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Badtime Stories

by Eerie Folk

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1.
Dichotomies 04:20
You are joy and I am sorrow how do we differ? You laugh at me when I cry there wouldn’t be you without me You’ve been born in the sun and I’ve been born on the moon You’ve been made out of sunbeams and I am reflected light You are hope and I am fear how do we differ? You pray that we would never meet but I’m already with you You are peace and I am war how do we differ? You wait politely for your turn while I go through the door You’ve been born in the sky and I’ve been born on the ground You’ve been made out of a cloud and I’ve been made out of stone You’ve been born in the sun and I’ve been born on the moon I am sickness and you are health so together we will be
2.
Road 03:29
The road is complicated to walk sudden turns and cracks appearing under my feet. Where have gone all the happy thoughts from my head? I might have lost them with my cellphone and my love - they’re gone. The road is complicated to walk streetlights flashing in my eyes. They spin around I feel something following me When I turn around, I see my past hanging over me Like I could ever leave my own shadow behind I cannot lead my footprints away from my path They’re following me through the night ‘til end of my days So where ever I go, I need to keep going on This road is complicated to walk I’m not sure if it’s even worth seeing through, but I’m too far to turn around, I need to see, what the future is holding for me Words I spoke out loud, Thoughts I turned into acts All the promises I broke Made this road so hard to carry on Like I could ever leave my own shadow behind...
3.
Bad Dreams 06:15
Hey, did you hear that, the creeking of the floor now the clock turns to midnight and you’re shivering and scared Hey, did you see that, the shape behind your window is it a ghost or reflection can you tell it for sure? Count to three snap your fingers and believe but you’ll see there’s no way to make the bad dreams disappear And if you dare you bend under your bed when you chek it out there’s no one there, maybe it just left You wander in your mind to find happy dreams but there’s a monster behind every door See the prison gates opening, murderers wandering Shaking and sweating all the lights on and you try not to close your eyes ‘cause the pain of losing love-ones feels so real and you don’t know if you’re awake or asleep Look there’s no stars in the open black sky not a square millimeter of light in infinite dark And see who’s here, it’s the stranger from your dreams waving and smilinig, coming to you You wander in your mind to find happy dreams... Gargoyles, black unicorns and men with green uniforms weapons of mass-destruction in reach of all nations Knossos Palace’s minotaurs and lion-headed manticores marching through your imagination to bring the devastation You wander in your mind to find happy dreams...
4.
I have a cardboard puzzle the box is gone missing, i don’t know what it’ll be and the pieces are all over the floor I want to put it back together I’ll start from the corners, i will sort it out and something beautiful i’ll see Maybe a field against the morning sun or swans by the lake leaves of autumn on a windy day Maybe a rainbow in the summer sky or Grimm’s Snow White hometown river in moonlight I don’t know what i’m holding in my hand is it petal of a flower or a part from the cloud Snowflakes dancing in the air You’re the greatest problem I’ve had You’ve gave me headaches and many nights awake but I’m about to solve you now When the last pieces are on their place I will make a huge smile on my face I will glue and tape you and put you in the frame so that no-one can break you again You’re a field against the morning sun and swans by the lake... I had a cardboard puzzle but someone else took you, when you were whole and I am all over the floor
5.
Architect 05:18
Tonight on a construction site I was building up my dream It will be the tallest one anyone ever had seen It will rise above the clouds and through the atmosphere I might also reach a star and drop it on to the ground What can be built can be also be broken down What climbs up can be also be dragged to the ground Things that live will eventually die It’s a truth that will make you cry Pillars that used to hold me up and made me standing tall are now taken away Ruins of my wildest dream are now cleared and packed on that yellow truck Maybe it was ‘cause of the wind at those heights, way too many rainy days made it all fall apart And talking about the sabotage people planting bombs in my dream and blew it up in the air What can be built can be also be broken down... Well I’m no architect I’m no engineer But the vision that came to my head was clear to me I ignored the calculations and the drawings too and it all happened so soon Can you hear how the pieces of my dream are crumbling now They are rolling from the hill to the cliff to the shore continuing their way to the ocean blue to the core of the earth
