Iru will sing “Echo” for Georgia at Eurovision 2023.
The former Junior Eurovision champion is giving it her all in Liverpool as she hopes to get Georgia back into the Eurovision final after a five-year non-qualification streak.
Scroll down to read the “Echo” lyrics.
Georgia at Eurovision 2023: Iru with “Echo”
Iru Khechanovi is a 22-year-old Georgian singer. She earned the right to represent Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 after winning the fifth season of The Voice Georgia.
In 2011, Iru represented Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest as part of the girl-group Candy. Their sugar-loaded track “Candy Music” won the competition, scoring 108 points.
What do the “Echo” lyrics mean?
According to Iru, “Echo” is about love and listening to one’s inner voice.
She said: “The message of the song is the fight of love and the manifest of faith. Echo is my inner voice and manifestation of love and peace”.
View this post on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYKQ-vtny1/
“Echo” lyrics – IRU (Georgia Eurovision 2023)
Songwriters: Giorgi Kukhianidze, Iru Khechanovi and Beni Kadagidze
Days in a row I’m thinking I know
I’ve got a big faith, my love is my crown
Will be better way, will be better day now
It is not a secret
Life is love
Thing is known
Like in dreams
Chamgaraga-ga-chamgara
Going through the life together
Going through the life together
Chamgaraga-ga-chamgara
Like in dreams
Days in a row I’m thinking I know
I’ve got a big faith, my love is my crown
Will be better way, will be better day now
It is not a secret
Days in a row I’m thinking I know
I’ve got a big faith, my love is my crown
Will be better way, will be better day now
It is not a secret
Going through the life together
Going through the life together
Chagadaradamda-chamgaradamda-chamgaradamda-chamgara
Chagadaradamda-chamgaradamda-chamgaradamda-chamgara
Life together, life together
(Chanting)
Days in a row I’m thinking I know
I’ve got a big faith, my love is my crown
Will be better way, will be better day now
It is not a secret
Chamgaraga-ga-chamgara
My soul’s like a fortress, I feel I progressed
Words getting worthless, love is a wordless
Oh when life is loved, loved
Days in a row I’m thinking I know
I’ve got a big faith, my love is my crown
Will be better way, will be better day now
It is not a secret
Chamgaraga-ga-chamgara
I totally get the message of the music video. I mean, who hasn’t gotten tangled up in their sheets when they’re trying to make their bed!
Here’s my take. It’s a good song although not a personal favourite of mine (at least at this point in time). Good nonetheless. And will probably be both well sung and staged. Now. The actual lyrics are gammatically incorrect in places. There’s no debating that. It’s not just “poetic phrasing”. To me, that puts a big old hole in the idea that tries to sell this as intentially “mysterious and open to interpretation”. That’s nonsense. Mysterious, sure… but obviously not entirely on purpose. The notion that this was written by an AI isn’t that far fetched. The good news is… Read more »
People troll a lot over the lyrics with this, but it’s a ruminative song. ‘Love is a wordless’ is clearly an uncompleted thought it needs some … after it.
The ‘chamgara’ parts are not lyrics, they are where the voice is used as an instrument.
And it’s sung as
Days in a row
I’m thinking, I know
It’s a series of thoughts, which work well enough with the hesitant vocals.
I think I understand the lyrics… I think this is her using her voice to carry a message of love and togetherness. Her voice being singular and powerful, only one answer. If love was our crown, that crown being a paragon symbol of authority, it would be something we all would want to achieve. If everyone was filled with love, no fighting or war, it would be a better day. That is not a secret. If we all walked together, not against each other, or bringing another down, the world would be a lot better place. Like in all of… Read more »
So, that’s what it meant. Never would have guessed it. I still like it, though – weird lyrics and all.
All joking aside, I don’t really place much importance on lyrics – as a European music fan, I usually never understand any of the songs I love anyway. If it sounds good, it’s going on the playlist.
It’s very clearly about the strength of love with the chorus affirming that strongly, though the verses display much more hesitancy and uncertainty. The choruses are clearly the fortress in the fight she described. What precise meanings beyond that are up to you, but I really don’t get the hate for this
It genuinely sounds to me like they had ChatGPT write the lyrics. It’s a shame really, she’s obviously a skilled singer, and the song is good in concept, but the lyrics are such a mess
*Piqued Jacks writes lyrics*
People: “ This is offensive. Worst ever! Garbage song and terrible lyrics!!”
*Georgia releases their song*
People: “Yasss Queen Slayyyyy Work!!!! Best Georgian song ever! Top 10 material right here!!!”
