Welcome to the 4th ATRL Songfest! Tonight, sixteen board-members go at it with their lyrics to be the best Songwriter...for at least a month!

Will another emo-song win for the 3rd straight contest? Can the UK stay in the top 3 for the fourth consecutive contest? Will ferpunk finally crack the top half

As I have said, all 16 contetants are required to vote in the contest for their ten favorite songs. The following is how you need to send it to me:

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Now, the show begins ^_^ Each entry goes up every 3-4 minutes.

01 Czech Republic - "We Can Be (If only, If only, If only)"

If only, if only, if only (if only, if only)
If only (if only, if only)

You and me
We are the perfect match
Yeah everyone can see
But everything's unraveling
Are we just unlucky
Or is we just that wrong

After all the things that we've been through
Can't anything, anything go right for us two

If only, if only, if only
Life was a little bit kinder
Maybe you and I could be
Something more than what we are now
If only, if only, if only, if only, if only
we could be, forever after
if nothing stood between us
than we can be (we can be)

In the end
There's only misery
Confusion, and longing,
and mystery
Can anything go right
if we can't make this right
Can anything go right

After all the things that we've been through
Can't anything, anything go right for us two

If only, if only, if only
Life was a little bit kinder
Maybe you and I could be
Something more than what we are now
If only, if only, if only, if only, if only
we could be, forever after
if nothing stood between us
than we can be

We can be, yeah
We can work it out
We can go through this
unfazed

We can do anything (anything, anything)
Anything (anything, anything)
We can be anything (anything, anything)

If only, if only, if only (if only, if only, if only)
If only

If only, if only, if only
Life was a little bit kinder
Maybe you and I could be
Something more than what we are now
If only, if only, if only, if only, if only
we could be, forever after
if nothing stood between us
than we can be (we can be)
We can be (we can be)
We can be

If only, if only, if only
life was just a little more
a tiny bit more perfect (more perfect)
but I know (I know)
that We can be

02 Switzerland - "Lately"

Lately, my head has been a mess
Without your presence it feels just like death
Lately, nothing seems to be right
Because I only think about you

It is not normal. It is not real.
But my feelings are controling me.
I need you to be here, with me, again.

I'm sorry. So sorry, my love
I did not mean to hurt you, my beautiful girl
And now the pain I feel kills me everyday

I know you don't need me
And I know I don't deserve you
But without you I'm nothing
And I'll do anything to get you back

It is not normal. It is not real.
But my feelings are controling me.
I need you to be here, with me, again.

Lately, I can even walk in the street
Cos' all the things i see remind me of you
And now that you hear this song
I beg you to come back to me, and be my all.

03 Malta - "Sidewalk"

It's a day like every other, I'm a kid without a mother
Walking homeless through another world that's foreign in my mind
Hum a verse and then a chorus, voiceless in this concrete forest
On this path that lies before us, I'm afraid to look behind
Not alone in my enduring, there are shapes around me human
I'm maneuvering through them, searching for a place divine
It's a night like every other, I'm a kid without a father
Walking loveless on another paved invention of mankind

Now and then the road ends
And I have to drop the pretense
Of a pedestrian with purpose
And somewhere to go home to
Leave the world I know beside me
Dream of all that would excite me
A warm hand to hold forever
Something meaningful and true

But then I wake to new surroundings
Heart grows weaker from its pounding
From the memory of you
My heart grows stale from all the wandering
On these barren avenues
On these barren avenues

It's a day like every other, I'm a kid without a brother
With a broken four leaf clover and all hope forever lost
Can't find peace in a religion, don't believe even a smidgen
Spiritualism pigeonholed as a deep river I won't cross
Nature it was pillaged, stacking village upon village
Into cities that instilled in all of us a sense of loss
It's a night like every other, I'm a kid without a lover
Lamenting on another would-be should-be here with me, because

Now and then the road ends
And I have to drop the pretense
Of a pedestrian with purpose
And somewhere to go home to
Leave the world I know beside me
Dream of all that would excite me
A warm hand to hold forever
Something meaningful and true

But then I wake to new surroundings
Heart grows weaker from its pounding
From the memory of you
My heart grows stale from all the wandering
On these barren avenues
On these barren avenues

I grow tired searching for you
On these barren avenues
On these barren avenues

04 Croatia - "Discombobulated"

I feel so lost right now
Wandering and searching for something
I felt a presence I never felt before
Very wonderful yet deceiving

A spark of joy was felt
So enchanting makes me wanna melt
Suddenly I saw your face
Mysterious and left me in a daze

I need magic for protection
To free me from this curse
If only I know the incantation
I'll say it in a verse
Or maybe there is a potion
An ante-dote from this mystique
To fight this illusion
And might just do the trick

Did you cast a spell on me
Cause I'm stunned by the things you do
Cursing me to lose my sanity
And make go crazy over you

This feeling just grows deeper
Like I'm under your control forever
But we can never be together
Just hoping that everything's gets better

I need magic for protection
To free me from this curse
If only I know the incantation
I'll say it in a verse
Or maybe there is a potion
An antedote from this mistique
To fight this illusion
And might just do the trick

Oh help me please...
You discombobulated me
Help me counter this with ease
Cause I want to break free
Or summon me by your side
Take me and we'll fly high
To overcome this madness
Because now I'm such a mess.

