Someone With A Heart Of Gold / Lyrics

You’re stuck in the cold November

Waiting on the sun pretending

That it´s alright

Fading into dark December

Hold on and don´t surrender

To the low life

Step into the light

Shake it away 

Get out of your mind

Whatever it takes

Enough is enough

Just dont give up

All you want tonight

Is someone to hold you

Somebody to talk to

Someone with a heart of gold 

All you need tonight

Is someone who loves you

Somebody you can get close to

Someone with a heart of gold

Find someone

Find someone with a heart of gold

Frost lies on the early morning  

You feel like the sky has fallen

In your eyes

Now is the time

Shake it away 

I know you´re tired

But it´s not too late

Enough is enough

Just dont give up

All you want tonight

Is someone to hold you

Somebody to talk to

Someone with a heart of gold 

All you need tonight

Is someone who loves you

Somebody you can get close to

Someone with a heart of gold

Find someone

Find someone with a heart of gold

All you want tonight

Is someone to hold you

Somebody to talk to

Someone with a heart of gold 

Love Assault / Lyrics

When morning came I woke up

After one last night with you

Heard a rumour that we broke up

But it didn´t feel like that in the moonlight

Nothing I could´ve done

What a fool I was in your hands

I´d like to bite my tongue in half cuz 

It didn´t feel like that in the moonlight

I shook my head

Straighten my face

Turn my back

As I forget this place 

I know it now 

Learned from the best

I see the picture 

Get the message

I rest my case 

Ruthless love assault

Got me crashing and burning 

Magic thunderbolt

Being with you was the best mistake of my life

Ruthless love assault

Now the world is a different place

But somethings they´ll never change

With the loaded gun in her hand

The queen of hearts is caught in the spotlight

I shook my head

Straighten my face

Turn my back

As I forget this place 

I know that now 

Somebody´s hurt

I see the picture 

I Get the message 

I rest my case

Ruthless love assault

Got me crashing and burning 

Magic thunderbolt

Being with you was the best mistake of my life

Ruthless love assault

I screamed, I yelled 

For the pictures in my head

Thought I´d be bruised inside

For the rest of my life

Ruthless love assault

Lifeline / Lyrics

Walk along a tightrope shaking

Won’t take a look down to the ground 

I, I feel the sleepers waking

I sense the thunder of the sound

A change is sometimes what is needed

Although we might not make the cut

Now that all the ties were severed

I know we lost it just enough

You, you bring the light into my life 

And in my darkest time

You throw a lifeline in for my mind 

Throw me a lifeline

You you turn the tide into my world

And if I start to drown

You throw a lifeline in for my heart

Throw me a lifeline

Nights can pass without exception 

Tell me what am I to do

Falling in the wrong direction

When all I am looking for is you

A change is sometimes what is needed

Although we might not make the cut

We, we were a long time parted 

It was a lesson learned alone 

You bring the light into my life 

And in my darkest time

You throw a lifeline in for my mind 

Throw me a lifeline

You you turn the tide into my world

And if I start to drown

You throw a lifeline in for my heart

Throw me a lifeline

You you turn the tide into my world

You throw a lifeline in for my heart

Throw me a lifeline

Hangover Heart / Lyrics

I’ve lost the horizon

Feels like my feet are in the quicksand

I´m seeing clearly nothing

Just waiting for someone to lend a hand

Though not sure if I need it

Cuz being alone´s better right now

I’m sure and I can hear it

Whispering is way too loud

Don’t call me 

Leave me be lonely

Time will heal and tell 

Where are the cracks that I fell in

Not only hurting 

But feels like I’m burning

That’s the scary part

My troubled hangover heart

My thoughts are running wild

As I´m falling in to the dreamland

I’m loosing like a gambler

Who lost his life to the other man 

Though not sure if I feel it

Hangxiety´s all around now

I’m sure and I can hear it

Whispering is way too loud

Don’t call me 

Leave me be lonely

Time will heal and tell 

Where are the cracks that I fell in

Not only hurting 

But feels like I’m burning

That’s the scary part

My troubled hangover heart

Someone To Love Me / Lyrics

Riding in a taxi

Alone in the back seat 

Looking through a dirty window

I don’t feel the wind blow 

Wishing it would catch me 

Imagine I could fly

Leave it all behind 

While I’m chilling in the sky

Nobody would mind 

If I take a little me-time 

You don’t need me no 

I´ve got someone to love me 

If I just let go

I still love you though

Just need some time on my own 

I won’t let you go 

Waiting for the sunset

Haven’t figured out yet 

Don’t need anyone to hold me

Trying to be lonely 

Still my one and only 

Rolling down the window

Feel the way the wind blows

What if it could catch me

Take me from the backseat

To somewhere no one can’t see, no

You don’t need me no 

I´ve got someone to love me 

If I just let go

I still love you though

Just need some time on my own 

I won’t let you go 

I´ve got someone to love me 

I´ve got someone to love me 

You don’t need me no 

I´ve got someone to love me 

If I just let go

I still love you though

Just need some time on my own 

I won’t let you go

Extra Mile / Lyrics

The time is right, the time is now 

The clock’s ticking I feel it somehow

My head´s aching and my back is sore 

My feet are tired still I have to walk more

The light is dark and the light is far

The beacon of life is where you are 

The sight’s getting weak but I need to move on

The light’s running out if you turn it off.

