Kouvola [English translation]

I remember how as a child

The city centre was packed

We frequented that candy store

Every saturday with my little brother

Now it's been glued to the store's window

A weekly notice for the falling prices

It didn't have enough people visiting

They were in a haste to leave away to seek their happiness

Everybody moved to Helsinki

And left hometown

Now we are reminiscing in our small studios

The Kouvola we left behind

Why did everyone move to that Helsinki

It's expensive there and anyways

The less anxiety you feel

The nearer you are to Kouvola

There isn't that school anymore

Which I took off with the doors slamming

It got set on fire on the February

When I got the key to my studio flat

It got me thinking

That what if

When I come back nothing will be like it used to be

I searched friends from the wrong bars

Everything changed while I was away

Everybody moved to Helsinki

And left the hometown

Now we are reminiscing in our small studios

The Kouvola we left behind

Why did everyone move to that Helsinki

It's expensive there and anyways

The less anxiety you feel

The nearer you are to Kouvola

I'm coming home, yay (woo)

I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming

When that road six is finally under me

I press down on the gas pedal when the countryside is flashing through the windows

I should visit there more often

I belong there

When you've left far away, you understand better

All of what has always been in your reach

Sweet home Kouvola, here I'm coming

Why is everyone moving to Helsinki

And leaving hometown

When you'll feel less anxiety

The nearer you are to Kouvola

• Artist:Aleksanteri Hakaniemi