About Me — Markus Nylund
🇫🇮 Est. 1983

I
When Finns drink
Everything changes
All the introverts become extroverts
All the engineers become artists
in the Land of a thousand Lakes
Happiest country in the world
(maybe even in the galaxy?)
Saunas, santa, satan, satin, sibelius, sinuhe
Snowstorms and midnight suns
Best military defence in the game
Highest education level in the charade
And blah blah blah…

II
welcome to Finland
that also gave us
the great poet Markus Nylund
who lived for years on welfare
And then built a global empire
Where art and commerce
Found a new way to co-exist
The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Guitar God, viking gypsy
vegan mystic, New age country singer
Folk balladeer, Troubadour of the New Earth
Cosmic prince on the stardust fleet
in the valley of dolls
World Traveller, Earth citizen.

III
Grew up in Canada
playing ice-hockey and piano
Friends with Billy, Joey, Jeff, Jonathan
and his Brewery Lane brother in arms MVP
You would love to go back
To see the ol’ gang
And enjoy it more
All the songs, the shows, the hostels
The girlfriends, the I Dont Knows
Every breath becomes
A memory from the future
some forgotten time
Big riffs, Epic Lifts, Smash Hits
irresistable pop hooks
Bring back the drum solo!
I am a therapist’s wet dream
A warlord who made the Heavens and Hells
his battlefield.

IV
ota vuorolappu
jos haluut vastauksia
olemassaolon syvimpiin
paradoxeihin.

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