It’s the best Georgian entry. She can sing too, it’s a great interpretation. The Same Marino singer just didn’t sing well.
Even my Asian cousins can write better English lyrics.
Sure, the lyrics could have been run through Grammarly (“there’ll be better days” maybe? “Going through our lives together”?) But the song itself is so dark and striking it almost doesn’t matter. I do feel with this fixed up it could have been a contender to win, but I feel, as it is, it will still rate highly possibly top 10.
You have to combine the lyrics with how they are performed, it’s not meant to be normal speech. There’s a dreamy slow ruminative quality to the verses. The clue is ‘like a dream’.
I wouldn’t listen to that inner voice if I was you, girl ?
The first time I heard it I didn’t even realize it was in English :/ And that’s not a joke! Nonetheless I think this can be a big surprise on the grand night with the right staging and do especially good with the juries (but she needs to improve her English). Good luck!
she doesn’t have to improve her english, her english in interviews is very good 😉
this is on purpose
Her song is written with bad English on purpose? Well then.
well Nina Sublatti gave us the made up word ”oximated” in 2015
very quirky i find that, but yes i would’ve loved a few georgian phrases, it is a good song but not as great as her jesc22 co-composition for them for their Mariam Bigvava ”I Believe”
but Georgia always has a weak spot with me in this contest, last years Circus Mircus were in my top 3
Circus Mircus were my 2nd last year haha
‘Thing is known. Chamgara-ga-chamgara.’ ??
But even with these awful lyrics it’s still the best Georgian entry since 2015
For me, since 2016. The 2016 song is so underrated among fans.
In 2016 they didn’t send just a song but an entire statement. F***** incredible entry.
The chamgara section isn’t the lyrics, it’s where the voice is used as an instrument.
I don’t understand why songwriters who don’t speak English can’t hire a cheap proofreader for €20?
Don’t care, l don’t care, I love the lyrics
Worst lyrics alongside Israel, not sure whether to laugh or cry so maybe I’ll do both.
There is something dreamy and mysterious in this, but the lyrics are clunky. The grammar in this song is not the clearest. The message could be anything from self-empowerment and being in love, to world peace and balance in the nature. Or anything else that the listener decides to project onto it. Interestingly enough, that even might be its advantage, as the majestic nature of the melody and the instrumental could evoke enough feelings on its own. Thus, making the spoken word fit into the narrative the listener has already created. Interestingly, throughout the years, including this year, some much… Read more »
As much as I love this entry and really, really hope you’re right, the lyrics are heavily criticized on other places than Wiwibloggs, to the point that I’ve read quite a few times people hoping Georgia this year will be a NQ because of the lyrics.
For me, the lyrics do bring my overall rating down, as they are too nondescript and grammatically off for my taste. However, if I take the whole package in consideration, this is certainly my qualifier from semi 2. The melody is great. The instrumental is very exciting. Iru’s vocals are outstanding. It’s a strong enough package to endure the lack layering in the lyrical department. I’d prefer if the lyrics were in Georgian if the bad translation is what caused this confusion. I hope and expect she qualifies.
The lyrics aren’t clunky with how they are performed. Why do people ignore this? Lyrics aren’t just words on a page. They convey feelings, dreamy, ruminative, in the singing and music.
At least I’m glad wiwi resisted the urge to wait until April Fool’s Day to post this.
I speak five languages and this doesn’t make sense in any of them. It might play on her favour though, and get some “she’s cute and the song is funny” votes.
I love the entry. It’s currently my #4.
BUT these lyrics a comically nonsensical. Let’s not pretend.
*are
(Oh no, I’m already adopting the nonsense writing structure!)
I’ll be the dissenter/fool here. I think these lyrics are great! They’re cryptic and esoteric, but I do sense an artistic intentionality here. There’s that line “words getting worthless/love is a wordless.” That’s way too self-aware to be an accidental irony. And there’s “thing is known/like in dreams.” The thing is love, and she’s describing it in this song with a mystical dream language. This song is my #1. A potential all-time favorite.
At this point, they’ve surely heard the criticism, and it seems they’re sticking with the song, as they should.
They’re not allowed change anything now, it’s too late. That’s the risk of only revealing your song at the deadline, I suppose.
I wonder what would happen if Iru changed the lyrics during her live performance at the Grand Final? Yes, it would sound messy as the backing vocals wouldn’t match, but at least she could redeem herself.
