Artist: Timebelle
Song Title: Apollo
Participating Year: 2017
Show: Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Semi-final 2 (2nd Half)
About Timebelle
Timebelle is a Swiss band from Bern, currently consisting of Romanian lead vocalist Miruna Mănescu, the Swiss drummer Samuel Forster, and the Romanian multi-instrumentalist Emanuel Daniel Andriescu. Past members include accordionist Rade Mijatović, guitarist Christoph Siegrist, and bassist Sándor Török. The band was formed as a five-member boyband while its members were students at the University of Bern. Shortly after, Mănescu was added to the group as a lead singer by their Romanian producer Mihai Alexandru. The band had again tried to represent Switzerland in 2015, when they came second in the national final. This year they won the national final, receiving almost the 50% of the votes in a total of 6 acts.
About the song Apollo
After winning the national final ESC 2017 – Die Entscheidungsshow, the song Apollo was released on 10 March as a digital download and both music and lyrics are by Elias Näslin, Nicolas Günthardt, and Alessandra Günthardt.
Listen to Apollo
Lyrics of Apollo
Like a bullet in my chest
You’re written, bound and etched
Forever in my mind
We are fading in our hands
Lost somewhere in wasteland
Not knowing up from down
But when the walls are caving in
The world keeps turning
We got the love, we got to love
No, I will never let you go
All the walls won’t make me fold
It is never easy
I’ll follow you, Apollo
No, I will never let you go
Give it time and we will grow
Ain’t no fun in easy
I’ll follow you, Apollo
I’ll follow you, Apollo
I wear my heart on my sleeve
You do the same for me
When autumn comes around
So when the walls are caving in
The world keeps turning
We got the love, we got to love
No, I will never let you go
All the walls won’t make me fold
It is never easy
I’ll follow you, Apollo
No, I will never let you go
Give it time and we will grow
Ain’t no fun in easy
I’ll follow you, Apollo
I’ll follow you
So don’t pull the rug from underneath us
We’re in trouble but we got the love
Don’t pull the rug from underneath us
Crashing down fast, as fragile as glass
But what are we now if we never tried?
What are we now?
I will never let you go
Give it time and we will grow
It is not supposed to be easy
No, I will never let you go
Give it time and we will grow
Ain’t no fun in easy
I’ll follow you, Apollo
I’ll follow you, Apollo
You, Apollo
It is never easy
I’ll follow you, Apollo
I’ll follow you, Apollo
You, Apollo
Ain’t no fun in easy
I’ll follow you, Apollo
I’ll follow you, Apollo
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