitenkin jossain verran niin “lähellä”, että mä pärjään. Ensiksi tuntui siltä, että opiskelun luopumisen tarkoittaa samaa kun luopua unelmasta tai elämäni suunnasta. Loppujen lopuksi en edes virallisesti “opiskellut lopuun”. Mutta erityisesti Helsingissä käsitin, että suomen kielessa tulee aina olemaan juttuja, joita en koskaan ymmärä — ja hyvä niin! Ehkä minusta ei koskaan tulee ammatti-kääntäjä, ja huomasin kuinka vaikea kielen käyttäminen on tullut viimeiseksi, ehkä en koskaan ollut yhtä hyvin kuin olin halunut olla, mutta nykyään luulen, että voin kuitenkin olla ylpeä tästä, mitä oppin. - Ehkä juuri suomen kielen opiskelu näytti minulle, että joskus kiertotie johtaa maaliin.

The Occasional Silence




You can walk into a room and spot them. They seem fine when you talk to them but every now and again, across the room, you catch them looking off into the distance at an invisible point that maybe, they once reached. They laugh a little different. They hesitate a little more. Now they know what it feels like. And something about their eyes when they listen to music says


'Turn it up until my ears bleed. Let it be the last thing I hear.'
[I Wrote This For You]

Created for a place I've never known


This is home
I've got my memories always inside of me
But I can't go back, back to how it was
I believe you now - I've come too far
No I can't go back, back to how it was
Created for a place I've never known

This is home
Now I'm finally where I belong
Where I belong
Yeah, this is home
I've been searching for a place of my own
Now I've found it - maybe this is home
Yeah, this is home

Belief over misery, I've seen the enemy
And I won't go back, back to how it was
And I got my heart set on what happens next
I got my eyes wide, it's not over yet
We are miracles and we're not alone

(Chorus)

And now after all my searching
After all my questions
I'm gonna call it home
I got a brand new mindset
I can finally see the sunset
I'm gonna call it home

(Chorus)

Now I know
Yeah, this is home

I've come too far
And I won't go back
Yeah, this is home

[Switchfoot]
 

One last thing:

By the time I'm dreaming...

Christmas is getting closer every day and it's the first time in years that I totally do not feel up to it. In a way I even get this kind of cynicism I hate so much in people, like not wanting to celebrate and act like everything is fine when it isn't. I hate this, I love Christmas, just because I have a messed up mind doesn't mean I can suddenly be all Grinch on everything.
We had snow yesterday. Only yesterday, and actually it was completely disgusting, yet somehow I found it oddly soothing. I heard bad news first thing in the morning, yet somehow the snow calmed down a little bit of that storm... don't know, can't explain how. It's just that feeling of home I get from it. Snow from November until April apparently taught me a lesson - it's harder to go without than I thought.

Yesterday I went to Ikea's to buy silly stuff like pillows for my grandma and one for the owl I'm going to make for Julius' birthday. I also had to buy children's clothes-hangers - probably the "randomest" purchase ever alltogether. It was a quick trip, too. The prof ended the lecture after an hour of watching a funny documentary about the English language from the 80's. There was a lot of Old and Middle English going on there, which funnily sounds a lot more Nordic when native speakers of English pronounce it. Funnily, one of the Oxford Professors talked so much like the guy who played Vincent on Bones that I couldn't help smiling whenever he said something. He just sounds so cute. The actor, I mean. Either way, I made it to Ikea after that and then headed home, which was a bit of a journey because I re-decided on tram/bus connections for what seems like most of the time. I got home with my feet soaked, cranky and whiny - about the cold, about having to wait for the bus, about my cold feet, about the bad news, whined a little more and eventually crashed on Anne's bed until she came home. ...For more whining, but well. I deserved that.
I was even more cranky this morning because we had to get up so early to make it to the airport... which means I pretty much fled back home soon after we arrived there, said my (tearful. it's only a week, you whimp) goodbyes and a good hour later I was back in bed, more whining, and eventually fell asleep again until 12. 
I met Christi for lunch again today, and since I felt a lot better after my nap it was a lot of fun. We went to Extrablatt, haven't been there in ages. We noticed that Hesburger is going to open a restaurant here and it totally made our day even though we both said we didn't even go there anymore XD
Bakc home, I basically sat down in front of my laptop and that's pretty much what I've been doing ever since then. Don't blame me, I don't have a life -.-

