Kultainen vasikka [English translation]

Beautiful Golden Calf

I bow to your will

and I fall to the ground (before you)

Almighty god of wealth

Beautiful Golden Calf

For your sake1 I bear

everything and I give

my life2, my only god

Listen when

the lord of heaven speaks!

Fire and thorns3 you will gain

It's useless to squirm

I shall burn the whole land4

It's useless to be pedantic

One after the other

you will come to bow

and surrender entirely

Golden Calf

Pray (it) for mercy!

The Golden Calf

is now to be slaughtered!

The end times

have now dawned

You shall have to scour5

the seven seas

These final times

you have requested

In your greed

you have ruined6 everything

Never will you look at the sun!

There beauty and my power do shine!

Never will you look at the sun!

Blind men!

Madmen!

Your finger is on the calculator

right away after your birth

The game is over, but still

you're playing, on and on

You cheer before you know

who will win in the end

and when you die off

someone else will start over

You raise dirty water

from your bottomless well7

it fills up again and again

from your futile rage

The beast of the Revelation8

is just a fairytale for you

You cannot even regret!

You can't save us any longer

nor punish us

You strike to late with your hate

You could kill nations perhaps

and (whole) worlds

but who are you to strike at us?

You left us here by ourselves

to play (with each other)

and to wage war against each other

We sat down at the table of the gods

Don't you see?

There we rage9 amongst you

1. lit.: 'your star I bear' - this is a phrase from the bible, I think2. could also mean 'spirit' or 'breath'3. lit.: 'fire and waste fabres' - 'tulta ja tappuraa' means something explosiv, powerful, passionate. I translated it to 'fire and thorns' because ' orjantappurakruunu' means the crown of thorns from the bible, also do names of thorny shrubs contain 'tappura'4. or 'ground'5. lit.: 'to plow endless, deep waters'6. or 'spoiled'7. 'kankkulan kaivo' means a bottomless well or a pit, and is often referred to when public funding goes into the same8. refers to the Book of Revelation in the bible9. can also mean 'play intensely', I guess the double-meaning is intended

• Artist:Kotiteollisuus
• Album:Maailmanloppu