Spyritual first made a sound when a 12 year old finnish boy Juha Tuukkanen … Read Full Bio ↴Spyritual first made a sound when a 12 year old finnish boy Juha Tuukkanen discovered making music with machines. At first the sounds seemed quite electronic, but during the years, mainly because of the material he was mostly listening, the idea of a more organic music started to develop. The discovery of the more acoustic Spyritual-sound went on, and at the same time Juha found out the exitement of musically collaborating with other people. After some years of writing and producing with other artists, he again decided to start going into the studio alone in the dark last hours of the night. Soon these sessions started to bear fruit and also the old Spyritual-material was dusted out of the shelves.

Meanwhile, on the northern side of Finland, a girl called Terhi Koivisto was awaken to the existence of music while listening to her mum play and sing tender songs to her in the long winter nights. Singing by the bonfire on summer camps in small Kokkola-town encouraged and inspired her to start developing her self-expression as a singer. By the age of 18 she had been involved as a lead vocalist in different local live-bands ranging musically from funk to ethnic, but then decided to move to Helsinki because of studies in cinematography. After some years, she met up with Juha through a mutual musical friend and Spyritual was given a human voice.

Together Juha & Terhi found a mutual passion for a certain kinds of sounds and started to compose and write music with no special genres or definitions in mind. The musical platform was at first quite free and somewhat based in drum&bass. Now, after years of developing, the music of Spyritual can be described as deep electro-acoustic nu-jazz.

If you know what to look for, in the music of Spyritual there is a sence of origin present. That origin is Finland. With it's strong, beautiful and contrasting nature, it's hard not to let the surroundings affect your emotions. It's also a common legend that finnish people don't talk much, but mostly keep to themselves. When this is the case, other forms of communication can, and are sometimes forced to take place.

Sapphire
Spyritual Lyrics

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I found my sapphire from the river
It came down with the rain
It came down on a boy’s cheek
And the boy was dear to me
The boy was too hard on me
He used to play with my love
But all that I could see
Was that the boy was dear to me

Chorus:
And the boy was
And the boy was

Then came the day of the rainy weather
And the boy’s tease went too far
I fell into this river
And got up
Nevermore

Chrous

I found my sapphire from the river
It came down with the rain
It came down on a boy’s cheek
And that’s all there’s gotta be

And the boy was

And that’s all there’s gotta be
And that’s all there’s gotta be

Overall Meaning

The song 'Sapphire' by Spyritual is a poignant tale of love, loss, and redemption. The first verse talks about finding a sapphire in the river, which came down with the rain and landed on a boy's cheek. The boy was dear to the singer, but he was not kind to her, and used to play around with her love. However, the singer was blinded by his affection and could only see the boy's endearing qualities. The chorus repeats the phrase 'And the boy was' which hints at the singer's emotional attachment to the boy, even though he was not good for her.

The second verse changes the tone of the song as the weather turns rainy and the boy's teasing goes too far, causing the singer to fall into the river. The use of the word 'tease' suggests that the boy may have been playing around with the singer's emotions or possibly leading her on. However, the singer takes this incident as a sign and gets up, never to return to this relationship again. The song ends with the repetition of the last line of the first verse, 'And that's all there's gotta be', which implies that the singer has moved on and accepts that this relationship was not meant to be.

Overall, 'Sapphire' can be interpreted as a metaphor for the idea of finding something precious in unexpected places, but also realizing that sometimes, things are not meant to be.

Line by Line Meaning

I found my sapphire from the river
I discovered my precious gemstone in the flowing water of the river

It came down with the rain
The gemstone was carried by the rain and ended up in the river

It came down on a boy’s cheek
The gemstone fell upon the face of a young boy

And the boy was dear to me
The boy held a special place in the singer's heart

The boy was too hard on me
The boy put too much pressure on the singer and their relationship

He used to play with my love
The boy did not take the singer's love seriously and toyed with their emotions

But all that I could see
Despite the boy's faults, the singer still cared deeply for him

Was that the boy was dear to me
The singer's love for the boy was unshakeable

Chorus:
Repeating section of the song

And the boy was
The importance of the boy to the singer

Then came the day of the rainy weather
An event occurred on a day with stormy conditions