Rebooted

Thereʼs Orion, the hunter,
hour-class of the sky
guiding me home
wait and see
Iʼm working on a new me

Loading layers, the diverse
forms found in the past
over the years
one-by-one,
aligning inner star gods

Raise my torch today
and burn bad blood away
Ode to great return
that light my fire forever

Wilt and rebirth, blank paper
seen through poetʼs eyes,
getting me feel own free will,
Orionʼs gonna fly now

Raise my torch today
and burn bad blood away
Ode to great return
that light my fire forever

Ghostwriter

Dear diary,
Don’t tell anyone
Please keep my secrets
Fake smile, no cry

Join a little game
for glory and fame
World of illusion
Part of the lies 

Finally
I fear the drowning deep down into
no man’s land where all these faithful days
bring war

Dear diary,
Doubting nevermore
Be brave and wander,
find chosen trails  

Hear a prayer
Sound of solitude
Oh, Please stay a bit longer
Please give me more 

Finally
I fear the drowning deep down into
no man’s land where all these faithful days
bring war

Hopeful days are way too far away - Downfall!
I’ll be gone when all these worlds collide
Save my burning soul 

Dear diary,
Hold me evermore
Sharing full caring
Keep me from falling 

Invisible
stories in a row
Out of the shadows
the Ghostwriter’s tale

Finally
I fear the drowning deep down into
no man’s land where all these faithful days
bring war

Blazing fire, playful flames
burning stories, end of games

Mayday

The adventure begins now
Welcome all the little stories,
people, miracles and other wonders

A whole new world
is hiding all the little secrets,
details, images and words to know

Between April…, between April and May
The days that turned it all again
Confusion, disorder of mind,
foreign fields around

So far away from you
I’m overseas alone, too many miles from home
Waiting for your call, I’m filled with fear, my dear
Don’t wanna say goodbye

When these shades fade to gray
The distance shows what really matters
What if I’d never let you go alone?

A whole new world
is something more, I’m fighting for
the life - together we will never give up

Between April…, between April and May
The days that turned it all again
Confusion, disorder of mind,
foreign fields around

Wake me up, bring all the children of this world
into the sun’s bright light, bring all those children too
who only have one day

So far away from you
I’m overseas alone, too many miles from home
Waiting for your call, I’m filled with fear, my dear
Don’t wanna say goodbye

So far away from you
I’m overseas alone, too many miles from home
The wait is over now, eyes filled with tears, my dear
The one last goodbye     

The Scream

The 1st of October: Iʼm feeling so bright 
’though nature is going to die
The morning awakening in pouring rain
Surrounded by all fallen leaves 

I just keep pinching myself to make clear
the world I’m living in, is mine
I walk on the street, that fjord is so dark 
This moment is growling from deep 

The score for this song of silence 
Shades of pain
The scream of the great desire - Fallmarks!
The score for this song of wonder 
Burning sky 
The scream on the way of fire - Fallmarks!

The 4th of November: Still thinking the scene 
Returning the mood of the day
Hot blood in my veins, the old burning heart
was beating like never before 

A fall to remember, the calm and the storm
The morning I saw felt surreal  
It’s almost December, coldness reveals 
the facial expression of fear 

The score for this song of silence 
Shades of pain
The scream of the great desire - Fallmarks!
The score for this song of wonder 
Burning sky 
The scream on the way of fire - Fallmarks!

The end of December: The end of the year 
The frozen reflections of stars
are guiding me now, long journey home
beside never-ending sorrow

The last winter morning revealed something new
two lines of footprints in snow
You followed me home, repainted the scene 
 I’m screaming for freedom with you

The story behind the song:

REBOOTED

Rebooting the human mind and self-image or identity 2.0 were those starting points for Rebooted in lyric-wise. The song with pulsing beat and the wide range of emotional expression opens the door to the world of Fallmarks. With such a determined touch it introduces all these vibes from minimal parts to monumental elements. The first moment in creation process was definitely strong and effective at this time.

The story behind the song:

GHOSTWRITER

The tracklist of Fallmarks is chronological. So after finishing the starter song Rebooted it was time to arrange this weird palette of electro music under the name of EGiM. We worked throughout the one weekend in September and finally figured out how to play these shades with the band. We were definitely hooked on the melodic side of the song so we really wanted to get it work with full EGiM sound. The latest version of Ghostwriter includes these nice elements like rhythmic bass lines, electric soundscapes and textures and cheap synth sounds here and there. These things really reminds us of early days with this song.

The story behind the song:

MAYDAY

This song is another based on true story kind of thing to EGiM collection. Mayday is an abstract adventure through the world of unexpected turn of events million miles away from home. The name Mayday collects a few meaningful details together too. Of course it refers to our band’s name but at the same time it supports that thematic emergency aspect behind the Fallmarks. It’s also the date when all these things really happened, on May 1.

The story behind the song:

THE SCREAM

The Scream was made in the middle of autumn while romanticizing that dying Finnish nature. We tuned the good old Telecaster to Drop C tuning and started to play around with these rhythmic high-gain riffs. Quite soon we noticed that these ”not so serious” metal elements worked pretty well with the electro layers and patterns we already had. After figuring out the arrangements for the band we wanted to add these striking orchestrations with nice accents and hooks. It felt necessary to mix that kind of new angle to the rolling riffs and bass drum rhythms. Elisa Järvelä’s epic violin was a clear choice to bring that melancholic chorus melody alive. After the trumpet player Mikko Pettinen said yes to the collaboration we were able to carry out our wild plan for that intsrumental C part - dialogue between horns and strings!