05 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - "2 Die 4"

I couldn’t wait to get it in
My big ol dick up on her skin
I beat it right with all my might
That ****ty hoe put up no fight
It’s such a shame cause it’s so good
That ***** tight it loves my wood

Hoe get on top and scream my name
You know this dick drives you insane
That cooch is like a firecracker
Bitch give me some and some more after
You know this dick is 2 die 4
That’s why yo ass let me hit it raw

My bed is like a caution zone
Ask all my hoes they love my home
We get it in everyday
My dick is hard is all I say
She hop right on and does her job
And right on after she sucks and slob

Hoe shake that fat ass yo
This here is 2 die 4
You know you want some more
This here is 2 die 4
Bend over and I’ll take it slow
This here is 2 die 4
I’ll make that ***** glow
This here is 2 die 4

06 Germany - "Just A Place"

This place,
This empty, empty place,
Where I'm sitting while I'm thinking
Where I'm laying while I'm dreaming

This place,
This special, special place
Where I run to, when I'm down
Where I getaway from anyone

And when I'm feeling all alone
And like a part of me is gone
That's the place that I will be
That's the place that sets free

You can call it home
And you can call it shelter
But it's just a place
That makes me feel so, better
Like all is gone
And everything will be good
Like there's no more hurt
And everything is back to the way it should
And when I'm scared
Or feel so all alone
Like there isn't any place where I belong
That's the place I'll be
That's the place for me...

This place,
This peaceful, peaceful place
Where the quite is so loud
And anything can just be found

This place,
This little, little place
Where you can hide
But you can also grow
Where you can find the answer
To things you might don't know

And when I'm out there on my own
And everything just feels so wrong
That's the place I'll go
That's the only place I know

You can call it home
And you can call it shelter
But it's just a place
That makes me feel so, better
Like all is gone
And everything will be good
Like there's no more hurt
And everything is back to the way it should
And when I'm scared
Or feel so all alone
Like there isn't any place where I belong
That's the place I'll be
That's the place for me...

07 Albania - "There And Back Again"

Everyday It’s the Same
Wake Up And Get Ready For Another Day
I Try To Take It As It Goes
One Step At A Time
But When Difficulties Hit The Face
The Opportunities Run Away
Here Comes The Clouds
Now Bring On The Rain

That’s When I Breathe In
Dust The Dirt Of My Shoulders
Exhale And Get Ready
For Another Ride
Because I’ve Been

There And Back Again
For When I Trip I Fall
But Then I Just
Get Right Back Up And Move Along Now
Suddenly I See
The Whole Picture Clear
That Nothings Easy
Nothin’ Is Ever What I Thought It’d Be
So I Just Put A Smile On My Face
Because Tomorrow
I’ll Be There And Back Again

Everyday I Hang With My Friends
Drivin’ Around The Town
Up And Down And All Around
The Same Places We Go
Seeing Black And White
Surroundings
So Dull Like You Wouldn’t Believe
The Same Ordinary Things

That’s When I Sing So Loud
Make The Best Out Of Everything
Not Give A Damn Who Hears
Because Tomorrow I Will Be

There And Back Again
For When I Trip I Fall
But Then I Just
Get Right Back Up And Move Along Now
Suddenly I See
The Whole Picture Clear
That Nothings Easy
Nothin’ Is Ever What I Thought It’d Be
So I Just Put A Smile On My Face
Because Tomorrow
I’ll Be There And Back Again

Paint Your World A Different Color
Keep The World Guessin’ And Wonder
How Great It’d Be If Everything Was Extraordinary

Because I’ve Been

There And Back Again
For When I Trip I Fall
But Then I Just
Get Right Back Up And Move Along Now
Suddenly I See
The Whole Picture Clear
That Nothings Easy
Nothin’ Is Ever What I Thought It’d Be
So I Just Put A Smile On My Face
Because Tomorrow
I’ll Be There And Back Again

There And Back Again
For When I Trip I Fall
But Then I Just
Get Right Back Up And Move Along Now
Suddenly I See
The Whole Picture Clear
That Nothings Easy
Nothin’ Is Ever What I Thought It’d Be
So I Just Put A Smile On My Face
Because Tomorrow
I’ll Be There And Back Again

Everyday It’s the Same
Wake Up And Get Ready For Another Day

08 Greece - "Full Stop"

Now, now
Recalling that day
The last time
I touched your face
Surroundings dark and icy
Fiery warmth inside me
Can't resist the feeling
Of calling you to my place
Once again I'm kneeling
Canceling previous mistakes
Anxiety quickly pushed out
Infatuated and dealing with this burden
You're only mine a no one else's
That's my delusion speaking
No matter what there's no way
To stop feeding my

