At the eleventh hour, when most Eurovision fans thought they would withdraw from Eurovision 2017, Russia came out and surprised us with their entry for Eurovision. Former X Factor Russia runner-up and Winter Olympics songstress Julia Samoylova was selected internally to represent the ambitious nation with the song “Flame Is Burning”.
There is clearly a flame burning inside Julia. A spinal disability has left her in a wheelchair, but her voice still exudes power, confidence and strength. The contest will no doubt be a challenging one for her, given the anti-Russian sentiment present in Ukraine. But hopefully viewers will be able to separate the singer from the government when they (hopefully) welcome her to the stage.
The lyrics speak on a highly emotional level of a search for something magical and enduring. “Everybody is talking about the reasons/all I wanna do is find the feeling,” she says. The chorus smacks of perseverance: “After the night there’s a light/and in the darkest time a flame is burning/it shines so bright”.
“FLAME IS BURNING” – JULIA SAMOYLOVA
“FLAME IS BURNING” LYRICS
Day and night and all I do is dreaming
Pacing sick and staring at the ceiling
I wish I had the answers
I wish I had a courage to know
Everybody is talking about the reasons
All I wanna do is find the feeling
I wanna feel the power
I wanna go to places I don’t know
If there’s a light then we have to keep dreaming
If there’s a heart then we must keep believing inside
Ohhh…
After the night there’s a light
And in the darkest time a flame is burning
It shines so bright
Deep in the night love is alight
And in the dark a flame is burning
A flame is burning
All my life I’m searching for the meaning
Now I’ve learned to seeing is believing
I wish I knew where light is
I wish I had the courage to go
If there’s a light then we have to keep dreaming
If there’s a heart then we must keep believing inside
After the night there’s a light
And in the darkest time a flame is burning
It shines so bright
Deep in the night love is alight
And in the dark a flame is burning
An open window for love
And let the wind blow into the hearts
And we’re never apart and you’ll know
After the night there is a light
And in the darkest time a flame is burning
It shines so bright
Deep in the night love is alight
And in the dark a flame is burning
A flame is burning
A flame is burning
“The contest will no doubt be a challenging one for her, given the anti-Russian sentiment present in Ukraine”
I do not agree
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/11/why-you-keep-mishearing-that-taylor-swift-lyric.html
Now that eurovision.tv removed this song’s information, along with it’s lyrics, I think it’s important to preserve official lyrics somewhere else. Below are the copy-pasted lyrics from their site’s google cache: Day and night and all I do is dreaming Pacing, thinking, staring at the ceiling I wish I had the answers I wish I had the courage to know Everybody’s talking ‘bout the reasons And all I wanna do is find that feeling I wanna feel the power I wanna go to places I don’t know If there is a light Then we have to keep dreaming If there… Read more »
I think the song is beautiful. Besides she is so freaking brave.
On one hand, it’s a pity that most likely she won’t participate this year,but things are as they are. #esc2017