Speaking of life, I did have one on the weekend.
Melanie and Judith were here and it was totally awesome to see them again. I hadn't seen Judith in a year, and the last time I've seen Melanie before Friday was in January. It was a little weird in the beginning because of the completely different setting and all the memories, but we had a wonderful time. Christmas markets were way too stuffed with people, except for the one at the chocolate museum, but what do you expect on the last weekend in Advent? - Right. We spent the greater part of Saturday out in the city, wandering from one market to the next (Neumarkt-Rheinauhalbinsel-Heumarkt-City-Neumarkt) and eventually made it back home again, only to stay up until 3 because we watched millions of videos on youtube, drank self-mixed Lonkero and were basically having the best time ever. I'm still amazed by how deeply in love the girls are with HKI, by how dead serious Judith is about studying Finnish and just by how well we get along even though we hadn't met in suech a long time. We slept in on Sunday and they both left in the afternoon, such an awesome weekend! 

Well, tomorrow I'm off to the last lecture this year. I still headed decided whether I'm leaving for home after that or if I won't simply stay until Friday. I don't feel like staying here on my own, yet on the other hand I don't feel like a train trip tomorrow after uni either. I'll just see. Actually I wanted to meet Maike on Friday, but then again a day's long... -- see, still can't get myself excited over Christmas. Maybe it's just my usual end-of-the-year depression. I can't even think about NYE without feeling weird. Hate that day. - Can't wait for Helsinki, though.

Speaking of, our reminiscences on Satuday night instantly had me dream weird stuff, btw, it's always the same - and so annoying. Whenever I think I'm done I get kicked in the arse by my mind, goddamnit. Completely unnecessary. I just hope none of this is going to make our trip weird or anything. I'm just gonna do what I feel like doing and I'm not going to worry about bygones, easy as that. (ha. ha.)

Jaahas. Guess I should just finally go to bed, have a slow morning tomorrow and then I'll see how to go on. I've been tired all the time, so I guess now's a good time to call it a day.
One last thing. This totally saved me today. Everyone should try.
I'm out on the edge and I'm screaming my name
like a fool at the top of my lungs
sometimes when I close my eyes I pretend I'm alright
but it's never enough
[Jason Walker - Echo]
Tell them all what it feels like not to be with you anymore
I doubt they care.
[Mads Langer - Lovesong, no]

hekti kuin ikuisuus...

It's supposed to be winter but the weather is still stuck in fall somewhere. Most of the leaves disappeared, making the world look a little greyer, but it could as well be March, the last few weeks before it finally gets green.
I miss the snow, a wonderland of white, of glitter in the air. No, I think I know very well what I actually miss. It's getting worse every day. I thought it was bad in summer, but now it's a constant sting, like a hole in my heart, or in my soul, or both, I don't know.
"We will go down we will drown drown, deeper down
The river wild will be our last ride
We will go down we will drown drown, deeper down
The mills grind slow in a riverbed ghost town"[Nightwish: Imaginaerum - Ghost River]
I'm currently listening to Nightwish's Imaginaerum. I don't really know what to think of the record, I guess it needs to grow on me. Taikatalvi is pure magic, though. Probably because it's Finnish, I don't know, but it's so soothing, so beautiful. Ghost river, which I quoted above, has this sort of rhythm you cannot not listen to, similarly I want my tears back. Storytime is weird... I don't like the vocals, yet the melody is so catchy that it simply stays in your mind. And then there's The crow, the owl and the dove. I can't stop listening to the song, differently from how I can't stop listening to Taikatalvi. It's the melody, something so enticing about it. Well, and then Marco's and Anette's voices go so well together.
And then there's Song of Myself, a poem more than a song. It's interesting to listen to. The voice, the dialect... well and then that one line:
How can you "just be yourself" when you don`t know who you are?
Stop saying "I know how you feel"
How could anyone know how another feels?
[Nightwish: Imaginaerum - Song of Myself]
Guess that's relevant, eh?
It's frustrating, to a certain extend, to know how true it is. It's another critical time... as if September and October haven't been enough. I'm supposed to see the shrink again on Wednesday. Not even going because I'll be at my parents' for sewing. Screw that. I haven't even called her yet, and I don't know how to. Well, she's the one who said I actually don't have any problem at all. Gotta love my vivid imagination. -.-°

Not much more. Got my love back, the past two weeks have been going mostly well. We've been to the Christmas market with Christiane and stuff. Lots of fun. :) We went to the one at Neumarkt last night but it was terribly crowded. I mean sure, what do you expect on a Sunday night, but still. We found this Lonkero-sign at the tinsign-stand, still stoked. I mean come on, nobody knows Lonkero here, and it was like the first sign we saw. We're gonna put it up in the kitchen some time this week. Heheh. It's like some inside joke, really xD Either way, it's gonna look great.

