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Returning 04:18
All alone, on the surface of the ocean In the womb which is that of Mother Sea’s Floated an egg of pure devotion A foamy picture of all the keys of life Enter the cave of mystical extacy Drink your fill from the cup of love Experience the world of fantacy It’s a grace sent to you from above It’s a grace sent to you from above Returning... Above in heaven, deep in the blue space On the throne which is that of Father Skie’s Approached an energy of grand revolution A hazy form of all the fires of life Enter a space-ship of cosmic energy Feel the burst love’s desire Experience the world of fantacy And the longing that is so dire And the longing that is so dire Returning...
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I'm getting stranger / in my hometown I'm on the verge / of being seen / being seen All the ways that / covered up my oddness are becoming obsolete I'm getting stranger / in my hometown Girls all giggle / boys point their finger / dirty finger / (ad lib) I'm getting stranger / but my hometown is getting stranger / in an average way The normal / gets more normal The ordinary turned on overdrive / overdrive / overdrive There's a place for me Where peaks by two will meet And touch the sky Light up high Forever dawn How long can you be Invisible to yourself? Denying the yearning fire And the flame Waking up… Waking life always grows From the night-time fields Of your soul Waking up to a world outside your own self Takes time When the city streets are silent The beating of your heart grows stronger Time to go Time to go Waking up… The beating of your heart grows stronger Time to go
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I know they're wrong as they always are but I doubt myself, I doubt myself What if there's more to it after all? Fear lifts me up and lets me fall (x2) I can see that I may be right but then again, and then again what if I'm wrong, fatally wrong I pick up speed and I'm really gone (x2) (I'm just a) psycho rollercoaster Ride me up as high as it goes turn the spinning wheel of vertigo Spiral down puke it all out Dive into the motion Drop your illusions You're so sane it's pathological pathological, scatological I'm cut in half by truth and lies I'm an equator where light rapidly dies
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White with orange bright, could not tell for certain in the morning light, so I moved the curtain. Moving evermore, fluttering and flying was the one I saw, with the dew still drying on the fields, over yard and lawn, in the spring-time freshness. It was marked with tones of dawn, powered out of sweetness, in the mating moon of May. Spring-time's first you were, bringer of the summer, and the sun was there, first scent of the flowers on the fields, over yard and lawn, in the spring-time freshness. On your wings you had tones of dawn, power out of sweetness, in the mating moon of May. In the trance of the spring-dance It is May it is May it is time time to mate - and fly away... Butterflies were gone, but I kept on thinking of the orange-tipped one, got my cup for drinking. Sipped the brew and gave you a kiss, got my guitar near me, wrote a song, where the insects miss one another dearly, in the mating moon of May...
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Land of Hope 04:28
Lay me down to rest with the setting sun We will call this home when our work is done Angels watch over me, keep me in your peace When the land is dying you just have to leave Leave your dead in fields learn to dream new dreams Absolve the past, angels keep us... Not to give in again No, not to let go of now We will live in this land of hope Sky is high, deep the sea simple truths we will heed Past will fade in time all the needless sacrifice Absolve us now, angels love us... Not to give in again No, not to let go of grace We will grow in this land of hope Some will lose their way to heaven... Write this down so we will never forget where we came from Tell the story to the world so they will know what happened Blood was shed by all both innocent and guilty Oh, not to give in again No, not to let go of now Oh no, not to give in again No, not to let go of grace We will learn in this land of hope
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All I Need 04:28
I reach across the space and time I reach across the plain of memories I reach across to make this life mine I reach out, (and) I'm doing all I can to make it there find the way, take me home back where I belong Can I reach you racing the sun? (I'll) dive the night 'til you and I are one Dig up all the things once left undone I reach out, (and) I'm doing all I can to make it there find the way, take me home back where I belong All I need is for you to keep remembering All I need is a small warm place somewhere in your soul find the way, take me home back where I belong Sunset sets the lake on fire Jagged shadows chase and circle me Voiceless whispers, slipping time Let memories come flooding to me Once, we could share the sunset somewhere out of time Road ahead so wide and stretching out to years to come We were foolish, funny, wonderful and now I'm reaching out to you so can you hear me? (I'm) doing all I can... I sometimes hear you just before the dawn telling me I have to just move on but still I reach across the space and time I reach out; I'm doing all I can to make it there find the way, take me home All we need is find the way where we belong All I need is for you to take me home where I belong All we need is to find, to find the way back home
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Pale flowers, a path of purple stones Show the way to bright enchanted groves Old man picking up sticks on the road Lonely one sitting on a slimy toad Dark river the stream of hatred goes Underworld carrying mothers’ woes On the ferry with a hidden golden coin Travelling souls in Kharon’s arms will join By the flow people lay In their minds eternal day Waiting for land so bright Hoping to elude the night Death calling... Across once in flesh is taken Back to earth the old dust is shaken Greedy demon greets with a grimace Soundless oars hit the still surface Waves of something, cold wind Dead leaves, cold wind Aaa... Step on the shore Feel the breeze of eternity (welcome to) The land of Core Who’s changed her name accordingly Find the way (to the) conjuction of the three There you may Your fate at last perceive All the questions answered All the problems faded away All the questions answered All the questions answered Finally Your bound to see’All your destiny Death calling... There beyond The island of the blessed

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One way to describe our music is to imagine a heavy space battleship that is loaded with white lilys and red roses and in place of the engines there are colossal flocks of hummingbirds. Heavy solid bottom, eclectic middleground and delicately powerful top makes this album strong and personal sounding. The music is intensive symphonic rock with lots of room for air and elegance. The songs are melodic and cinematic, progressive without being pompous in a needless manner.

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released November 10, 2009

Katja Sirkiä, vocals
Antti Pesonen, guitars, synthesizers, programming and sound manipulation
Matti Jalava, organ, electric piano, keyboards and vocals
Eero Uurtimo, bass
Tuomo Lassila, drums and percussions

Special guest: Qumma, Warr Guitar in “Psycho Rollercoaster” and “Land Of Hope”

String quartet in “All I Need”:
Katariina Pesonen, violin
Mikko Pesonen, violin
Max Savikangas, viola
Sanna Palas-Lassila, cello

All music composed and arranged by Antti Pesonen

Lyrics: “Stranger In My Hometown”, “Psycho Rollercoaster”, “Land Of Hope” and “All I Need” by Marko Latvanen. “Returning” and “Lilith (Daughter Of Night)” by Kimmo Lassila. “Kharon (On The Ferry)” by Lassila / Pesonen. “The Orange Tip” by Matti Jalava.

Recorded, engineered and mixed by Antti Pesonen at Mellvox Studios between June ’07 – July ’09. “All I Need” string quartet co-recorded with Kai Lassfolk at Finnish National Opera May ‘08.

Mastered at Chartmakers by Svante Forsbäck

Cover design by Matti Jalava, Photography by Qumma

Produced by Antti Pesonen 2009

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Contemporary Dead Finnish Music Ensemble Helsinki, Finland

CDFME is a musical community with sole purpose to bring good music to the world.
The Ensemble was born in a year 2000 out of the need to bring back some of the more ambitious and progressive music that had to go literally underground in the 1980’s-90’s.
The music is intensive symphonic rock with lots of room for air, melodic and cinematic, progressive without being pompous in a needless manner.
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