Melodifestivalen 2022, your favourite Swedish national selection process, has left the Avicii Arena and from this week and on moves to Friends Arena, in Stockholm, for the rest of the three shows.
A while ago, SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster released the lyrics of all seven competing songs, of the fourth semi-final, the last bunch of songs that will be competing this year, in the hopes of representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin.
You can read the lyrics of the fourth semi-final songs below:
- Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power (Writers: Anna Bergendahl, Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren, Erik Bernholm )
I was alone
I was a starving eremite without a home
And the sand in the hourglass pouring on
A howling wolf without a pack
Little did I know
There was a seed
And with some water and attention it would lead
Into a leaf turning into a tree
Roots spreading through the darkest woods
Little did I know
I didn’t know
I see a higher power rise
A spirit larger than life
Cutting right through the fire
Turning the wind
Right before my eyes
I see a higher power rise
A spirit larger than life
Digging right through the dirt
Releasing the dam
And so, I arise
On my own
Kept walking through the wilderness ’til I had grown
Into a thousand-year-old oak, give me a throne
And I’ll wear the crown of thorns
Little did I know
I didn’t know
I see a higher power rise
A spirit larger than life
Cutting right through the fire
Turning the wind
Right before my eyes
I see a higher power rise
A spirit larger than life
Digging right through the dirt
Releasing the dam
And so, I arise
And so, I arise
Oh, I didn’t know
And so, I arise
Oh, I didn’t know
I see a higher power rise
A spirit larger than life
Cutting right through the fire
Turning the wind
Right before my eyes
I see a higher power rise
A spirit larger than life
Digging right through the dirt
Releasing the dam
And so, I arise
And so, I arise
- Lillasyster – Till Our Days Are Over (Writers: Jimmy Jansson, Palle Hammarlund, Ian-Paolo Lira, Martin Westerstrand )
If I were a hero for one day
Maybe I’d walk another way
Fighting against the odds and break
Thru the bricks in the wall
Cause I wanna take you home
Been loosing ourselves too long
Somebody prove me wrong
I won’t let go
I’m right here with open arms
Nothing can break my iron heart
I would climb any mountain
I would fight any fire
Scream loud, breaking the silence now
Till our days are over
I would climb any mountain
Stand tall, big as a giant
I would find a way somehow
Till our days are over
If I were a hero for one day
I wouldn’t be scared and run away
Open the streets and raise the gates
I would break thru it all
And I’m gonna take you home
Been loosing ourselves too long
Somebody prove me wrong
I would climb any mountain
I would fight any fire
Scream loud, breaking the silence now
Till our days are over
I would climb any mountain
Stand tall, big as a giant
I would find a way somehow
Till our days are over
I’ll never fail you
Be right beside you
I’ll never walk away
I would climb any mountain
Stand tall, big as a giant
I would find a way somehow
Till our days are over
I would climb any mountain
I would fight any fire
Scream loud, breaking the silence now
Till our days are over
Till our days are over
Till our days are over
I’ll be breaking the silence now
Till our days are over
- Malin Christin – Synd om dig (Writers: Jonathan Lavotha, Oliver Heinänen, Malin Christin )
Jag kommer aldrig få ett förlåt
För varje gång jag fällt en tår
Jag kommer aldrig nånsin be dig
För jag tror inte att du förstår
Tror inte du förmår
Och din skugga, den kommer förfölja dig
Aldrig nånsin försvinna, bara dölja sig
Så det är inte synd om mig, nej för det är synd om dig
Det är inte synd om mig, nej för det är synd om dig
För du saknar empati
kan inte känna som vi
du har ett tomrum inuti
Det är inte synd om mig, nej för det är synd om dig
Har velat såra dig så hårt
Men dom sa: sjunk inte ner till hans nivå
Men du är mil långt under marken
Och aldrig kommer jag ifatt dig
Inte ens om tusen år
Och din skugga, den kommer att släppa mig
Men för alltid så kommer den följa dig
Så det är inte synd om mig, nej för det är synd om dig
Det är inte synd om mig, nej för det är synd om dig
För du saknar empati
kan inte känna som vi
du har ett tomrum inuti
Det är inte synd om mig, nej för det är synd om dig
Det är inte synd om mig
Det är inte synd om mig
Det är inte synd om mig
Ja, det är synd om dig
Jag kommer aldrig få ett förlåt
Men det är jag som står rakryggad ändå
- Tenori – La Stella (Writers: Dan Sundquist, Kristian Lagerström, Marcos Ubeda, Bobby Ljunggren, Sarah Börjesson Wassberg )
Per te la mia stella splenderà
La speranza vincerà
Stuck in the dark
I was a shell of myself
All of my dreams in a blur
In a room full of doubt
The sound was gone
Then I looked to the sky
I knew
I could see the end of the road
Letting me out
Per te la mia stella splenderà
La speranza vincerà
Già il sogno vive più che mai
Lo seguirò
Per sempre volerò
Con te nel cielo blu
Now that I know
How can I turn away
If there’s a way to resist
It´s a will-o´-the-wisp
I was played for a fool
But they won’t trick me twice
Since you made my dreams come alive
Letting me out
Per te la mia stella splenderà
La speranza vincerà
Già il sogno vive più che mai
Lo seguirò
Per sempre volerò
Con te nel cielo blu
I hit the ground
With all that doubt
But you were there
And taught my dreams to fly high
Per te la mia stella splenderà
La speranza vincerà
Già il sogno vive più che mai
Lo seguirò
Per sempre volerò
Con te nel cielo blu
We rise like a dream
