Germany GERMANY 2022 - Malik Harris - Rockstars

[escYOUnited]

Look where we are
We used to be the rockstars
Who never thought of no harm
'Til this thing we call life stopped gleaming
I wish there was a way to go back dreaming

Remembering gets so hard
When time is moving so fast
Wish there was a way to know that we're in
The good old days before we all just leave 'em

I tried getting rid of the pain
I tried to make it go away, but it probably won't change
Always thinking 'bout my own worries
Remember back when we had no worries?
Now life just ain't hitting the same
I sit and miss and reminisce about innocent old days
When I was afraid of nobody
Now I'm afraid of being a nobody

Don't wanna leave my bed
I'll just stay and never get it together
'Cause the voices in my head
They keep saying it'll never get better

Look where we are
We used to be the rockstars
Who never thought of no harm
'Til this thing we call life stopped gleaming
I wish there was a way to go back dreaming

Remembering gets so hard
When time is moving so fast
Wish there was a way to know that we're in
The good old days before we all just leave 'em

Sometimes I got this kinda sting that's right inside my chest
Its only purpose is convincing me that I'm a mess
And even though it's always been an uninvited guest
It finds a way in nonetheless
Wish I could change my address
And you know
Just be somebody else for a couple of days
Although I'm pretty sure we all feel the same kinda way
'Cause if you think about it
Aren't we all set in a place
Where we look back at better days
And wish they weren't so far away?

I wish that I could just go back and be the way I was
I wish I'd still not give a damn 'bout how I come across
I wish the way I saw myself had never gotten lost
In all the worries, all the thoughts, overthinking all the parts
So exhausted, always caught up inside my doubts and flaws
And I'ma count them all
Somebody catch me, I'm 'bout to fall
Yeah, I'm 'bout to fall
Can we press pause?
Or do a restart
And be who we are?

We used to be the rockstars
Who never thought of no harm
'Til this thing we call life stopped gleaming
I wish there was a way to go back dreaming

Remembering gets so hard
When time is moving so fast
Wish there was a way to know that we're in
The good old days before we all just leave 'em

Didn't we?
(We used to be the rockstars)
Didn't we?
(We used to be the rockstars)
(We used to be the rockstars)

Remembering gets so hard
When time is moving so fast
Wish there was a way to know that we're in
The good old days before we all just leave 'em​

 

[ESC94]

For some reason I think that his time as commentator is slowly coming to an end. I don´t see him still doing this job in five years to be honest, he just turned 74 in April.

Hope Consi will be his successor.

 

[mauve]

Hope Consi will be his successor.

And looking at him doesn't hurt your eyes either.

 

[GermanBango]

For some reason I think that his time as commentator is slowly coming to an end. I don´t see him still doing this job in five years to be honest, he just turned 74 in April.

Hope Consi will be his successor.

He will still be doing it from the Altenheim probably

 

[midnightsun]

Yay bullshit bingo!

„Also an seinem Gesang kann's nicht gelegen haben…"

„So ist das halt, wenn man keine Nachbarn hat, die für uns abstimmen…"

"Es war vorauszusehen, dass dieses Jahr alle Stimmen an die Ukraine gehen!“

„Der NDR hat sich solche Mühe gegeben dieses Jahr mit der Vorauswahl, aber am Ende hat's nicht sollen sein!“

„Malik kann man nun wirklich nichts vorwerfen, ich fand er war authentisch und hat seine Sache gut gemacht!“

„Der Rap-Part hat vielleicht doch einige zu sehr abgeschreckt!“

„Malik hat sich im Vorfeld überall blicken lassen auf den ganzen Parties und hat da eigentlich einen guten Eindruck gemacht. Ich hätte erwartet, dass es dafür ein paar Punkte mehr gibt!“

„Echter, authentischer Gesang ist eben nicht mehr gefragt, das Publikum will lieber Wölfe in gelben Masken sehen!"

 

[mauve]

I have no idea ... I would be quite happy already when we don't finish last. Or is this already like reaching for the stars?

 

[GermanBango]

I have no idea ... I would be quite happy already when we don't finish last. Or is this already like reaching for the stars?

Call me naive but I could actually see him doing fairly well with the juries if he nails the performance on Friday.

 

[ESC94]

And looking at him doesn't hurt your eyes either.

I have no idea what you mean.

He will still be doing it from the Altenheim probably

Ok, maybe in ten years we´ll get rid of him.

 

[mauve]

Call me naive but I could actually see him doing fairly well with the juries if he nails the performance on Friday.

I agree on that point as his vocals are always flawless. But I don't see any televoting points coming. So we can only hope for the Juries!

 

[Bmbriga]

This song could do well with good staging. Unfortunately we know he's walking around with guitar as his backpack and chopsticks in his hands.

 

[eurovizian]

I feel like a Pole would in 1946. Jendrik was only last year, so 0 points.

 

[Franzilein]

„Also an seinem Gesang kann's nicht gelegen haben…"

„So ist das halt, wenn man keine Nachbarn hat, die für uns abstimmen…"

"Es war vorauszusehen, dass dieses Jahr alle Stimmen an die Ukraine gehen!“

„Der NDR hat sich solche Mühe gegeben dieses Jahr mit der Vorauswahl, aber am Ende hat's nicht sollen sein!“

„Malik kann man nun wirklich nichts vorwerfen, ich fand er war authentisch und hat seine Sache gut gemacht!“

„Der Rap-Part hat vielleicht doch einige zu sehr abgeschreckt!“

„Malik hat sich im Vorfeld überall blicken lassen auf den ganzen Parties und hat da eigentlich einen guten Eindruck gemacht. Ich hätte erwartet, dass es dafür ein paar Punkte mehr gibt!“

„Echter, authentischer Gesang ist eben nicht mehr gefragt, das Publikum will lieber Wölfe in gelben Masken sehen!"

O shoot, Mr Urban has been among us from the get-go. You can pull down your mask now, midnightsun, you exposed yourself!

 

[midnightsun]

I have a contract with Subwoolfer not to show my real identity until after the finale!

I think it’s worthwhile to have a look at North Macedonia tonight. If this doesn’t get through, which I suppose, we know that juries and people don’t like angry people singing angry stuff. And Malik‘s rap part can be scary (yet good!).

 

[Looren]

So my fellow Germans: What is the minimal goal we can agree on for Saturday? More than 1 point in the televote or not finishing last overall?

Top 15

If you get 0 from televote am gonna commit a murder

 

[Mainshow]

Top 15

If you get 0 from televote am gonna commit a murder

Oh boy. I will miss you next year - I don´t think that they will allow you to log yourself into ESCUnited in prison.

 

[mauve]

Top 15

If you get 0 from televote am gonna commit a murder

 

[Looren]

Oh boy. I will miss you next year - I don´t think that they will allow you to log yourself into ESCUnited in prison.

Depends on my victim tho, if it's Putin then I'll get a medal

Jk, I really hope you'll do well Saturday, Germany is in my top 5 and Malik is such a wonderful person and sings this with all his soul

 

[Matze38]

if you see and hear all this, you can only despise the NDR for not allowing Eskimo Callboy. What a missed opportunity.

 

[mauve]

 

[Deleted member 12761]

That preview clip looked so good. I do think we have a chance to enter the Top 20. At least I hope.

 

[mauve]

That preview clip looked so good. I do think we have a chance to enter the Top 20. At least I hope.

I hope so too. I like the lightning of his stage cause it has a warm feeling instead of the glare stagings of the others. And he sings excellent - hopefully some jury points.