Minä olen [English translation]

Someone changes the names of our local shops at nights

mothers give birth to children whose language we cannot understand

who is sneaking away from the barn of the Maiden of Finland

the maid, whose loins now give off eternal coldness

And her man, Jussi, stands alone at the edge of the swamp

the hoe has fallen down, snot runs down the sweaty cheek

and the man doesn't know what to do, where to go now

he's feeling cold, like the cold I have inside of me

But I am, and I live and I breathe

this one great god, Lust for Life

its temples are the pubs, brothels,

markets, shops, the colored city-lights

I look out of the window, I cannot see any joy here

broken down sandboxes, dirty local pubs

from where single parents drag home one-night hopes

who leave in the morning before the children wake up

Give me your hand, give me a promise of tomorrow

promise me that I won't be left alone in this cold life

in this day, in which the rugged voices of statues echo

where the born walk as dead seeking their grave

So beautiful is the crescent moon

So fresh is the smell after rain in the autumn!

Who commands here, who is obeyed here

two great gods, Avarice and Money

whose temples are the stockmarkets and the brothels,

the markets, the shops, the colored city-lights

But I am, and I live and I breathe

this one great god, Lust for Life

its temples the pubs, brothels,

markets, shops, the colored city-lights

• Artist:Kotiteollisuus
• Album:Helvetistä itään (2003)