Anouk, Birds

Holy crap, Netherlands, where did you get this from? After the disaster that brought up Sieneke, did anyone expect anything remarkable from this country again? I mean, I thought Joan Franka was cute, but that song was a hard sell.

This year, they decided to skip past voting, and just picked internally. And honestly, this year has been quite a mess for national finals, Sweden has international juries (why?) overruling their public vote, Belarus doesn't understand the point at all, Bulgaria clearly doesn't trust it's public, and there's plagiarism accusations flying everywhere, along with superfluous dancers and Loreen, who, like all winners, is at far too many of these things and becoming quite irritating with her pretentious dancing.

I cannot say enough nice things about this song. It's a classy and grown-up ballad that doesn't have some stupid cliche of shining love light bright eyed hearts because of youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu at the centre. Look at those lyrics:

Isolated from the outside

Clouds have taken all the light

I have no control, it seems my

Thoughts wander all

Of the time, when I tried to

Live life without you

Birds falling down the rooftops

Out of the sky like raindrops

No air, no pride

If being myself is what I do wrong

Then I would rather not be right

Hopes turned into fear and with my

One wing I can't fly

With sunrise, embrace my

Dreams tight and that's why

Birds falling down the rooftops

Out of the sky like raindrops

No air, no pride

Birds

To a place without fear, with no moonlight

(To a place without moonlight and fear)

All I need are trees and flowers and some sunlight

(All I need is trees, some flowers and sunlight)

Where memories are being made and where the old one dies

Where love ain't lies

Birds falling down the rooftops

Out of the sky like raindrops

Birds falling down the rooftops

Out of the sky like raindrops

No air, no pride

That's why birds don't fly It's freaking poetry people. Last year we had the fake 'arty' winner. Now let's have the proper one. Amsterdam 2014! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!