Finland - Hauki (Pike)

Kurittula school is very happy to be able to represent Finland in the Schoolovision 2025 contest! This year we sing about a pike. Pike is the second most common fish species in Finland after perch. Pike lives in lakes, rivers, and along the Baltic Sea coast across the entire country. The only places where pike is not found are the mountain lakes in Lapland.

The song has been composed and written by the popular Finnish artist Arppa. According to him, the song tells an absurd yet beautiful story of a moment when the singing pike saves the narrator from despair.

Sävellys & sanoitus / Composition & Lyrics
Arppa (Aaro Airola)

Pääosassa / Starring
Lyydia, Aava & Ronja
Elma, Nessa, Sofia & Vappu
Amanda, Anastasia, Anette, Elsa, Hilla, Karola & Melinda
Aino, Aliisa, Alva, Amanda, Anni, Eevi, Elena, Elias, Elli, Elli, Elsa, Hilma, Isabella, Kerttu, Kerttu, Kira, Laila, Lilian, Olli, Sanni, Sara, Venna, Vera, Viia, Vili, Vilja & Yavanna

Ohjaus, äänitys & video / Direction, recording & video
Kirsimari Pohjanheimo

Kuvaus / Filming
Minea (opening clip from Utö  island), Kirsimari Pohjanheimo & Riku Heinonen (drone)

Tausta / Audio background
Mika Suominen, Ella Pohjanheimo & Iina Loponen (saxophone)

Englanninkieliset sanat / Lyrics in English
Tarja Niemelä

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The Pike

That yard started to feel too small.
I wished I could turn into a mushroom.
to sit quietly in the autumn forest
waiting for someone to find me.

That yard was shrinking day by day.
And my thoughts became like a fishing lure
stuck between the rocks by the shore
too tired to chase the light anymore.

I sat there feeling lost
thinking that nothing would ever change.
Until a great pike swam up to me
and suddenly made everything clear.

Sometimes in the evenings
I wandered back to that same shore
hoping to hear the pike’s beautiful song again.

But then I saw the news in the underwater paper
The pike had left.
He wanted to find bigger stages to conquer.

I had sworn I would never return
to that small tight yard.
But in that moment I forgot

It’s no use worrying too much about tomorrow.

If nothing else I left that evening
with one more song in my heart
and I headed home.

Maybe today when you feel alone
a great crystal ball will appear in the sky
filled with comforting words.

Maybe today when you feel alone
the sky will become clear
and the songs you almost forgot
will fall gently from the treetops.

May be today when you feel alone
a great crystal ball will appear in the sky
filled with comforting words.

Maybe today when you feel alone
the sky will become clear.