Twice has this arm been stabbed
didn’t hide the scars, just added some ink right next to ‘em
I’m so right-handed that I can’t do much with this
but it slips under the shirt my beloved wears
and steers a player for a slide tackle on the fifa fields
There is some mystical power in this hand
so when my grip is about to slip
this is the hand I cling to life with
Twice has this leg been stabbed
can’t see the scars ‘cause it’s so hairy
For a right-footed I had a surprisingly good
pass and shot when I played football
Nowadays it’s so rusty that
after a couple of running steps the joints start to crack
When I’ve to step over a doorstep this one goes first
‘cause it’s more used to the changing circumstances
This butt cheek has been stabbed once
it’s kinda funny in some way
a knife to the ass, wadap!
When life kicks you in the face this is the cheek
I land on when falling over to cry it out
This shoulder blade has been stabbed
it asked: “Oh this is how you cut off wings?”
but I spread my shoulders
and float in the air
at least for a moment
This side has been stabbed
it said to the knife “Heey what’s up my man?” when it slipped
between my ribs like they were stuck sliding doors
In the ambulance I asked
the paramedic about his socioeconomic status
I still don’t understand why they were so awkward
The broken neural pathways remind me always
that death is whispering close by
This head has been stabbed
not in a physical way but psychical
As an everlasting optimist I didn’t change into a cynic
it rather underlined how much
there still is work to be done to make sure no one
ends up being guilty of the same
7 scars, 7 wishes:
1) When you do something, don’t do the thing you know is wrong,
do something real
2) Unload the shit in your heads in a constructive way,
at its best it's a great thing to
love just to piss somebody off
3) “This is just the way I am” is such a lazy excuse
if you’re human trash, do something about it.
Your nose grows until the end of your life,
and similarly you can, spiritually, until.
If you don’t know how, go get help. In any case,
our communities are so broken, it’s pointless to assume
someone would notice that you’re feeling down
when you have spent more time learning to hide it than
what would have taken you to learn to play an instrument. And I do understand,
my fingers on piano keys like frozen ballerinas
4) Our starting points for life scatter on an unfair scale
because of the current social system
And since you can’t adjust wrongs to rights
the system should be run down. And something new be built on it
5) It’s nice to nitpick if you’re willing to be
a pettifogger.
Otherwise it easily takes the attention away from the problems
that, when solved, make the need for nitpicking disappear naturally
6) Don’t be too hard on yourself, but
don’t let yourself off too easily. You can
crack up at your own jokes, if they’re good, but
don’t obligate anyone else to laugh at them
7) Don’t listen to me, listen to yourself.
Or, you can listen to me, too.
And yeah, that is a controversial wish
but life is,
controversial
Original Finnish lyrics here. You can listen to the song here.