I still believe

It’s worth chasing dreams

And all we need is someone to cling on

I wanna be the one to hold you

Lift you up and make your heart smile

I wanna feel my arms around you

Now’ s my time to walk the extra mile

The fight’s mine when it was alive

Fighting for nothing is a just waste of time 

The truth is somewhere in between the lines

I still believe

It’s worth chasing dreams

And all we need is someone to cling on

I wanna be the one to hold you

Lift you up and make your heart smile

I wanna feel my arms around you

Now’ s my time to walk the extra mile

Might take a little longer…

It takes a little longer

I wanna be the one to hold you

Lift you up and make your heart smile

I wanna feel my arms around you

Now’ s my time to walk the extra mile

Living In A Low Key / Lyrics

Spring is time 

When the cold stays behind

You think that your life is ahead

Everything´s in bloom 

And you´re about move

Into new direction

Some people say it´s all okay 

If you´re not that sure about yourself

Everything´s gonna be fine 

It only takes too much time

I can´t wait forever

´Round and ´round 

I´m falling down

I´m living in a low key

Things they sound like I´m underground

Still falling deeper and deeper

So the summer comes 

And it´s almost fun to wait for the sun to shine

You´re moving on 

Don´t know where to belong 

So hard to find a solution

Some people say

It´s not too late 

To get you´re life in order

Everything´s gonna be fine 

It only takes too much time

I can´t wait forever

´Round and ´round I´m falling down

I´m living in a low key

Things they sound like I´m underground

Still falling deeper and deeper

The fall is here 

And there´s nobody near

You fall like leaves 

To rest in peace

´Round and ´round I´m falling down

I´m living in a low key

Things they sound like I´m underground

Still falling deeper

´Round and ´round I´m falling down

I´m living in a low key

Things they sound like I´m underground

Still falling deeper and deeper

Cards / Lyrics

Don´t waste your time

Do not wait too long

You should learn how 

To let your body and mind be free

And act now 

Somehow

Now´s the time

Don´t feel ashamed 

To be what you are now

You’ve got the deck

Lay the cards on the table

Take a chance with somebody

You will find your own way to be stable 

If you believe you can

Lay the cards on the table and show them

Make a choice to be happy

If you´re ready and willing and able

Lay the cards on the table

Lay the cards on the table

What if the chances go by and you find it fatal

One life and still you´re holding on too tight to the cradle

Now is the time

Don´t feel ashamed 

To be what you are now

You won´t lose the game

Lay the cards on the table

Take a chance with somebody

You will find your own way to be stable 

If you believe you can

Lay the cards on the table and show them

Make a choice to be happy

If you´re ready and willing and able

Lay the cards on the table

Lay the cards on the table and show them

Make a choice to be happy

If you´re ready and willing and able

Lay the cards on the table

Ocean / lyrics

Now I am stranded

Walking on the shore 

Empty handed

Haven’t felt like this before 

So damaged

And I can’t find a cure 

It all happened within a second 

And our tears become an ocean

When did this happen to us 

Try to fix what has been broken

This life can be so rough 

