Ilmarinen's Lament

Oh your eyes are so blue

They could double as diamonds

Cut a tango out of turku

And stand in for the sky

But your heart is so cold

It could storm troop karelia

Put a plague on every house

And a smile in every lie

I forged you from magic metal

A molten stream made you flesh

Composed you fresh from the earth

From silver, love and gold

But your icy breath of sorrow

Has poisoned my tomorrow

Shot my veins full of venom

Nd stilled me with cold

Oh my heart is so blue

It could cry you a river

Cry you a kalevala, cry you this song

And my fingers are so frozen

They could snap like carrots

Slap down the sun

And make night all day long

For your soul is so white

It could stand in for winter

Fill in for the snow and see

The wheat through to spring

Your sex is a stone

And your blood will never sing

I made my hell when I made you

And gave you that ring

Yes, I gave you life, metal maiden

But you will not be my missus

So tearing the heart out of my chest

Now is my one and only wish

But my hands have gone numb

From the ice in your kisses

So the sea will be my bride

I’ll lay me down with the fish