Melodifestivalen 2022 started a few days ago, on February the 5th! The first three semi-finals of the national selection process of Sweden, are held at The Avicii Arena in Stockholm, which is the largest hemispherical building in the world and semi-final four, five and the final are to be held at Friends Arena, also in Stockholm.
A while ago, SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster released the lyrics of all seven competing songs, of the third semi-final.
You can read the lyrics of the third semi-final songs below:
1. Cazzi Opeia – “I Can’t Get Enough” (Writers: Bishat Araya, Jakob Redtzer, Cazzi Opeia, Paul Rey)
(Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah)
I know that i’m a mess
I’m the first one to confess
I got issues
Baby I got issues
We both got pretty scars
But I love your every flaw
When I’m with you
I won’t try to fix you
So what, so what if we get drunk
Or get a little wild, sometimes
Oh I
don’t mind if we get in a fight
As long as we collide
I feel alive
Oh when you taste like that
And I could die
Oh with a face like that
I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough of you
I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough of you
I’m haunted by your kiss
And the flavour of your lips
Let me have it
Baby I’m an addict
Oh no I can’t resist
Your touch, your fingertips
Is like no other
We’re perfect for each other
Oh so what If the world is upside down
As long as you’re around
I feel alive
Oh when you taste like that
And I could die
Oh with a face like that
I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough of you
I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough of you
Life is so much so much better
When we are together
So why be alone?
No one love me love me better
Lucky number 7
Baby you’re the one
And I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough of you
I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough
I can’t get enough of you
(Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah)
2. Lancelot - “Lyckligt slut” (Writers: Lancelot Hedman, Niklas Carson Mattsson )
Utanför porten
Står jag och ler
Ler som en idiot
Fåglarna sjunger
Sjunger i dur
Allt är så vackert nu
Men jag
Vill inte ha nåt vackert
Jag vill ha nåt som är fult
För vackert har ett slut
Jag kunde dö just nu
Med dig här i min famn
Vi dansar livet ut
Alla sorger blir till sand
För om tiden rinner ut
Om det är över nu
Får jag ett lyckligt slut
Kanske för bra men
Låt det va sant
Ljuger jag för mig själv?
Svävar bland molnen
Men väntar på storm
Allt är för underbart
Men jag
Vill inte ha nåt vackert
Jag vill ha nåt som är fult
För vackert har ett slut
Jag kunde dö just nu
Med dig här i min famn
Vi dansar livet ut
Alla sorger blir till sand
För om tiden rinner ut
Om det är över nu
Får jag ett lyckligt slut
Nej jag
Vill inte ha nåt vackert
Jag vill ha nåt som är fult
För vackert har ett slut
Jag kunde dö just nu
Med dig här i min famn
Vi dansar livet ut
Alla sorger blir till sand
För om tiden rinner ut
Finns det ett lyckligt slut
För nån som jag och du?
3. Lisa Miskovsky – “Best to Come” (Writers, David Lindgren Zacharias)
I won’t settle,
I won’t settle down
Not even if you’re telling me
I’ll be the chooser
Now or never,
now or never now
I’m leaving all you left behind
To light up the future
I would give it all I got
I will never run
Never hide
Never showing you, I cried
I’m not giving you a chance to say goodbye
It will always hurt
Not in vain
More like driving in the rain
But I still believe the best is still to come
It’s still to come
Please just hear me,
please just hear me out
I’m heading down the highway now
Through the snow and the gravel
You can say that I’m different
that I’ve changed into this
What is lost can be found
It’s just a matter of time,
please don’t leave me like this
I will never run
Never hide
Never showing you, I cried
I’m not giving you a chance to say goodbye
It will always hurt
Not in vain
More like driving in the rain
But I still believe the best is still to come
It’s still to come
I will never run
Never hide
Never showing you, I cried
I’m not giving you a chance to say goodbye
Cause you will always see the darkness ahead of you
let me light up the future
I’m not giving you a chance to say goodbye
It will always hurt
Not in vain
More like driving in the rain
But I still believe the best is still to come
And it’s still to come
4. Tribe Friday – “Shut Me Up” (Writers: Isak Gunnarsson, Robin Hanberger Pérez, Noah Deutschmann)
It’s way past half-to-nine
But you don’t seem to mind,
Do you?
You’ve got your sugar lines
I couldn’t dare to try,
But you
You’re so loud-mouthed
I’m so far out
Is it alright?
‘Cause I just wanted to say
She shut me up!
I really tried to speak my mind,
But she shut me up
And I hope it’s not the last time
She shut me up
She shut me up,
We’re suddenly so silent,
But that’s alright
You play pretend but I
I think we’re past that line,
Don’t you?
Oh, don’t you?
I’ve got to head back soon
Unless you make your move right now
She said
“You’re so pretty”
Am I really?
And I tried to reply
She shut me up!
I really tried to speak my mind,
But she shut me up
And I hope it’s not the last time
She shut me up
She shut me up,
We’re suddenly so silent,
But that’s alright
“Meet me in an hour two hours away”,
They said
But she don’t want me leaving so—
She shut me up!
