Remontti
Aki Sirkesalo
Renovation
Wallpaper fades,
shades of gray sigh
I guess habit took the colors away
Years-old grudges remain,
soot accumulated on the ceiling
Light doesn't suffice in the rooms
chorus:
I dismantle the closet from skeletons
I lay the floor, open the window
You paint the walls with the brightest colors
I demolish the prison of the mind with you
Chill reaches the toes
The floor radiates cold,
sneaking under every blanket to dwell
I build sturdy walls
against hail, sleet,
that autumn showers in its anger
chorus
No one else can give us
space for dreams, reason for love
Happiness doesn't come, it must be carried
into these rooms over and over again
over and over again