I dont get it 

What’s the meaning of a memory

If you forget it

Did it ever really happen

Drowning in emotion

Tears become an ocean

Drowning in emotion

Tears become an ocean  

I remember

When the tide was coming in

Felt like forever

When the cold would hit your skin 

Couldn’t manage
The things you can’t forgive

It all happened within a second 

And our tears become an ocean

When did this happen to us 

Try to fix what has been broken

This life can be so rough 

I dont get it 

What’s the meaning of a memory

If you forget it

Did it ever really happen

Drowning in emotion

Tears become an ocean

Drowning in emotion

Tears become an ocean  

And it really feels like I am drowning in too deep

Longing for the times and days when we could heal the weep

I dont get it 

What’s the meaning of a memory

If you forget it

Did it ever really happen

Drowning in emotion

Tears become an ocean

Words / Lyrics

Go now 

Close the door
Give back my heart and keys

Cuz you don’t need them anymore

Go now 

Close the door 

Keep your hugs and kisses

I don ́t need them anymore

Don ́t question me
My mind is set to break things free 

Funny that I said those words 

Suddenly I made you hurt
I really never wanted to 

And even though I wanted to shout
Things you shouldn ́t say out loud
I really never wanted to

I really never wanted to
I only ever wanted you

Go now 

Close the door
Leave your past and me the way you did once before

Go now 

And stay away
If you won ́t listen to me I ́ll make you pray

Don ́t question me 

My mind is set to break things free

Funny that I said those words

Suddenly I made you hurt
I really never wanted to 

And even though I wanted to shout
Things you should ́t say out loud
I really never wanted to, I really never wanted to
I only ever wanted you

Low budget/ lyrics

I COULD NEVER LIE

ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SHARED TOGETHER

I HAVE HAD MY TIMES

BUT STILL I FIND THAT I DIED NOT JUST A LITTLE

NOW I´VE SPENT MY TIME ALONE 

BITING MY LIP TIGHT AND WEEPING AT HOME

I KNOW I´VE DONE THE WORST MISTAKE

LET YOU GO WITH A WARM HANDSHAKE

I´M ON A LOW,  LOW BUDGET FOR LOVE

THE RATES ARE HIGH BUT THE STOCKS ARE LOW

I´M ON A LOW LOW BUDGET FOR LOVE

ALL MY SAVINGS ARE GONE ´COS I LET YOU GO

TIME IS RUNNING OUT

I KNOW MY TIME IS FREE THOUGH IT´S PRICELESS

DAY BY DAY I FEEL THE LOSS

AND I FEEL THE DISBELIEF THAT COMES A-RISING

I´M ON A LOW,  LOW BUDGET FOR LOVE

THE RATES ARE HIGH BUT THE STOCKS ARE LOW

I´M ON A LOW LOW BUDGET FOR LOVE

ALL MY SAVINGS ARE GONE ´COS I LET YOU GO

GHOST TOWN SOUL / LYRICS

THE VIOLENCE OF SILENCE
IS FILLING MY MIND TONIGHT

I ́M WATCHING AND WAITING

FOR TIME TO PUT OUT THE FIRE

CAN ́T YOU SEE ME
SOMEONE HELP ME
THE LONGER IT TAKES
THE HARDER IT IS TO BREATH

HELLO
I ́ M FEELING SO ALONE
SIDE BY SIDE BUT IN YOUR ZONE
LIES AN INVISIBLE FORTRESS MADE OF STONE

HOW LONG WILL I BE
A COMPLETE GHOST TOWN SOUL
CUZ IN YOUR ZONE
LIES AN INVISIBLE FORTRESS MADE OF STONE

THE CEILING IS DAUNTING
AND THE WALLS ARE FALLING ON ME

CAN ́T SEE THE ACTION OR RETRACTION

CAUSE AND EFFECT OR AM I BLIND

CAN ́T YOU SEE ME
SOMEONE HELP ME
THE LONGER IT TAKES
THE HARDER IT IS TO BREATH

HELLO
I ́ M FEELING SO ALONE
SIDE BY SIDE BUT IN YOUR ZONE
LIES AN INVISIBLE FORTRESS MADE OF STONE HOW LONG WILL I BE
A COMPLETE GHOST TOWN SOUL
CUZ IN YOUR ZONE
LIES AN INVISIBLE FORTRESS MADE OF STONE