6.
Violet Blue 04:38
The sky is violet blue I’m waiting the sun to rise soon I can see the stars shining bright and slowly fading into night The candle lights up the room wait for few hours, and it’s gone Everything I saw turned black and I can’t get that feeling back Scent of your perfume softly lingers through the room vanilla and berries and lilies - in the air they’re just faint memories of you Silver loses its shine everything disappears in time image in the mirror just blurs away and time takes over your face Scent of your perfume... Silver loses its shine everything disappears in time image in the mirror just blurs away and time takes over your face As I walk down the hall I see a rope hanging from the roof I’m watching the way it swings, I’m watching your skin that slowly turns violet blue
7.
I’m circling restless around my room turning the place upside down trying to find my words, I breathe the city air I dodge the cars rolling down the street I look through the buildings, surrounding trees I’ll check out every corner, I will turn every stone Have you seen them anywhere? they’re quite heavy and important to me I try to ask around, but this is a quiet town Police, please, send your recruits: to find the words that I’ve lost! and make them do it at all cost I’ll pay every dime, please find what is mine they were on their way into my head from my throat to tip of my tongue out of my mouth, making the sound I lost my words, where did they go? under the pavement for maggots to eat? or in to the wind, between those threatening clouds Or way beyond our beloved Earth into the space, behind that star twinkling and smiling for us, from light-year’s distance apart NASA, please, send the astronauts: to find the words I’ve lost... I browse through my dictionary trying to find the words I’ve lost I’ll chek from the letter “L” I’ve found the words!
8.
Letter 05:27
I found a letter hovering in the air, marked under my address and name It was from my old friend who had lost her name, living in the street which doesn’t exist Inside there was a photo of her, overexposed, I cannot tell how she looks like today And a plain white paper with nothing on it, there was nothing to say What will I write? When my life is circling around How can I reply? When there is nothing to say What will I write? When my life is all the same How can I reply? When there is nothing to say So I wrote her a letter with nothing on it, just a plain white paper folded in two It had everything I’ve achieved, everything I’ve done, all of my moments both sorrow and joy And I took her a picture of the shape that I bear, a body that’s borrowed to me for my life It got underexposed and also slightly blurred but I think it looks better this way What will she write? When her life is circling around... I found a letter waiting in my hallway... I found a letter without any address nor name I found a letter from my hallway, I reach it slow I found a letter without an address nor name... Like a drop in the sea my life will become a part of the stream Like a grain in the sand my name will remain unknown to the desert wind I won’t need a name, I’m a leaf hanging on a tree What will I write? When my life is circling around How can I reply? When there is nothing to say

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Since we didn't manage to make a printed version of this album, we decided to put it here – for free! Download a single track or the whole album and give us feedback if you liked, loved, didn't like or hated our latest album. Best way to reach us is via Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Eerie-Folk/157880637583694?fref=ts

We would like to thank...
mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and friends, Johanna, Riku for patience in our drum-recording-session and Reino for accessories. Thank you again.

And to apologize...
for all of those who we told that this album would have been released in autumn 2011.

credits

released October 19, 2012

Songs written by Seppo Tarvainen except tracks 2 and 8 by Paavo Kässi. All lyrics by Seppo Tarvainen. Songs are arranged by Eerie Folk. Recorded during 2011 in varying places by Pasi Määttä, Markus and Seppo. Mixed mainly by Markus (also Seppo) and mastered by Markus all alone.

Cover art by Seppo Tarvainen.

Eerie folk:
Seppo Tarvainen - guitar, lead vocals
Reetta Nurminen - piano, backing vocals
Paavo Kässi - drums, percussions, backing vocals
Ilkka Keränen - guitar
Markus Korjonen - bass

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