Vastatuulta

Cheek

Tłumaczenie (angielski)

Album:

Kasvukipuja [2007]

Oryginalne teksty (piosenek)

fiński

Przekład

angielski

Vastatuulta

Headwind

When the wind blows against you, your speed slows down

and you got time to think about where you are

I remember when I broke down

my brother was crying, we couldn't stay, but I still tried to

Jere stood in the hospital, looked on when we left

I waved at him and grabbed my dad's hand

I didn't know if we would see eachother again

and would he wake up once his heart was operated

The doctors succeeded and repaired Jere's heart

but told us exercise would never feel good

We played and wrestled and got his fitness up

And soon it was as if he was made for the playing fields

The best athlete in the school, the kindest guy

the ruiner of the peace at school, the meanest guy

Eventually had to pay for it with a prison sentence

Many times I've almost been worried for my twin brother

but he didn't give up and now makes his bread with his own firm

Oh boy, what would Lahti have been without us?

[chorus]

They told me you can't do it

But I decided

But I decided to stand with my head upright

They told me you can't do it

They told me you aren't made for this

But I decided

But I decided to stand with my head upright

I opened my eyes and looked in every direction

I ran away, nothing else I could've done

They were all around me

I couldn't get through, didn't matter where I bolted

My heart was pounding, I offered them my fists

but they had seven irons1 and five woods1

And in our hoods we don't give up without a fight

but reality is being tipsy tends to make your balance sway

And in that case you might get beat up

if you're not a snotbeak it's what you're scared to laugh at?2

I never fawned, I just wanted to get revenge

and it happened five minutes later just like that

When you get beat down hard it brings down your self esteem3

but you learn to talk smack only when you can afford it

If you're from Lahti you know what I'm talking about

Jare and Jere – yeah there's still rumors about them

[chorus]

What if next up I told you a story

about how I once again ended up in the principal's office

"Jare Tiihonen to the principal's office"

The whole class laughs out loud and I just casually marched on

I already knew what they would suggest

My brother had been expelled and I was the next candidate

(Ad lib)Put him in the "supervision class"4

I told the principal:

"Chill out,

(Ad lib)Chill out dude

Check my grades, I know how to behave"

Seek faults in me, spy on me in bush

next year I'll be in the best high school in town

Pressure me all you want dude, just single me out

You try to get me to fall

I just ask you how the fuck?

I fucked around a lot, but I always did my duties

Even though I hated school

it wasn't a huge inconvenience

I create my own life

I don't look for happiness from above5

I realized that already during puberty

with my middlefingers up

[chorus]

1. a. b. A type of Golf club
2. I don't know what this line is supposed to mean lol
3. Source lyrics are wrong IMO, should be "kun saa dunkkuu huolel"
4. Tarkkailuluokka or tarkkis for short is an obsolete concept where students who couldn't get along with their peers would be placed to be under sort of a "special supervision/education"
5. 'Not looking for happiness from above' means to believe in no god