FLAVOUR (THAT I FAVOUR) / LYRICS

I WAS ON A WALK 

DOWN THE STREET

LOOKING AT THE DINER WHERE WE USE TO MEET 

SECRETLY

NOW MY LIFE 

IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE

YOUR HOMEMADE MEAL IS A GIFT TO ME 

HONESTLY

YOU´RE THE FLAVOUR THAT I FAVOUR 

THE EVER SWEETEST THING IN MY LIFE

MY SPICY ROYAL HIGHNESS THAT´S THE TASTE THAT I REALLY LIKE

YOU´RE THE FLAVOUR THAT I FAVOUR

THE EVER SWEETEST THING IN MY LIFE

LATE LUNCH OR SACRED SUPPER

PROMISE I´LL EAT YOU UP ALIVE

PART OF ME 

KNOWS THAT THE RECIPE

IS LOVE TIMES HUNGER AND THAT´S SOME SCIENCE AND CHEMISTRY

STILL I BELIEVE 

THAT MIRACLES ARE HAPPENING

AND THE OUTCOME IS THAT I CRAVE FOR YOU

CONSTANTLY

I WILL NEVER FIND 

ANOTHER LIKE YOU 

WHO BRINGS ME SUN THROUGH THE TEMPEST

I WILL NEVER TRY

SOME ANOTHER KIND

THERE´LL BE NO ONE SWEETER OR TENDER

YOU´RE THE FLAVOUR THAT I FAVOUR 

THE EVER SWEETEST THING IN MY LIFE

MY SPICY ROYAL HIGHNESS THAT´S THE TASTE THAT I REALLY LIKE

YOU´RE THE FLAVOUR THAT I FAVOUR

THE EVER SWEETEST THING IN MY LIFE

LATE LUNCH OR SACRED SUPPER

PROMISE I´LL EAT YOU UP ALIVE

HERE I AM

Here I Am.

 F i n a l l y. This song is out. 

I wrote it already late in the year 2004 and has lived a life on its own in many ways and in many places. At the time I remember walking heartbroken on the streets of Helsinki in ice cold rain and feet soaking in the wet snow. Not the most pleasant memories. But life is life and that´s how it goes sometimes :) The song was also played on some gigs at the time. And also an early demoversion was on my MySpace account since 2005 and then somebody ripped it from there to Youtube a few years later. Fast forward to this day…

It’s been ready for a release for quite some time already and actually the making of it started on the very same day I established my Instagram-account. Which my good friend and producer-partner-in-crime J. Backlund encouraged me to do it. And even took the first photo ever released on the account. (Btw I couldn’t start the account with my own name because there were already some accounts under the same name, which is weird ’cos I believe that in the world population of almost 8 billion there is not a single person with the same name🤓. So that is the real story behind the account name ”Rickriku”. I somehow remember that IG itself came up with that name in the suggestions or something😁)

The song itself is almost in the age of an adult now when it is released. This version revisited a metamorphosis to a bit more of a modern direction which I think suits the song itself and serves the overall ambient mood really well. I wanted to change the clothes a bit but keep the core same. Although I know that the song’s previous demoversion has already lived a life of its own in the real world for many many years. And it has been meaningful to many people which is the most amazing feedback what a songwriter can get. ❤️🙏 And as time goes by I guess there will be different versions of it as well. And why not make your own one as well, if you feel like! ;)

Although the song’s story is about broken love it is known that time will heal and things will eventually get better as time goes by. And now that the last two years’ social distancing is luckily more out of the fashion and the restrictions are finally getting looser I think and hope nobody should feel too alone. I also wish that this song and other songs and music could reach and help people in the most acute problems what the world has encountered now in the really recent days <3

Peace. Take care of yourselves and the people around you!

