Artist: Nathan Trent
Song Title: Running on Air
Participating Year: 2017
Show: Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Grand FinalEurovision Song Contest 2017 Semi-final 2 (1st Half)

About Nathan Trent

Nathan Trent was born in the city of Innsbruck in 1992 and released his debut single Like it is in 2016. He was chosen by the Austrian broadcaster ORF to represent the nation by internal selection. He was also one of the 33 entrants for Unser Song 2017, the German national selection for this year’s contest. He was automatically eliminated, as the rules of EBU do not allow an artist to represent more than one country.

About the song Running on Air

The pop Austrian entry was intended to be released on 28 February 2017 by ORF, but leaked online through Spotify and YouTube on 26 February. The songwriters are Nathan Trent and Bernhard Penzias. The label is ORF-Enterprise.

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Lyrics of Running on Air

It’s been a long time running
‘Cause I had some things to see
I had to meet some people
Who were there to believe in me

I’m taking all that struggle
Reminds me what I’m fighting for
I’m living it up, I ain’t gonna stop
Till I make that final score

And I’ll keep running as fast as I can
I’ll keep running
I won’t stop, I won’t stop, no no

Hey now, if you push me down I’ll get up again
Hey now, if you let me drown I’ll swim like a champion
I’m sure there’ll be good times, there’ll be bad times
But I don’t care ’cause I’m running on air
(Running, running) Yeah

Give me a million reasons
But my answer stays the same
You can try to put me in a box
But I’m doing it my own damn way

See I can’t stand them talkers
All pretending that their lives’ a mess
‘Cause whatever you want, whatever you need
You gotta get off your…

And I’ll keep running as fast as I can
I’ll keep running
I won’t stop, I won’t stop

Hey now, if you push me down I’ll get up again
Hey now, if you let me drown I’ll swim like a champion
I’m sure there’ll be good times, there’ll be bad time
But I don’t care ’cause I’m running on air

Hey, I’m running on air
Running, running on air
(Oh whoa… oh whoa…) Running, running
Now I don’t care

Hey now, if you push me down I’ll get up again
Hey now, hey now

Yeah… (Oh whoa… oh whoa…)
You can push me, push me down
(Oh whoa… oh whoa…) Hey now
But I’ll get up again

I’m sure there’ll be good times, there’ll be bad time
But I don’t care ’cause I’m running on air