My life is in your hands
La stella sarà
con te
- MEDINA – In i dimman (Writers: Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Sami Rekik, Dino Medanhodzic, Ali Jammali )
Min kära lille
Har du gått vilse
För denna vägen leder inte någonstans
Mamma sa till mig
Gör guld av silver
Sen lever vi som inte morgondagen fanns
Nu ska vi dansa tills vi dör
Sjunga för allt som vi förstört
La bella noche
När vi når botten
Så ska vi resa oss igen
In i dimman dimman ja nu ska vi leva
Vi ska leva som ej morgondagen finns
Nu ska hela världen äntligen få veta
Att vi ska hela hela hela vägen in
La dolce vita
Så många tårar
Som jag sparat under stjärnorna i natt
Och mamma sa till mig
Det kommer ordna sig
Så länge du lever som inte morgondagen fanns
Nu ska vi dansa tills vi dör
Sjunga för allt som vi förstört
La bella noche
När vi når botten
Så ska vi resa oss igen
In i dimman dimman ja nu ska vi leva
Vi ska leva som ej morgondagen finns
Nu ska hela världen äntligen få veta
Att vi ska hela hela hela vägen in
Nu ska vi dansa tills vi dör
Sjunga för allt som vi förstört
La bella noche
När vi når botten
Så ska vi resa oss igen
In i dimman dimman ja nu ska vi leva
Vi ska leva som ej morgondagen finns
Nu ska hela världen äntligen få veta
Att vi ska hela hela hela vägen in
Oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh
Att vi ska hela hela hela vägen in
- Angelino – The End (Writers: Angelino Markenhorn, Julie Aagaard, Melanie Wehbe, Thomas Stengaard )
Oh
Oh
This could be the end
You could drop a pin
Suffocating silence
We’ve been here before
I’m outside the door
You’re in the bathroom crying
You say that
I’m so unaffected
I act so cool
and so collected
Oh
Hear me out
Before you go
I need you to know
You’ve got your doubts
I got my own
But trust me I am
Not that unaffected
You’re mistaken
If this is it
You need to know
My heart’s stuck on you
Lying skin to skin
Do you feel a thing
Tell me what you’re thinking
Cause I don’t understand
What’s your exit plan
Cause I’m hurting within
You say that
I’m so unaffected
I’m not that cool
and so collected
Oh
Hear me out
Before you go
I need you to know
You’ve got your doubts
I got my own
But trust me I am
Not that unaffected
You’re mistaken
If this is it
You need to know
My heart’s stuck on
You
You
If it’s the end
I need to know
You
So hear me out
Before you go
I need you to know
You’ve got your doubts
I got my own
But trust me I am
Not that unaffected
You’re mistaken
If this is it
You need to know
My heart’s stuck on
You
- Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills (Writers: Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Julie Aagaard, Anderz Wrethov, Klara Hammarström)
They say I
Been running from myself
But they don’t understand
Coz the pain of you
Is in my every cell
And it’s pumping through my veins
And I feel it through my body like fire tonight
And it pulls me in
I’m howling at the moonlight
And I
Run—to the hills
I’m making it on my own
I’m facing my demons, here I go
I’m running, I’m running alone
To the hills
Where the brokenhearted go
I’m running to save my haunted soul
Run to the hills
Run—to the hills
I’m making it on my own
I’m facing my demons, here I go
Run to the hills
They say you
Won’t flee a broken heart
The nights move in on you
But they have never
Raced under the stars
The flight will see me through
And I feel it through my body like fire tonight
And it pulls me in
I’m howling at the moonlight
And I
Run—to the hills
I’m making it on my own
I’m facing my demons, here I go
I’m running, I’m running alone
To the hills
Where the brokenhearted go
I’m running to save my haunted soul
I run to the hills
Run—to the hills
I’m making it on my own
I’m facing my demons, here I go
I’m running, I’m running alone
To the hills
Where the brokenhearted go
I’m running to save my haunted soul
Run to the hills
And it pulls me in
I’m howling at the moonlight
And I
Run—to the hills
I’m making it on my own
I’m facing my demons here I go
I’m running, I’m running alone
To the hills
Where the brokenhearted go
I’m running to save my haunted soul
I run to the hills
Run—to the hills
I’m making it on my own
I’m facing my demons here I go
I’m running, I’m running alone
To the hills
Where the brokenhearted go
I’m running to save my haunted soul
Run to the hills
The process
Two songs will directly qualify to the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2022, which will take place on the 12th of March. The songs that will place third and fourth will have to compete again, at the fifth semi-final, held on the 5th of March. There will be four semi-finals in total.
Oscar Zia presents all the shows of Melodifestivalen 2022, while due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the shows for the national selection process that will represent Sweden in Turin this year, will be held exclusively in Stockholm!
Melodifestivalen 2022 finals will he held on the 12th of March, when we will get to know who will be selected as a representative for Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin!
The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2022 is described below:
- First Semi-Final on the 5th of February, at the Avicii Arena
- Second Semi-Final on the 12th of February, at the Avicii Arena
- Third Semi-Final on the 19th of February, at the Avicii Arena
- Fourth Semi-Final on the 26th of February, at Friends Arena
- Fifth Semi-Final on the 5th of March, at Friends Arena
- The Final on the 12th of March, at Friends Arena
See you next time, when we will get the chance to listen to the one-minute snippets, of the seven songs of the fourth semi final, for the first time.
Source/Photo: SVT