Stay safe, healthy and tuned! -RR

SAFETY PIN / lYRICS

I CAN ́T WAIT TO GET OVER

I CAN ́T WAIT TO MOVE ON

STILL A PART OF ME FEELS A LITTLE GUILTY

FOR THINGS I HAVEN’T DONE

THE SUN AIN’T READY FOR RISING

STILL MY EYES THEY SEE THE DAY

I COULD NOT SLEEP ANY LONGER

BECAUSE I’M SLIGHTLY TORN APART

I CAN ́T FLOAT IN THE ABSENCE

TEAR MY EYES FROM THE PAST

NOW I’M SURE THAT THE AIM IS TO CURE

AND THE FUTURE´S BRIGHT AHEAD

MY HEAD IS HEAVY AND ACHING

AND THE SHEETS ARE SOAKING WET

I WASN ́T AWARE OF THE MOMENT UNFAIR

THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF MY LIFE

WHEN LIFE HITS YOU HARD

KNOWING YOU MIGHT FALL APART

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO

A SAFETY PIN CAN´T HELP YOU, IN YOUR HEART

I CAN ́T WAIT TO GET OVER

I CAN ́T WAIT TO MOVE ON

STILL A PART OF ME FEELS A LITTLE GUILTY

FOR THINGS I HAVEN’T DONE

NO REGRETS NO WORRIES

NO NEED TO APOLOGISE

SOMEBODY´S HURTING THE SOMEONE WHO HURTS

THAT ́S HOW THE STORY GOES

MY AMERICAN DREAM / Lyrics

SOME

SOME DAYS ARE HARDER

HARDER THAN OTHERS

I HEARD THAT TIME WILL CLEAN AND HEAL THE WOUNDS

I TRIED ALL THE TRICKS

WENT AWAY SWAM DEEP

TO KEEP THOUGHTS OF YOU AT BAY

UNINTENTIONALLY AND SUBCONSCIOUSLY

GUESS I´M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU

WANNA FEEL

A LOVE THAT´S REAL

IF PAIN IS THE PRIZE

IS IT WORTH THIS PRICE I DON´T KNOW

WANNA REACH

MY AMERICAN DREAM

YOU

YOU BRING BACK MEMORIES

A REMINDER OF HEARTACHE

TIME WON´T STOP YOU CREEPING BACK

I´VE TRIED MY BEST

KEPT MY HEART IN MY CHEST

I WISH COULD FORGET AND MOVE ON

HOWEVER I TRY THE VOICES INSIDE SAY

I´M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU

WANNA FEEL

A LOVE THAT´S REAL

IF PAIN IS THE PRIZE

IS IT WORTH THIS PRICE I DON´T KNOW

WANNA REACH MY AMERICAN DREAM IF PAIN IS THE PRIZE

IS IT WORTH THIS PRICE I DON´T KNOW

LIFE IS TOO SHORT FOR THE BAD THOUGHTS

I REALLY SHOULD AVOID THAT

AND WHEN MY LAST BREATH ESCAPES ME

I KNOW IT WILL WHISPER YOUR NAME

My american dream

In the cover of the new release it is little me as a kid on my dear and most precious grandparents (rip❤️) lawn in Mänttä, Finland banging on some really specially customized drums. Looong time ago..😅

Some weeks ago I suddenly remembered this photo from the childhood as I was thinking what to do about the cover. I don’t know what kind of fate or something it was but the idea struck me like a lightning on the sauna terrace and I thought it might suit. After some digging and searching the photo was finally found and a cover was made out of it. In some funny way it resembles some sort of a dream come true. Little did I know that after all the years and decades I’d be playing music (and also banging the drums mostly for fun but apparently on some recordings also😉). Actually, I never really played anything before later in the secondary school. And basically, maybe that is kind of a personal ethos of an American Dream as pursuing ones dreams and have the liberty and to be free to do so. Also the song title was a kind of a work name for a really long time but somehow it got stuck there in the end. I realized that maybe it suits the idea of being free and pursuing the dreams. Especially during the last a couple of years for me the title has had a somewhat provocative tone regarding ”America” so it took time and some personal approval to get used to it. And to be honest, I have never even been to US yet so it’s kind of funny thing as well..🤓