I keep getting these flashbacks today. Sitting in our shared flat in Puistola, watching TVD and eating those sourcream&onion crisps. Running along the cliffs on Suomenlinna. Sitting in the mids of reeds in Viikki - spending the whole day outside, returning home starved, with a slight headache from squinting in the bright sun, but unbelievably happy. Swedish lessons and lunch at Svenska högskolan. Stockholm. Tallinn. Seagulls calling. ...
How can you "just be yourself"
When you don't know who you are?

Stop saying
"I know how you feel"
- How could anyone know how another feels?
 [Nightwish: Imaginaerum - Song of Myself]

I'm gonna come back to walk these streets again.


Now this is not the time or the place
for a broken-hearted,
'cause this is the end of the rainbow
where no one can be too sad
No I don't wanna leave
but I must keep moving ahead
'cause my life belongs to the other side
behind the great ocean's waves
Bye bye, Hollywood Hills
I'm gonna miss you wherever I go
I'm gonna come back to walk these streets again
Bye bye, Hollywood Hills forever
Thank you for the morning walks on the sweet sunset
And for the hot night moments
For the fantasy in my bed
I take part of you with me now
and you won't get it back
and a part of me will stay here,
you can keep it forever, dear
Bye bye, Hollywood Hills
I'm gonna miss you wherever I go
I'm gonna come back to walk these streets again
Remember that we had fun together
Bye bye, Rodeo Girls
I'm gonna love you wherever I go
I'm gonna come back so we can play together
Bye bye, Hollywood Hills forever
Long distance love doesn't work
All the miles in between getting naughty
No I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
Bye bye, Hollywood Hills
I'm gonna miss you wherever I go
I'm gonna come back to walk these streets again
Bye bye...
Bye bye, Hollywood Hills
I'm gonna miss you, wherever I go
I'm gonna come back to walk these streets again
Remember that we had fun together
Bye bye, Rodeo Girls
I'm gonna love you, wherever I go
I'm gonna come back so we can play together
Bye bye, Hollywood Hills forever
[Sunrise Ave]

Joka. ikinen. sana. ♥
Enää 5 viikkoa.  ♥

we are shining and we'll never be afraid again...

Well. I tried to blog like a million times these past two weeks but somehow I was too caught up.
First of all, Mads Langer's concert was breathtakingly beautiful. I wasn't sure what to expect, but the acoustics where spellbinding. His whole performance was. Ever since that Sunday, I actually want to go to Denmark and see one of his shows there. Especially since I saw the pic from his concert at Koncerthuset in København... wow.

Secondly, I'm still completely hoocked on Florence+the Machine. I got pretty much stuck with the favourites that already showed up after the first few times. I never really listen to Seven Devils and Spectrum... there's something about the songs I don't get. Never let me go however is probably my most frequently played song by now. It's so absolutely flawless...

Quite a lot of stuff going on lately, last Tuesday I got to see my lovely boy again and then I went sewing last Wednesday. Mum&dad came here on Saturday and we took a walk to the pond and through the developing area and they actually love the surroundings. I had to take the stairs 3 times that day because or elevator was broken. 3 times. that's 160 steps each single time, right? The best thing about that? - No sore muscles afterwards! Ha! Actually my brother and sis-in-law wanted to come here, too, with the little man, but we postponed the meeting because we didn't really want them to come up all those stairs with him. I mean I'm sure he would have loved it, but if he takes the steps himself it's going to take an hour until he's here and he's obviously to heavy to carry all the way :D
Maike visited me on Monday and we checked out the Christmas markets, which was fun because the weather was so beautiful and we could spent the entire day outside and had plenty of chance to talk. I love this, really, we're seeing each other so much lately and it's really important to me to have this bond. It's amazing! :)

Yesterday I was at my parents' again, for sewing today. I'm almost finished with 3 Christmas presents, now I still have to do Maike's and the one for my love. I found a pattern today which is pretty awesome, so I guess I can get that done before Christmas, too. Yay me.
Similarly important, I "celebrated" my website's two year anniversary yesterday and got such a huge amount of love and appreciation that I got a little fuzzier every time I logged in to facebook. I can't even express how important this is to me. Sure, it's aiming for gold stars, but I need them so desperately after this summer&autumn and it's simply amazing to finally see that people appreciate what I'm doing.
It makes me sad, too, because it's the most important thing I have going on hobby-wise, and yet it won't get me anywhere professionally. Sigh. But no thoughts about this right now. 

