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Ruja was one of the foremost Estonian rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s. The name of the band comes from a neologism "ruja", for science fiction, though there are people who believe that "ruja" is actually made up of the first letters of the band's important members(R – Rein Rannap, U – Urmas Alender, J – Jaanus Nõgisto and A – Andrus Vaht). The band released their first and self-titled album in 1979. Many of the original melodies of Ruja were composed by Rein Rannap.
The band was created by Rein Rannap in 1971 while in the 11th grade. Ruja's 3 first members were Rein Rannap, Urmas Alender and Andrus Vaht.
On September 28, 1994, the band's lead singer, Urmas Alender, died when his car sank with the passenger ferry M/S Estonia. After Alender's funeral concert a couple of days later, the remaining members of the band decided never to perform under the name of "Ruja" again.
Veel pike paitab lainte varju
veel tuulte eest ei otsi varju
veel sdameis on soe kui suvepev
Kuid usu, mda kik leb
ja siis kui sgis on kes
vihm sinu aknale taob ja taob
kuni ta kaob ja vtab kaasa sind
Veel des sinu samme kuulen
veel avanevad palved suured
veel pimeduses niilab habras leek
Kuid usu, mda kik leb
ja kskord vsivad ked
mis seni hoidnud on seda tuld
avaneb muld ja vtab kaasa ta mind
Veel igatsusi hinges tuikab
veel unistuste luikgi huikab
veel kuskil krgel luigeparv on teel
Kuid usu, mda kik leb
ja saabub lahkumispev
siis mberringi on sdatalv
lume all ei enam erista sind
Ma suan pilvena sl
kus hbub paljude hl
ja tunnen, oleksin nagu muld
valge lind, mmmmm
Ma sinu laulusse kaon