It needs no redeeming. Great song.
as a native speaker….this is nonsense. Trying to get any sort of meaning out of this would be reaching very far
It is not a secret that there is some mystery about the meaning of these lyrics. Iru’s own explanation that the lyrics are “the fight of love and the manifest of faith” is very deliberately cryptic. However, creatively this could be a very good thing. Yes, it’s true, I actually like this song. Here’s a small confession: Sometimes even I have written songs that have lyrics that are a bit cuckoo and “open to interpretation”. (Shocking, I know.) Some songwriters would rather focus on the musical message than the grammar, and this song certainly does that wholeheartedly. The lyrics are… Read more »
Cryptic, maybe, but the crypt is empty. Not even a cobweb. I don’t expect Tutankhamun’s treasures every time, but at least something.
I sense there’s going to be a long Wiwi Jury discussion about this one.
Maybe what is empty is your brain, a lot of very shallow thinkers out there are struggling with Iru’s song.
Go outside and take a breath.
You have to admit that people troll over this song. For whatever reason they seem to hate someone involved with it.
I would say the sense in the lyrics is there, it’s ‘like a dream’, ‘I’m thinking I know’. Musical expression gives the words meaning, she sings in a ruminative, wandering way. Until the chorus which is the fortress, the strength in love.
Lyrics literally do not matter, they just help to express a certain emotion and sound that would fit the arrangement. Also comparing transcript to spoken text is worthless.
So said a lot of songwriters in 2023 so far. 🙂
These are the ESC entries this year (The English one’s at least) that I personally do not think are well written:
-Germany
-Norway
-Ireland
-Switzerland
-Azerbaijan
-Poland
-Georgia (The worst)
-Lithuania
-Australia
-San Marino
-Belgium
-Cyprus
-Greece
-Iceland
These are either very bland and uninspiring or just flat out badly written. This is just my opinion.
I suggest that you give Eurovision a miss this year.
I suggest you give an opinion about the actual comment someone made and tackle what’s it’s trying to say instead of suggesting me to miss one of my favorite things in life because I dislike some songs. I dislike many songs every year, nothing new.
IDK if Purple Mask wants to answer your question so I’ll just give my answer.
Thanks. It’s sometimes nice to sit back and let someone else do the work. 🙂
I like making ESC related lists so it’s no work for me hehe
Lyrics to me personally matter a lot. You don’t need to be super deep or anything. But you gotta have your song structed properly and have some kind of a meaning at least. Even if the meaning is basic like love, peace or simply having fun. Gotta give me something.
Oh come on, words getting worthless, why do we need to use them properly? I feel I progressed without them. In all seriousness these lyrics are nonsense, but the biggest problem I have is that I think they were trying to say something but it got lost completely in the randomness of Google translation. I don’t mind songs in imaginary languages at all – “Sanomi” was my favourite in 2003 and I still listen to it because it manages to convey emotions without using an actual language. But I’m completely lost when it comes to “Echo” and that’s a shame… Read more »
Sanomi Helé
That can be the case, but here your second point is more pertinent. The singing shows the intent of the words. The chamgara part isn’t lyrics it’s the voice as an instrument.
amazing lyrics, lovely to make fun of english language
Or if the listener doesn’t speak English.
You don’t need to be an English speaker to not understand this song haha. I understood virtually none of what was sang in this song until I had the lyrics in front of my eyes.
I do wish Echo was in Georgian (Don’t understand the song name BTW…)
The song is so empty, the echo will be heard all over the continent. My interpretation.
HA!
”Days In Row I’m Thinking Out Loud !!!!”
I agree with you all about the lyrics issue.But the song still makes me sing it.
Oh and , the music video gave me 2016 vibes idk why
YES, IT IS SOOOOO 2016!!!
After reading the lyrics I think I get what they are trying to say but it was clearly A: VERY rushed B: Written by someone with very weak English So I tried to umm fix them a bit? Like made them make a little more sense while still keeping the original lyrics basically. For days and days, I’ve been thinking, I know I’ve got a lot of faith, my love is my crown There will be a better way, there will be a better day That is not a secret Life is love That is known It feels like a… Read more »
Of course the lyrics are still very poor and I have no idea what Chamgaraga is but then again Georgia have made up words in the past (Oximated lol) so I wouldn’t be shocked if this isn’t a real word. I googled it and only this song popped up so..
Indeed.
Chamgaraga is the voice as an instrument, it’s not really part of the lyrics.
I do not understand these lyrics at all. I suppose they rely on whatever the listener projects upon them to give them any power. I prefer when the lyricist does the heavy lifting.
It is not a secret.