My love is going to be back on Sunday and I can't WAIT. She's been complaining about her friend a lot and that's totally justified, but I'm just not going to say anything about that because I don't understand her (the friend) anyways. Doesn't matter now, what counts is that I'll get my girl back and that we have the whole advent-time together and then I'm gonna drag her straight back to Finland after Christmas, as if she hadn't been there all month xD I can't wait to have some time together again, even though it's going to be stressful as hell for he because of the BA, but I'll try to shut the hell up and be there. I can't wait to watch shows together again, or just fall asleep next to her, or be able to cuddle and kiss and hold hands as much as I want ♥ Jee. ♥

Well well. Endless day tomorrow, guess I should go to bed. I might be meeting Christiane for Christmas markets, but I still have to go to 2x90mins of lectures, blah. Gotta get up in time tomorrow lest I'm late again.
Still counting the days till Sunday... :)

Reflections still look the same to me

So. I ended up buying the new Florence&the Machine -record Ceremonials without ever truly having heard anything about her. I mean it's an artist everyone seems to talk about and everyone seems to love to pieces, but I never really got around listening to her because I was too busy with my own stuff music to check it out. Well, looks like I missed out on something because, frankly - this woman is amazing. I can't even begin to describe how obsessed I am with No Light, no light
... and the rest of the record will surely bring out some more favourites. Like Never let me go. Or Breaking Down Or the gospel-ish Lover to lover, or Heartlines, or All this and Heaven too. Notice something? There's only 12 tracks on the actual record, that's as good as half of it and I haven't even listened to the specials on CDII yet. So stoked. ^__^'
Tomorrow I'll finally get to see my 2010 great musical love, Mads Langer. It's so weird when one little song refuses to get out of your mind and then, when you decide to take a closer look, you discover a whole new world. I mean all through the last year, his music has been some sort of stronghold cementing connections and memories. Stille før Storm will always make me think of the darkest -and yet lightest- November I've ever experienced and will forever put me in a Christmas mood, seeing the lights illuminate Aleksanterinkatu and the rest of the city in sombre afternoon hours.
Remains of You will always mirror my feelings towards this home, this haven, even though the song is probably about a relationship gone wrong. - And well maybe that is precisely why it will always remind me. Imagination tempts me with a smile, draws me in and leaves me running wild. No sedation to swallow with my pride. An avalanche is breaking loose and I can't hide. -- The stars are falling like rain, crashing all around my head tonight, and a dark sky is all that remains of you. I don't know, it just wraps it up completely. Every line. Realization that I must have let go, and I'm still spinning all alone.
Either way, tomorrow's the show. I still have to look up directions (even though Maike is going to drive, I guess), the outfit's decided. Nope, I'll never get over that part. XD I'm a little concered I'm just going to cry all the time, but even if I will I'm sure it's going to be worth every single tear.

Even though I went to see theBaseballs just a few weeks ago and it was totally awesome (did anyone expect anything else) I feel like I haven't been on a show ever since Uniklubi performed at VirginOil in April. Like... whoa.
I'm a little concerned because I wasn't in the best shape when seeing theBaseballs and left the hall like 2 times or something because it was so incredibly hot and crowded and I sort of panicked because of my blood-pressure, resulting in me missing a couple of songs. Well, in a 2h15min performance that's not too much of a let-down, but still. Bummer. I hope I'll be fine tomorrow, but then I'm sure the venue won't hold 2000 people... ^^ I'll just wait and see what happens - and drink enough!

I had the worst flashback on Thursday when I came from Aqualand with Christiane. The situation was so much of a parallel to our trip to Serena in Espoo that I ended up being completely disoriented and startled every time people in the train started speaking because I expected them to speak Finnish, but they didn't. I was miserable by the time I reached home, but got through it after all. I had to pay with a little lack of sleep, but then Friday payed up for that because I got to spend the afternoon with my lovely little boy all alone for the first time. I mean I babysat him before but then he was asleep! Yesterday I actually got to pick him up from daycare. He's the most adorable thing ever, all he did when I came in was walking up to me and giving me the lovliest hug, letting me pick him up and carry him. All cuddly, the little man ^_^' He even sat in the buggy without any discussion whatsoever, I was completely surprised. He let me push him all the way home, telling me all kinds of things about the surroundings as usual. It's amazing, his 2-syllable words first turned into 4-syllable ones, sometimes he's even forming really short sentences already. What really makes me laugh is when he immitates things he picks up at home, like Oh nein or Meine Güte XD It's just so funny! He also remembers things, games we played before. And he has quite the mind of his own!! Britta took us grocery-shopping when she came home, so I also got to explore escalators and elevators together with him, as well as a shoestore and just ... everything. :)

