Aurinkolaulu (The Sun Song): Words&music by Tuulikki Blom

He plays and he sings, he’s not perfect –
but the crowd listens and waits.
Only one hour left, he keeps on playing.
He is so brave, though the Sun is coming, coming to its end.

He won't remain in history as a man who kept on playing,
though the Sun was coming, coming to its end.
He won't remain in history, ’cause the history won’t remain.
When the Sun diminishes nothing’s left at all.

He plays and he sings, that’s what they want,
though every song has been heard.
Jesus never came back or no-one just believed him.
Now all the words have been said and the Sun can come, come to its end.

Feelings are felt. Mad things worn out.
Fates undergone and everybody born.
What’s left behind, when rinsed ’way
where’s heaven when the Sun ends?

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Dublinissa (In Dublin): Words by Anna-Sofia Tuominen, music by Sonja Sorvola

Another day, tipsy again.
I'd still want to listen the violinist's play.
We speak in three languages at the same time.
Tea with milk reminds me of autumn.

I'm not supposed to be the one who gets homesick,
I only want to feel romantic nostalgia.
Autumn must be on its way at home,
leaves already fallen on the ground.

Water splashes from the bathroom.
They laugh just like we do.
I have sung my voice away and danced off the outsoles of my shoes.
But still left the red-headed boys to stand alone.

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Lapila: Words by Anna-Sofia Tuominen, music by Tytti Arola

Houses are sinking even deeper in the soil,
fragile meadows as gardens.
The roads won't lead to the doors,
even if I had a ladder, I wouldn't reach the apple trees.

Fingers already black with blackcurrants.

I fill the buckets with lilac plums,
though I won't manage to carry them to the city.
You wouldn't be proud of this sight.

There grows hollow oaks on the border of the clover field.
There, where we used to hide.
So that we wouldn't have to go to sleep in the midsummer night.

We are standing on cold leaves.
Under the torn trees.
Surrounded by the colours of the past year.

Black crows wobbling on the branches.
You wouldn't be proud of this sight.

Lapila

Gello is a Finnish, all-female a cappella ensemble formed in 2005 by a tight group of friends who wanted to make music together. Traditional a cappella wasn't enough for these ambitious and adventurous women so they started to explore the possibilities of vocal music and write their own songs. By using different sounds and electronic effects, Gello is trying to blur the line between a vocal group and a band. Gello sings in their native language and the songs deal with current issues in the society and human behavior. A slight element of leaving and traveling is always present in Gello's music.

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