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Do it yourself
It is summer1, I don't know what to do
If I go to the beach, will I throw the ring into the waves?2
Once again you ask me to forget last night
I'm so sick of this, tired and in bruises
I go to the beach, wondering if this what it's like?
These days I see everything through sadness and bitterness
I can dance by your tune3, but must you beat me?
(Even) if the drinks are on you, I don't have to eat your bread4
I want to get out of here as soon as possible
But the DIY books don't tell you how to
Since I don't have any control over my life anymore
the voices in my head keep shouting:5
"Do it yourself!"6
It is summer, I lie alone in the dark
You go to work in the morning, I hope that you won't come back
Where will I go, if I pack my bags today?
Back at home I will only have dad scold me
Coming home, you nip in the shop as usual
You bought a few litres of borrowed happiness7
I look at train schedules, pick the best bridges
I've spent far too long in this prison
I want to get out of here as soon as possible
But the DIY books don't tell you how to
Since I don't have any control over my life anymore
the voices in my head keep shouting:
"Do it yourself!"
It is summer, I don't know how I will do it
If I go to the beach, will I jump head first into the waves?
Or should I bury myself in the sand,
giving the grave-digger a day off
I want to get out of here as soon as possible
But the DIY books don't tell you how to
Since I don't have any control over my life anymore
the voices in my head keep shouting:
"Do it yourself!"
I want to get out of here as soon as possible
But the DIY books don't tell you how to
Since I don't have any control over my life anymore
the voices in my head keep shouting:
The voices keep shouting
In my head the voices keep shouting
The voices keep shouting
In my head the voices keep shouting:
"Do it yourself!"
- 1. lit. 'so it is summer'
- 2. lit. water
- 3. lit. I can dance your dances
- 4. Another allusion which means that the speaker doesn't have to do what their abusive partner tells them.
- 5. lit. In my head I only hear the voices shouting
- 6. This is probably an allusion to itsemurha, which literally translates as "self-murder".
- 7. Borrowed happiness = beer.
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Idioms from "Tee se itse"
| 1. | As soon as possible |
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