Solemn Sea [Demo Version] Lyrics

Truly they lie, they talk utter nonsense Who say that music reckon that the kantele Was fashioned by a god Out of a great pike's shoulders From a water-dog's hooked bones It was ma...Read Full Lyrics

Better it would be for me And better it would have been Had I not been born, not grown Not been brought into the world Not had to come to this earth Not been suckled for the world ...Read Full Lyrics

The Devils weds a widow Death another's leftovers Better to lie on a willows Rest on alder boughs Then upon a widow's bed On a used woman's pillow Sweeter the side of a fence Then ...Read Full Lyrics

The calloo's spirits are low Swimming on the chill water But the orphan's are lower Walking down the village street The sparrow's belly is chill Sitting on the icy bough But my be...Read Full Lyrics

Old folk remember And those today learn How before their time Life was different here Without the sun people lived Groped about without the moon With candles sowing was done Plant...Read Full Lyrics

Many rocks the rapid has A lot of billows the sea More plentiful are my cares Then cones on a spruce Beard moss on a juniper Gnarls upon a pine bark Knobs upon a fir Husks on a gra...Read Full Lyrics

What the thrush toils at The partridge asks for The hapless one takes The troubled one steals Puts upon a spade Sets on a runner Hides under a door Shields with a bath-whisk The f...Read Full Lyrics

In the vale where I once listened out for the light Where the little birds warble The ptarmigans babble And my heart looked for some rest from its trouble I cast my eyes downward ...Read Full Lyrics

Long evenings full on longing Low-spirited my mornings Full of longing too my nights And all times the bitterest 'Tis my lovely I long for It is my darling I miss My black-browed o...Read Full Lyrics