First single release for year 2025, including A side "Stranger in Strange Land" and a B-side instrumental "Dreamlands". Single will be released for Streaming 10.1.2025.

Music written, performed & produced by Markku Ruottinen
Mastered by Jukka Putkinen

Stranger In A Strange Land

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This Ain't Me

“Broken Keys in the Rain” is a haunting ballad of loss and longing, steeped in the ghost of a love that refuses to fade. Through vivid imagery and aching metaphors, the song captures the weight of grief, where even the city and its silence seem to echo her absence. It’s a slow, soulful unraveling of a heart still trying to play love’s melody with keys that no longer work.

Boken Keys in the Rain

Verse 1] 
They say love don’t come with eyes  
But baby, yours lit up my skies  
You walked in, and time stood still , 
A silhouette I feel, and yet I feel you still  

Pre-Chorus
They say it's touch, it's trust, it’s soul  
But you got a shine I can't control , 
If I’m supposed to feel, not see—  
Why’s your image burning into me?

Chorus
If love is blind, why do I see you?  
Every move, like a dream come true,  
If hearts don’t need a point of view  
Then why do I see, why do I see… you?  
If love is blind, what’s this light I’m in?  
You're a vision wrapped in cinnamon sin , 
Close my eyes, you still come through—  
So if love is blind, why do I see you?

Verse 2
They say it's more than just the skin  
But baby, your glow pulls me in,  
Your laugh’s a rhythm, sweet and slow  
Like a saxophone in stereo  

Pre-Chorus
They tell me beauty fades away  
But yours gets louder every day , 
If it’s about the heart, not face—  
Then why does yours leave such a trace?

Chorus
If love is blind, why do I see you?  
Every curve in the midnight blue , 
If feelings float, like lovers do  
Then why do I fall every time I view… you?  
If love is blind, what’s this spark I chase?  
You're the moonlight dressed in satin grace  
I close my eyes—you're breaking through—  
If love is blind… why do I see you?

Bridge 
No Braille could trace the story, 
That your body tells in glory  
You’re more than sight, but sight’s the flame  
That called my soul and whispered your name  

Chorus
If love is blind… why do I see you? (Ooh, baby…)  
In every shade, in every hue  
Even when I try not to— , 
Why do I… why do I see you?  
If love is blind… then I must be dreaming  
'Cause your image got my whole heart leaning, 
I don’t need eyes to feel it’s true…  
But if love is blind…  
Why do I see you?

Love is Blind

Verse
Please allow me to reintroduce myself,  
I'm the echo in your prayers, your cries for help,  
I've whispered to kings and danced in the flames,  
Smiling sweetly while I call your name.  

Verse
I rode through Rome with a crooked crown,  
Watched empires crumble, then I burned 'em down.  
Lit cigars off a dying sun,  
Then sipped red wine while the plagues begun.  

Chorus
Ohhh- Ohhhh! Can you guess my name?  
I wear every mask, I play every game.  
Ohhh- Ohhhh!! I’m the face in the flame—  
Just a friend with a taste for fame.  

Verse
I played chess in the palace halls,  
Whispered secrets through cathedral walls.  
Signed the deals that sealed your fate,  
All with a smile and a twist of fate.  

Chorus
Ohhh- Ohhhh!! Can you guess my name?  
From the gallows to the halls of fame.  
Ohhh- Ohhhh!! I don’t need to explain—  
I’m the shadow that sings in the rain.  

Bridge
[Conga and Piano Groove]  
[Guitar Lick Solo – bluesy, teasing]

Verse
I kissed the lips of Marilyn’s ghost,  
Danced with rebels, drank with the hosts.  
I watched the world spin round again,  
And I laughed in the thunder and danced in the sin.  

Chorus
Ohhh- Ohhhh!! You still don't know my name?  
It’s been carved in stone and lit in flame.  
Ohhh- Ohhhh!! Don’t cry or blame—  
I just give you what you claim.  


No more sympathy for the devil

Rolling

A song about being addicted to the city and trying to get over it.

Clean

Impro qui commence a l'endroit et fini a l'envers avec un Loop guitar 
style wypernet
tout fait maison comme d'hab

La vie(instrumental)

When you scream at Ghosts....

I met a masked robber at an open bar at Mardi Gras
He smiled and said ” I’m gonna steal your heart”
I said, if you’re trying to get my attention 
That’s a pretty good place to start 
I'd never thought he'd break my heart


I fell hard and fast
I thought, this kind of love could last
But....damn 
How could I have been so wrong?
Different dancer,  same song 
by the time the fall leaves fell
he was gone


It’s too late to apologize
It’s too late to expect you’d be a stand-up guy 
I’m tired of asking why...
There is nothing you can say or do
You're a masked robber on the loose
but I need a mercy from you


If you ever loved me 
Why'd you ghost me?
I need your ghost to come back


I need the ghost of you to come back
Take back all the love we made
Take back all of the reasons you couldn’t stay 
Take back all of the memories we ever made 
Take back everything that reminds me of you
 keep looking over your shoulder, 
I need closure,
This Louisiana girl needs to bury you


I sleep on your side of the bed
Where your head used to rest
I know that doesn't make sense 
I still don't know why you left
This is the state of affairs 
you left me in 
Was I not worth an explanation?
 I still feel your breath on my skin


I still go to Welty's  on Saint Charles Avenue
Our usual waitress, Miss Olivia 
she doesn't ask about you 
a knowing look, she says, 
Sugar, are you doin' okay?
I can barley nod, yes
Because inside I'm dying 
She knows I 'm lying

I could tell her you moved to California
But the truth is to this day
I don't know where you are either way


It’s too late to apologize
It’s too late to expect you’d be a stand-up guy 
I’m tired of asking why
There is nothing you can say or do
You're a masked robber on the loose
But I need a mercy from you


If you ever loved me 
Why'd you ghost me ?
I need your ghost to come back


I need the ghost of you to come back
Take back all the love we made
Take back all of the reasons you couldn’t stay
take back all of the memories we ever made 
Take back everything that reminds me of you
 keep looking over your shoulder,  I need closure,
This Louisianna girl needs to bury you


I'm gonna bury you 
I'm gonna bury you

The Ghost of You

In collaboration with Francess Harris. She played the piano composition and I did the composition of the orchestral arrangement. Thank you for listening and enjoy. Any comment is appreciated always.

Always Hope (feat. Fr. Harris)

To Marielle

"Love and its tourments"

01 - NI - Session Guitarist - Picked Acoustic - Flageolets
02 - OT - Layers - Woodwinds Chords Min Sustains
03 - OT - TMI - Winds of The Past
04 - Audio Imperia - Nucleus - Solo Cello - Legato Advanced
05 - Audio Imperia - Nucleus - Solo French Horn - Legato Advanced
06 - SA - WE - A Simple Start
07 - Sonuscore - The Orchestra Complete - Cello Staccato - Choir Female Staccato - Viola Sul Pont Spiccato - Viola Staccato - Horn Sustain
08 - UVI - FALCON - VOKLM - Awash Grain

This Ain't Me

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