MissTick
Thingish Things

Eurovision Song Contest. The only musical show I ever watch on TV. Once a year. More then enough. It is normally about 2 hours of mostly tasteless musical numbers from twenty something European countries and then about an hour of great fun watching the same countries vote, all spiced up with Terry Wogan’s commentaries. I’ve mentioned this before I think, that the voting is done mostly based on geographical boarders and “political correctness”, so they all pretty much predictable (providing you’ve got a map of Europe in front of you)

I’ve been disappointed from the very start by the fact that the only song I could’ve give vote for, the Finnish entry, didn’t even make it to the final, fallen out in semi-final…such a pity! Greece became a winner this year - a funky song with sophisticated lyrics: “You're my lover undercover, You're the most impressive person I discovered. You're delicious , So capricious. If I find out you don’t want me I'll be vicious”[~Scratching her head: what kind of lyrics is it??!!!]

Spain, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, the 'Big Four' of the Eurovision Song Contest scored the last this year. Hmmm...maybe they just don’t like us in Europe?

Anyway, I've decided to make up my own [*added: jury] and Totally Personal Mini-Eurovision Song Contest. And here is my [*added: choice] of Personal Winner - Geir Ronning!
Misstick recommends - WHY
[~sighs: you right - just when my words will reflect exactly what I meant?! got to take some English classes]

music: Mika Toivanen
lyrics:Steven Stewart
arrangement: Mika Toivanen
performer:Geir Rønning

In the night, there's a candle burning
Little light full of ache and yearning
For the child who won't be returning
And all the loved ones left behind
Morning breaks with the news of violence
Nothing moves in the haze of silence
Deep inside it feels like a riot
Oh, where can I find peace of mind?

(And they say that our trouble's just begun)
Tell me how
(Tell me how much we'll lose before we've won)
These tears won't dry
So I'm asking
Why? Why?
Will we ever find the answers?
Why? Why?
Why can't love be all that matters?
Why? Why?
While we try to understand
Faith and hope are slipping through our hands
Can you tell me why?

What's the secret to make things better?
Where's the thread holding us together?
How do we find the key that lets us
Open up our hearts and minds?
Winds of faith blow us past our limits
Spend our lives searching for forgiveness
Can one voice really make a difference?
Still I know we've got to try

Tears are falling down like rain
A flood of questions come
Where’s the healing for this pain?
Is really love so hard to find?

Awwwww...isn't it a touchy song?

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Totally unrelated, but I've gotto write it down, while I remember

another one of Reccomendations For How To Live:

if you're being constantly told about how great you are, and if you've got fed up with the flattering, the best way to stop this - to agree that you are really that great.