I really tried to speak my mind but,
She shut me up
And I hope it’s not the last time
She shut me up
She shut me up,
We’re suddenly so silent,
She shut me up!
She shut me up, up, up, up
We’re suddenly so silent,
But that’s alright
5. Faith Kakembo – “Freedom” (Writers: Laurell Barker, Anderz Wrethov, Palle Hammarlund, Faith Kakembo)
I don’t see the love
I just see the wounds
I just feel the struggle here in me
Can’t it be enough
Just being a human
I hate the way we make each other bleed
I won’t give up
I’m not afraid
No my hope don’t stop believing
I can trust
Won’t suffocate
Know my heart’s gonna keep me breathing
Till I find
My
Freedom
Oh until I
Find
My
Freedom
I can see the life
Where everybody’s healed
Tell me how much trouble would that be?
Cuz I know you and I
We could write the sequel
We could turn nightmares into dreams
I won’t give up
I’m not afraid
No my hope don’t stop believing I can trust
Won’t suffocate
Know my heart’s gonna keep me breathing
Till I find
My
Freedom
Oh until I
Find
My
Freedom
I’m caught in a notion
I’m getting no peace
Proposing a motion
this world’s gotta see
Keep movin’ it forward
until you and me
Find
Find
Freedom
I won’t give up
I’m not afraid
No my hope don’t stop believing
I can trust
Won’t suffocate
Yeah my heart’s gonna keep me breathing
I won’t give up
I’m not afraid
No my hope don’t stop believing
I can trust
Won’t suffocate
Yeah my heart’s gonna keep me breathing
Till I find
My
Freedom
Oh until I
Find
My
Freedom
6. Linda Bengtzing – “Fyrfaldigt hurra!” (Writers: Thomas G:son, Linda Bengtzing, Myra Granberg, Daniel Jelldéus)
Vet att jag inte är den bästa
Till och med värre än dom flesta
Men mina snedsteg gör mig ännu mera resolut
För ja, så länge jag försöker
Så gör det inget om jag dör nu
Ska låta mina lungor sjunga tills jag checkat ut
Och jag ska nudda himlen om jag så ska stå på tå
Jag ska visa världen att det går
Kan inte vänta längre, släpp mig nu
Jag tänker göra som jag vill
Finns ingen plats för trams
för jag har tight med tid
Kan inte vänta längre, hör mig nu,
kan inte ändra någonting
Vill säga tack, förlåt och skål för allt vi minns
och ta ett fyrfaldigt hurra för att vi finns
Jag ska leva detta livet
som att det faktiskt vore mitt
Bara sträcka upp ett finger för ”I don’t give a shit”
Jag ska riva alla broar
som inte leder någonvart
jag ska släcka alla bränder innan allt blir svart
Och jag ska nudda himlen om jag så ska stå på tå
Jag ska visa världen att det går
Kan inte vänta längre, släpp mig nu
Jag tänker göra som jag vill
Finns ingen plats för trams
för jag har tight med tid
Kan inte vänta längre, hör mig nu,
kan inte ändra någonting
Vill säga tack, förlåt och skål för allt vi minns
och ta ett fyrfaldigt hurra för att vi finns
Och jag ska nudda himlen om jag så ska stå på tå
Jag ska visa världen att det går
Kan inte vänta längre, släpp mig nu
Jag tänker göra som jag vill
Finns ingen plats för trams
för jag har tight med tid
Kan inte vänta längre, hör mig nu,
kan inte ändra någonting
Vill säga tack, förlåt och skål för allt vi minns
och ta ett fyrfaldigt hurra för att vi finns
7. Anders Bagge – “Bigger Than The Universe” (Writers: Anders Bagge, Jimmy Jansson, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son)
I’m sitting here
In my apple tree
There’s a guiding light shining down on me
I can see the dawning of my life
Bigger than the universe
Just take my hand
Put your trust in fate
Let us leave this world for a better place
A place where all the darkest days are gone
And everyone’s a champion
Hear, my heart is
beating like a symphony
And every word is poetry
We are, we are
Reaching for the stars like
satellites up in the sky
In a world of you and I
We are, we are
Bigger than the universe
As I’m sitting here
In my apple tree
There’s a rain of hope pouring down on me
I can see the sunrise of my soul
Bigger than the universe
Forever young
Join the ride with me
There’s an open road to eternity
We’re dancin’ on the edge,
we’re wild and free
Hear, my heart is
beating like a symphony
And every word is poetry
We are, we are
Reaching for the stars like
satellites up in the sky
In a world of you and I
We are, we are
Bigger than the universe
We are, we are
We are, we are
Bigger than the universe
We are, we are
We are, we are
We are bigger than the universe
We are, we are
We are, we are
Oh, bigger than the universe
We are, we are
We are, we are
Bigger than the universe
We are, we are
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 third semi final, for the first time.
Source/Photo: SVT
