Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2021

[rybak 3,177]

3 minutes ago, Werloc said:

It's almost as if it's your first TISC  some entries will be posted after the final day, don't worry  

Haha, I will try forced everyone to post their entries before deadline, but I know that it will not work in some cases  

[NikolaB 432]

 

 

 

  S E R B I A 

 

SANJA ILIĆ & BALKANIKA "ONE LOVE"

 

 

 

After a long thought I decided to send song "One Love" published in February 2020, in memory of Serbian composer and artist Sanja Ilić who passed away due to Covid-19 on March 7th.  Rest in Peace Sanja and thank you for all music you made for all of us

 

 

 

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 CHINA  

 

Hua Chenyu - I Really Want to Love This World

 

 

A warm song dedicated to victims fighting against depression. Wish everyone really loving this world.

 

Lyrics

 

Spoiler

Cuddling the sofa with sleepy eyes and disheveled hair

Yet I yearned to be as care-free as a lead role in a movie

Rows of crows were densely nestling underneath the eave

I didn't know how to express the suppressed feelings

No matter I was here or there

The chirp of insects seemed to have lost its soul

Yet I understood I need to make some moves right now

No matter I am here or there

The past cannot be remedied whenever I remember it

 

Once I thought of leaving behind this way of existence

It's because of those narratives, those stances and those inflicted pains

I didn't want to leave

When you said you are still there

Suddenly I started to have an indescribable hope

 

Sun set in the west while I was scrolling through the phone

I had no one to call

Isn't that what I deserve as a habitually lonely man?

On a single-log bridge, who should be pushed off

so that a winner can be declared ?

Resisting in silence

Till when could I overcome it?

No matter I was here or there

The chirp of insects seemed to have lost its soul

Yet I understood I need to make some moves right now

No matter I am here or there

The past cannot be remedied whenever I remember

 

I once thought of leaving behind this way of existence

Because of those narratives, those stances and those inflicted pains

I didn't want to leave

Perhaps I tried to accept love

I would start to look up to the future

 

Scars

Just leave them to the memories

Let them go

Then you can harvest the better

Don't be afraid

Don't be afraid

I once thought of leaving

When the sun lost to the haze

I never thought that you would sweep it away with all your might

 

Once I thought of leaving
(Yet I have persisted till now and endured those narratives, those stances)

And those pains

I don't want to leave

When your smile blooms

Suddenly this world is filled with colors

 

Cuddling the sofa with sleepy eyes and disheveled hair

The sunset in the west and after the call went through

Oh, it's you
 

 

[Hipooo 622]

 CZECH REPUBLIC  

 

This song participated at national round ESC 2020, but not successfully. However, I hope the song could break through czech rank maximum (16th place) at TAISC  Enjoy! 

 

We All Poop - All the Blood (Positive Song Actually)

 

 

Spoiler

 

Lyrics:

 

The further I go on the road,
the more I´ve seen you in the pain
and from your pain that I've seen,
rise all these feelings in me.
I can't take no more.
On I go and try to ignore them,
do some other random shit and
there's nothing wrong, I'm just O.K.

 

No matter how it feels like,
no matter what I feel.

 

All the blood that runs
while this show is still on.
I try not to see while I'm having fun,
take my eyes away
and it's gonna be alright.
“The more your pain I ignore,
the less of human’s in me.”

 

The further I go on the road,
the more I learn to ignore myself,
and all your pain that I feel,
is way too much over the top so,
I pretend it's fine,
but I know it´s just not to show,
I´m not sure I know, how long I can go.

 

You can run, but you can't hide.
There's no turning away.
No matter how hard you've tried.
I´m so sorry to say.

 

All the blood that runs
while the show is still on.
I try to not to see,
it's getting hard not to do so
take your eyes away,
than it must be alright.
“The less your pain I ignore,
the more of human’s in me.”

 

You can get through life
and wait for the time to decide.
Your way of how you go by,
before you die, say goodbye!

