Käärijä - Takavoltti (English translation)

Käärijä – Takavoltti

English translation

English

Translation

Backflip

-I don't know, it will rattle if it rattles, but I'll have try to do it very low then

-Alright, everyone careful

-I'll go

-Alright

-Yeah

-Let's get out of the way

-Let's go

-Okay, go ahead

-Oh boy, go Kärtsä

-Rap-artist Käärijä and the backflip

-Kärtsä, Kärtsä!

-Oh man

-Almost

-He didn't get hurt, he's just acting

Things happen to those who do things, always getting hurt, when you do things1

When you do things like a sick person, well, it hurts2

I'm easily urged to be reckless, I always end up getting crazy3

And this chaos4 is one colder bath

Aaah

I'm being taken from place to place5 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and

Saturday, sunday, my saldo is a couple of "oh fucks" and

My bones, a fucking wreck6, I carry on like any other day

Anyway, baby hey

I'm okay okay okay okay

Hey, hey, hey

Kärtsä, do a backflip!

Hey, hey, hey

Kärtsä, do the Caballerial!7

Hey, hey, hey

Kärtsä, do a cannonball from 10 meters

(-Oh fuck, he didn't actually jump, did he?)

(-No yeah, he did)

My life is pure Dudesons

Again going to the ER before going home8

Though my eye is swelling

I just see possibilities

Ai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jaa9

This pain won't last forever

Ai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jaa

But oh hell, my shoulder!10

Ow!

Things happen to those who do things, always getting hurt, when you do things

When you do things like a sick person, well, it hurts

This role exhausts me, my smile does not drop

I'm the one to blame for your smile, and that's why I accept my role

Hey, hey, hey

Kärtsä, do a backflip!

Hey, hey, hey

Kärtsä, do the Caballerial!

Hey, hey, hey

Kärtsä, do a cannonball from 10 meters

(-No, no, no, it was a joke!)

My life is pure Dudesons

Again going to Jorvi before going home

Though my eye is swelling

I just see possibilities

Ai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jaa

This pain won't last forever

Ai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jaa

The band accompanies the atmosphere

As this Kärtsä dives into the moshpit

And I'll be surprised if I survive it without a bruise

Ai-jai-jai-jai-jaa

Ai-jai-jai

Ai-jai-jai-jai-jaa

Hey, hey, hey

Kärtsä, do a backflip!

Hey, hey, hey

Kärtsä, do the Caballerial!

Hey, hey, hey

Kärtsä, play the standard 8th note groove!

Hell yeah! Alright!

My life is pure Dudesons

Again going to Jorvi before going home

Though my eye is swelling

I just see possibilities

Ai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jaa

This pain won't last forever

Ai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jai-jaa

But oh hell, my shoulder!

Ow!

1. "Tekevälle sattuu" is an idiom, that literally means "things happen to those who do things". It is usually said to reassure someone that when you do things, you're bound to face misfortune of somekind.
2. The word "sattua" can both mean "to happen" or "to hurt". Same with "kipee" can mean "sick" or "ill", but it can also mean "painful". The idea of these two lines is the repetition and wordplay with the homonyms.
3. "Yllytyshullu" comes from the words "hullu" ("crazy") and "yllyttää" ("to egg on", "to urge someone"), and it refers to a person who is easily pushed to do reckless things. "Hulluksi yllyn", "I escalate to going wild". Once again, the fun of the line is the repetition of similar sounding syllables.
4. "Hullunmylly" is literally "A madman's mill", referring to a chaos or frenzy.
5. Original line is literally closer to "I'm getting taken". It vaguely expresses that a person is really buzy, being pulled from all directions.
6. "Paikat" literally means "places", but in this context it means "[body] parts". The narrator has body pain in multiple unspecified spots.
7. Unsure how to translate this word, it is a snowboarding trick.
8. Literally "Again going home via the Jorvi hospital."
9. "Ai", "aijai" and similar syllables are used to express sudden pain, like "ow".
10. See the highlighted annotation in the original lyrics. This line is a reference to a Finnish meme video.