I'm still waiting for the download to finish. It's so amazing I get to see Kuorosota thanks to Kati, I'm really enjoying the show and yah, being a fangirl or not, I really think Hämeenkyrö is doing really really well. As is Jussi. Even though his clothing style is completely ridiculous and he totally needs a stylist. Maybe Gekko will do. ... :D
It's weird though, calling a truce after years. It's amazing, I'm actually happy things were worked out because all of this was completely unnecessary and useless but... still :) I never really let myself reflect on it because that's how things change and people grow up and it's a good thing, but actually it makes me think about myself and my past decisions. It's weird how some things grow less and less relevant and how easy it is to see past things... well. It's too late to walk down memory lane right now.

I'm curious whether I'll dream weird stuff again this night after the past nights had dreamy visitors of two very unlikely gentleman, one of them causing an argument between me and my love XD My dreams keep getting better. XD
Calling it a night now... :)

Tell me what you want me to say


can't stop listening to the song.

You are the hole in my head
You are the space in my bed
You are the silence in between
What I thought and what I said

You are the night-time fear
You are the morning when it's clear
When it's over your start

You're my head
You're my heart

No light, no light in your bright blue eyes
I never knew daylight could be so violent
A revelation in the light of day

You can choose what stays and what fades away
And I'd do anything to make you stay

No light, no light
No light

Tell me what you want me to say
Through the crowded islands
Crying out at me
In your place there were a thousand other faces

I will disappear in plain sight
Heaven help me
I need to make it right
You are the revelation
You are to get it right
And it's a conversation
I just can't have tonight

You want a revelation
Some kind of revolution
You are the revelation

No light, no light in your bright blue eyes
I never knew daylight could be so violent
A revelation in the light of day

You can choose what stays and what fades away
And I'd do anything to make you stay

No light, no light
No light

Tell me what you want me to say
But would you leave me,
If I told you what I've done

And would you leave me
If I told you what I've become
'Cause it's so easy,
To sing it to a crowd
But it's so hard, my love
To say it to you, all alone

No light, no light in your bright blue eyes
I never knew daylight could be so violent

A revelation in the light of day,
You can choose what stays and what fades away
And I'd do anything to make you stay

No light, no light
No light

Tell me what you want me to say
You are the revelation
You are to get it right
But, it's a conversation
I just can't have tonight
You are the revelation
Some kind of resolution.

You are the revelation.
You are the revelation
You are to get it right.

But, it's a conversation,
I just can't have tonight.
You are the revelation
Some kind of revolution
Tell me what you want me to say
[Florence&the Machine - No light, no light]

Meet me back here in a year...

“This is the acceptance speech. The end of anger and denial. I accept that you and I will never be the same again. That while those days will live in my mind forever, they’re over. I hate it. But I accept it. And I’m moving on now.”
[I Wrote This For You: The Car in the River] 



And the embers never fade in your city by the lake...

Aaand another song-posting, seems like I can't stop myself these days. With the new season starting I have a fresh supply of TVD-songs every week, and with certain people (whose taste in music is excellent, period) posting videos on twitter ... I just can't help it. Whenever I "conciously" listen to bands who have been around for ages for the first time, and they're good, I always feel like I missed out on something. 
Either way, here's to the Smashing Pumpkins ^^


Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave
Without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change, the less you feel
Believe, believe in me, believe
That life can change, that you’re not stuck in vain
We’re not the same, we’re different
Tonight, tonight,
so bright tonight
And you know you’re never sure
But you’re sure you could be right
If you held yourself up to the light
And the embers never fade in your city by the lake
The place where you were born
Believe, believe in me, believe
In the resolute urgency of now
And if you believe there’s not a chance tonight
Tonight, tonight
So bright tonight
We’ll crucify the insincere tonight
We’ll make things right, we’ll feel it all tonight
We’ll find a way to offer up the night tonight
The indescribable moments of your life tonight
The impossible is possible tonight
Believe in me as I believe in you, tonight

[Smashing Pumpkins]

I don't hear a sound...


