'Hold Me Forever' is a man obsessed after the passing of his wife.

This is a real early Aittala song. I wrote and record this song just a few months after having my 4-track and drum machine and getting serious about song writing. You will probably be able to hear the 80's metal influence. I was still new to song writing and didn't yet find my sound.
This song was my attempt at the 'anti-love' song. I could never write cheesy love songs, so I came up with this 'metal' love story. I figured what was more metal than a man being in love with a corpse.
This version of the song was recorded live at a club in Holland called the SSR in June of 1993. It isn't the best quality and the playing is marginal, but it's good fun to listen to.

I still think about you my dear
Even though you’ve been dead and gone
And these feelings I’ve kept wrapped up inside
Keep going on and on

Like a child who was thrust from the womb
You were taken from this life and entombed
Gone without an explanation
Stolen from this God’s creation of life

Burnt out flames of passion still smolder
I bear the weight of your death on my shoulders
Memories of you that will never leave
Like the beauty of a cold winter’s eve

Buried beneath these despairing emotions
I will somehow dig my way out
Because I know my life must go on
Even though its fill with doubt

Hold me forever and I’ll never leave your arms
I’ll always remember even though you’re gone
I’ll never leave your arms
Never leave your arms

Each day it’s hard to keep up hope
But old thoughts of you help me cope
Is life worth living without you?
Somehow I’ll make it through

I can’t bear the thought of finding another soul
With the promise of eternal life
Because I’m afraid of history repeating
I just can’t stand this pain again

Hold me forever and I’ll never leave your arms
I’ll always remember even though you’re gone
I’ll never leave your arms
Never leave your arms

I was always afraid to show my emotions
I don’t know what it is, some childhood notions
Now all the tears flow from my face
Because now that I know you’re in a better place

And when I’m lonely I still visit your grave
It’s like finding comfort in the darkness of a cave
I need those old feels that were once there
I can see the joy from your cryptic stare

Hold me forever and I’ll never leave your arms
I’ll always remember even though you’re gone