 

All the blood that runs
while this show is still on.
Those who bleed the most,
are the ones, that are weak.
You can call your mum,
hope it´s gonna be alright.
Running out of time.

 

 

[kungshamra71 865]

Well I spent quite some time looking through maaaaaaaany portuguese songs from the last year and the truth is... I did not particularly liked any of them! 

 

I mean i found a nice song from Barbara Tinoco but she already appeared in the last contest and those who participate for some years in TISC know i like to send something different every year, sharing a bit of Portugal every time. 

 

So I thought of not participating this year, but then i found this girl, with a song that is nice and that is talking about Lisbon with pretty images of the city, and ended up choosing it as this years Portugal entry  

 

Even if you don't like the song i hope the video will make you add Lisbon as one of your first travel destinations after the Covid madness is over!

 

 PORTUGAL  

 

Nena - Portas do Sol

 

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 BULGARIA  

 

Mihaela Marinova - Fear Of Loneliness

 

 

At only 22, Mihaela Marinova is one of the brightest artists in the Bulgarian music scene. First gaining notoriety in 2014, age 16, after appearing on the BG version of X-Factor, she has had hit songs in every single year afterwards. Her appearance in TV formats has almost unparalleled success:

 

- 2014 - 3rd place - The X-Factor - Cut by the judges, just before the finale and the public vote for the winner.

- 2017 - Winner  - Tu Cara Me Suena (Your Face Sounds Familiar)

- 2019 - Winner - The Masked Singer 

- 2021 - Currently leading  - Tu Cara Me Suena: All Stars

 

I have chosen this song, because it combines many themes associated with 2020 and the fear of so many people of being lonely in one way, or another. 

 

 

 

LYRICS in English:

Spoiler

Verse 1:
I see you, you are standing in front of me
You speak softly and think again about our moment
You hear nothing, not a gram
You are afraid of my words, but I know
That you secretly believe in me

 

Pre-Chorus:

Shouldn't I be so close
The thought of us keeps pressing me
I don't know if it's worth the risk

I have long accepted you as my reward
But the truth remains and finds a place inside me

 

Chorus:

The words we want to say
The feelings we know are no longer in us
But we are just being silent

We will remain immersed in the past
We will be next to each other for a long time, but we will know
That it's just a fear of loneliness

 

Verse 2:

Can you hear me, I am shouting
Do you think I'm not asking?
How much longer will you have to be silent?
Can you hear me, I am shouting
Do you think I'm not asking?
How much longer do you have to be silent?

 

Pre-Chorus:

Shouldn't I be so close
The thought of us keeps pressing me
I don't know if it's worth the risk

I have long accepted you as my reward
But the truth remains and finds a place inside me

 

Chorus:

The words we want to say
The feelings we know are no longer in us
But we are just being silent

We will remain immersed in the past
We will be next to each other for a long time, but we will know
That it's just a fear of loneliness

 

We will remain immersed in the past
We will be next to each other for a long time, but we will know
That it's just a fear of loneliness

 

 

LYRICS in Bulgarian:

Spoiler

Verse 1:
Виждам те, стоиш пред мен
Говориш тихо и си мислиш пак за нашия момент
Не чуваш нищо, нито грам
От моите думи плашиш се, но знам
Че вярваш тайно в мен

 

Pre-Chorus:
Нима не трябва да съм толкова близка
Мисълта за нас не спира да ме притиска
Не знам дали си заслужава риска

Приемах дълго теб за моя награда
Но истината остава и намират място вътре в мен

 

Chorus:
Думите, които искаме да кажем
Чувствата, които знаем, че ги няма вече в нас
Но просто си мълчим

Потънали в миналото ще останем
Един до друг ще бъдем дълго, но ще знаем
Че това е просто страх от самота

 

Verse 2:
Чуваш ли ме, викам
Мислиш ли, не питам
Колко още ще трябва да мълчиш
Чуваш ли ме, викам
Мислиш ли, не питам
Колко още трябва да мълчиш