Hello, hello, anybody out there?
'Cause I don't hear a sound
Alone, alone
I don't really know where the world is but I miss it now

I'm out on the edge and I'm screaming my name
Like a fool at the top of my lungs
Sometimes when I close my eyes
I pretend I'm alright but it's never enough
'Cause my echo, echo is the only voice coming back
My shadow, shadow is the only friend that I have

Listen, listen
I would take a whisper if that's all you have to give
But it isn't, isn't
You could come and save me
Try to chase it crazy right out of my head

I'm out on the edge and I'm screaming my name
Like a fool at the top of my lungs
Sometimes when I close my eyes
I pretend I'm alright but it's never enough
'Cause my echo, echo is the only voice coming back
My shadow, shadow is the only friend that I have

I don't wanna be down and
I just wanna feel alive and
Get to see your face again once again
Just my echo, my shadow - you're my only friend

I'm out on the edge and I'm screaming my name
Like a fool at the top of my lungs
Sometimes when I close my eyes
I pretend I'm alright but it's never enough
'Cause my echo, echo, oh my shadow, shadow

Hello, hello
anybody out there?[Jason Walker]

Misplaced trust and old friends, never counting regrets


A drop in the ocean,
A change in the weather,
I was praying that you and me might end up together.
It's like wishing for rain as I stand in the desert,
But I'm holding you closer than most,
'Cause you are my heaven.

I don't wanna waste the weekend,
If you don't love me, pretend
A few more hours, then it's time to go.
As my train rolls down the East Coast,
I wonder how you'll keep warm.
It's too late to cry, too broken to move on.

And still I can't let you be,
Most nights I hardly sleep.
Don't take what you don't need from me.

It´s just s drop in the ocean,
A change in the weather,
I was praying that you and me might end up together.
It's like wishing for rain as I stand in the desert,
But I'm holding you closer than most,
'Cause you are my heaven.

Misplaced trust and old friends,
Never counting regrets,
By the grace of God, I do not rest at all.
New England as the leaves change;
The last excuse that I'll claim,
I was a boy who loved a woman like a little girl.

And still I can't let you be,
Most nights I hardly sleep,
Don't take what you don't need from me.

It´s just s drop in the ocean,
A change in the weather,
I was praying that you and me might end up together.
It's like wishing for rain as I stand in the desert,
But I'm holding you closer than most,
'Cause you are my

Heaven doesn't seem far away anymore no no.
Heaven doesn't seem far away.
Heaven doesn't seem far away anymore no no.
Heaven doesn't seem far away.

A drop in the ocean,
A change in the weather,
I was praying that you and me might end up together.
It's like wishing for rain as I stand in the desert,
But I'm holding you closer than most,
'Cause you are my heaven.
You are my heaven [Ron Pope]

I've learned to live half alive...


I know I can't take one more step towards you
Cause all that's waiting is regret
And don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore
You lost the love I loved the most

I learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time

And who do you think you are
Running 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are

I hear you're asking all around
If I am anywhere to be found
But I have grown too strong
To ever fall back in your arms

I learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time

And who do you think you are
Running 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Don't come back at all

And it took so long just to feel alright
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes
I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed
Cause you broke all your promises
And now you're back
You don't get to get me back

And who do you think you are
Running 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Don't come back at all

And who do you think you are
Running 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Don't come back at all
Don't come back at all
Who do you think you are?
[Glee. Originally by Christina Perri]

Tummien perhosten koti

"Sinä olet kipeä, mutta sinä paranet kyllä. Mutta et voi parantua ennen kuin päästät irti, sillä niin kauan kuin sinä itse pidät kiinni menneisyydestäsi, se kyllä pitää kiinni sinusta.

Oli siinä kirjeessä sitten ihan mitä tahansa, niin muista, että elämälle ei pidä olla liian ankara
ei muiden, eikä omalle - Loppujen lopuksi se kuitenkin vain kuluu, päivä päivältä, elämä. Siksi sitä ei kannata kuluttaa katkeruuteen ja itsepetokseen.

- Sellaiset valmiiksi lannistetut ihmiset havahtuvat jonain aamuna siihen etteivät enää jaksakaan nousta sängystä. Vasta sitten he heräävät huomaamaan, että, noh siinä se nyt sitten oli - kaikki - koko elämä.

Onneksi on myös toisenlaisia ihmisiä - selviytyjiä.
Juhani, sinä olet selviytyjä, sinä kuulut niihin jotka nousevat omille siivilleen, tuuli sitten miten kovasti tahansa.
Sinä olet kipeä, mutta sinä paranet kyllä."
[Tummien perhosten koti]