Ilves [English translation]
Ilves [English translation]
He was named "Ilves" in school
Because he always weared a hat with the hockey team's name on it*
He red the Herra Huu books on the break
Wasn't from the same tree than the rest of us
When the captains were sharing teams
He was the one staying alone in the edge of the field
Always the last one to be picked
Always the last one to be passed the ball
The serious boy in the class photo
I pitied the odd thing
Sometimes invited him over to play Nintendo
The cigarette smoked by his parents smelled in his clothes
His dad sometimes hit him when he was drunk
I borrowed him my comic books
He recorded me Priest and Maiden
My friends laughed when they noticed him
They said "oh so you got a pet lynx"
The serious boy in the class photo
The serious boy in the class photo
When I saw Ilves for the last time
His glare told me that the winds have gotten stronger
When I saw Ilves for the last time
He said that the only thing we're gonna leave here are our tracks in the snow
Some people belong to the heroes naturally
To the student body presidents
And freaks are the different ones
The ones that will never be anything
The popular boys that the world was sugar-coated to
Became pieces of the cogwheels to machinery
But Ilves who was just air
Will be the one remembered from us
The serious boy in the class photo
The serious boy in the class photo
When I saw Ilves for the last time
His glare told me that the winds have gotten stronger
When I saw Ilves for the last time
He said that the only thing we're gonna leave here are our tracks in the snow
Ten years went by
A newspaper headline said that Ilves is number one
He sang the whole Finland to their knees
To every lonely heart
Girls yelled: "We love you"
When Ilves walked from the backstage
And from the balcony of the hotel
He spred his arms and stepped to heaven
The serious boy in the frontpage
The serious boy in the frontpage
When I saw Ilves for the last time
His glare told me that the winds have gotten stronger
When I saw Ilves for the last time
He said that the only thing we're gonna leave here are our tracks in the snow
The only thing we're gonna leave here are our tracks in the snow
- Artist:Anssi Kela