 

Pre-Chorus:
Нима не трябва да съм толкова близка
Мисълта за нас не спира да ме притиска
Не знам дали си заслужава риска

Приемах дълго теб за моя награда
Но истината остава и намира място вътре в мен

 

Chorus:
Думите, които искаме да кажем
Чувствата, които знаем, че ги няма вече в нас
Но просто си мълчим
Потънали в миналото ще останем
Един до друг ще бъдем дълго, но ще знаем
Че това е просто страх от самота

 

Потънали в миналото ще останем
Един до друг ще бъдем дълго, но ще знаем
Че това е просто страх от самота

 

 

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IRELAND

 

 

After much deliberation, the Irish National Selection Committee is delighted to announce Dublin-born singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy as this year's TISC Annual 2021 representative for Ireland.

 

 

Having been considered for previous TISC Annuals, Dermot finally gets his chance this year to compete at TISC with his single entitled "Giants". 

 

 

Commenting on his single, Dermot had the following words to say:

 

"Change hurts and growing hurts. "Giants" is a song about just that, steeped in bittersweet nostalgia. It's about acknowledging our loss of youth and how time inevitably changes things. Yet in the same breath the song is an encouragement to be brave – individually, and collectively. Walking into an unknown future together can be beautiful just as much as it is scary. I want people to listen to this song and hold on to that thought. Let go of the past and grab the change that is in front of us, and make it for the better. Even if it hurts"

 

 

I hope you enjoy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dermot Kennedy - Giants

 

 

 

 

Lyrics:

 

We used to be giants
When did we stop?
Just say the word, and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot

 

The hope and the hurt
Has lived inside of me
But there's gold in the dirt
I never took the time to see

But I knew of it's worth
When you walked beside of me
And my hand fit in yours
Like a bird would find the breeze

 

We used to be giants
When did we stop?
Say the word, and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot
We were the song in the silence
But time catches up
Just say the word, and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot

 

I knew from the start
You'd be the one to set me free
That day in the park
When the hurt would hide from me

Those eyes used to know me, it's been way too long
You are the moon and the stars, and all they gaze upon
Time won't ever move slowly, what you waitin' on?
Yeah, what you waitin' on?

 

We used to be giants
When did we stop?
Say the word, and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot
We were the song in the silence
But time catches up
Just say the word, and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot

 

Darlin', just say you will
Will you remember those times?
That I have held until tonight
If you say you will, I'll leave it all behind
Don't you remember those times?

 

We used to be giants
So when did we stop?
Just say the word, and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot
We were the song in the silence
But time catches up
Just say the word, and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot

We used to be giants
Giants
Oh, I still love you though
I still love you though

 

[Agger 1,658]

DENMARK

 

After much deliberation, Denmark has now selected a song.

 

We present to you one of the upcoming names on the Danish music scene

 

Born in Germany (but living in Copenhagen and mentioned as Danish everywhere I look), Greta has been a musical talent from a young age excelling at both modern and classical music and playing her first concert with self-composed music at the age of 12.

 

Now here she is with a song from her debut album

 

 GRETA - Hydrogen  

 

 

Lyrics

 

The stomach is the darkest bridge of muscles
Where does the light get in?
The part inside of my own chest is the hardest
Where the heart's supposed to live

Hydrogen in all the stars collide
Where does the light get in?
A part of me I'd never dare to visit
In my own mind again

My fingertips are trying to reach further
Feeling for what they lack
And now I'm counting stars until the early morning
So the darkness can't comе back

Hydrogen in all the stars collide
Whеre does the light get in?
A part of me I'd never dare to visit
In my own mind again

Hydrogen in all the stars collide
Where does the light get in?
A part of me I'd never dare to visit
In my own mind

Hydrogen in all the stars collide
Where does the light get in?
A part of me I'd never dare to visit
In my own mind

[rybak 3,177]

Good to see so many entries today 

[Glen 169]

Malta confirming its participation in this contest