Take care and enjoy the moments of the late Summer! Stay true, stay healthy and stay tuned!❤️

-RR

half broken heart / Lyrics

THERE WAS A GIRL ONCE UPON TIME

SHE BROKE HER HEART AND CRIED

THEN SHE MOVED ON WITH HER LIFE

WITH A HALF BROKEN HEART INSIDE

IT´S ONLY LOVE THAT EVER MATTERS 

THERE´S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT

THERE´S ONLY ONE TRUTH

WITH A HALF BROKEN HEART

YOU CAN ONLY SAVE THE LITTLE PART 

THAT´S LEFT THERE FOR YOU

THERE WAS A BOY ONCE UPON A TIME

HE JUST TRIED TO LIVE HIS LIFE

THE BOY HAD PRIDE BUT WAS SAD INSIDE

´COS LOVE BEAT HIM UP WITH OUT A FIGHT

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THINGS WHERE BETTER THAN FINE

THEY HAD LOVE AND GAVE EACH OTHER TIME

LOVE IS BLIND NOT EASY TO GUIDE

AND SOMETIMES SO HARD TO FIND

Half broken heart

Hello! 

Well, to start with something I must admit that this is another pretty important and meaningful day in my musical life since the first release 11 weeks ago. And I feel really good! 🤗

I don’t know why but this song’s history reminds me somehow of a butterfly with it’s different phases. #metamorphosis

It was somewhere around 2005-2006 or so and I think I had the song already quite ready as a scruffy demo but as a totally different kind of a version. Yet I guess most of the puzzle pieces were there in a way and I kinda knew it.

At the time life wasn’t that OK or let’s say that at least there were some turbulence in life’s different divisions and the ride was a bit bumpy what it comes to professional and private lives occasions. And that´s life and so be it.🤠

Well, many things happened both in private and professional lives and the song was left there and got buried with a loads of stuff, time and endless amount of other priorities and activities.

Then the Spring 2020 came and life was all of a sudden different on many levels. I suddenly remembered this song ’cos once in a while during all the years I had bumped onto the old demo. I had always liked it a lot and now decided to give it some more care and attention.

And after some serious CPR and heavy use of a defibrillator it truly came alive as an old piece of music in a totally new form. Don’t know why but somehow I knew immediately that I was on the right track. So here we are now and it is out there spreading its wings.

❤️🙏🤗

Take care and enjoy the Spring!! -RR

Ps. Check out the song and spread the news if you already haven’t! 😉

https://halfbrokenheart.lnk.to/28HTbOzU

https://ansp.org/exhibits/online-exhibits/butterflies/lifecycle/

#12022021

Well, I don ́t even know where to start. But thanks for reading at least this far. Hehe ;D

The whole journey to this day has been so long that even I don ́t know where is the actual starting point or where to begin counting. In some symbolic way, it could be the day somewhere in 1989 when I had gotten my first nylon-string guitar, then gradually learned the first few chords and wrote my first song. As far as I ́ve been playing and practising I have also made songs, from psychedelic prog-rock to fusion jazz and etnofolk to contemporary pop. But I have never released anything under my own name until this day. I don ́t know whether it is good or bad thing that I ́ve had come so far for that. But in my opinion I could say that it is more a positive thing. And I somehow believe that there is a time for everything. But anyways, here I am and we are here. :D

This song Painless Love (at least in some form) was basically written already somewhere ten years ago and I always thought there is something good. At least something that I liked and something that resonated in me. But it took quite a long process until this day. And via my homestudio, a studio in Copenhagen and a studio in Helsinki the final form finally saw the daylight at a mastering studio in Espoo January 2021.

My deepest thanks to each one of you being interested, involved and for staying tuned! <3 There will be more. :)