Desire
Once again winning it all
Twisting with passion
My instinct uncontrolled
I might be dead to you
When I'm ripped to pieces
Still I send my call
Succumbing over friendly fire
You complete me like a full stop

This wanting
So guttural in me
It's clear that with you
My inhibitions always break free
So we had our moments
Some loving in the winter
Each time it'd just get deeper
First casual, now killer
Souls intertwined through our bodies
More sweat than the seven seas
I guess it's not forever
But it's pleasant to recall
On broken glass I still always see you
A reminder of your shattering me
Obsession fluctuating through the seasons
Trying to invent absurd reasons
To justify our rift
It all falls flat
Here without you I cannot be
So I send my call again and again
You complete me like a full stop

09 Armenia - "Isabela"

I'll be the guitar player strumming
A gentle tune
To be carried by the four winds
Until it gets to you
And when you hear it
You will know
That it's meant for you Isabela
And that I love you ever so

I'll be the the meager poet
Writing my verses in stone
Hoping one day you'll see them
And come with me back home
Till then I'll be waiting
Staring at the door
For signs of you Isabela
The one thing I adore

I'll be the wandering tourist
Traveling the world
In hopes of catching a glimpse
Of the beauty you bestow
And if that happens
I'll take it as a sign of fate
That we're meant to be Isabela
Forever as soulmates

I'll be the curious storyteller
Telling tales of the times we had
To anyone who'd listen
Even if they'd think I was mad
Wishing someone out there listening
Would know where you were
And spread the message to you Isabela
Maybe then the impossible would occur

And as an old man
In a death bed
I'd die happy knowing
The message was spread
And though despite my efforts
I find comfort in knowing
I'll see you in heaven Isabela
And there, our love will keep going

10 Moldova - "Overdrive"

I'm weaving through disaster
Trying to get to you
My mind's telling me it's dangerous
But my heart's throbbing out for you
I know we aren't dedicated yet
But these fools don't wanna see me with you
My adrenaline is rising
Watch me make their fears come true

I have no time to stop and think twice
Too dangerous to change up my mind
Can't risk jeopardizing your life
It's all or nothing so I think I'm..

Going into overdrive
Risking it all for you
I'm going into overdrive
Giving it all for you
I'm going into overdrive
To make your dreams come true

Charging down the fast lane
Trying to get to you
There's so many things that I wanna see
and more that I need to do
I'm not willing to crash and burn
Knowing these fools are trying to hurt you
I'm throwing all I've got away in a high speed chase for you

I have no time to stop and think twice
Too dangerous to change up my mind
Can't risk jeopardizing your life
It's all or nothing so I think I'm..

Going into overdrive
Risking it all for you
I'm going into overdrive
Giving it all for you
I'm going into overdrive
To make your dreams come true

Rippin' and runnin'
Swervin' and turnin'
Grippin' and burnin'
My way to your heart
I won't come second to someone
Who shouldn't be in the game
I'll make you realize the same
I'm at the finish line

Rippin' and runnin'
Swervin' and turnin'
Grippin' and burnin'
My way to your heart
I hope you can see in me
that I'm worthy of your love
I'm at the finish line
and you're my trophy

I'm going into overdrive
Risking it all for you
I'm going into overdrive
Giving it all for you
I'm going into overdrive
To make your dreams come true

11 Lithuania - "Crowded Pits of Death & Hatred"

DEATH IS AROUND US
PITS OF SORROW AND DESPAIR
SMALL VISITING HOURS
RAVE COLORED HAIR

ATHLETES FOOT
FEELING SORRY
FOR GUILTY MEMORIES
SURROUNDINGS LOOK TARRY

FEELING HORRIBLE
DEATH AND HATRED
LOVE HURTS SO GOOD
CUTTING YOURSELF IN HEART FORMATIONS

DEATHDEATHDEATHDEATHDEATH
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM
DEATHDEATHDEATHDEATH
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM

EYELINER AND MASCARA
EATING YOU ALIVE
LITTLE WORMS INSIDE YOUR EYE SOCKETS
MAKING YOU CRY

A SORROW SO EVERLASTING
NOT EVEN LAXATIVES CAN HELP
YOUR FOOT HAS A TOENAIL
AND YOU SWIM LIKE MICHAEL PHELPS

DEATHDEATHDEATHDEATHDEATH
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM
DEATHDEATHDEATHDEATH
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM

GOODNIGHT ATRL!!!

12 Portugal - "Oblivious"

I saw an incredible signal
Is an adventure out there?
I'm ready to leave
My life was one pathetic dead-end
Incredibly stupid
If you could believe
I had an awakening vision
And a blatant decision
Later here I am now
And I am so scared of the future
Don't know how to do this
Could you show me how?

Let's leave this place right now
A speck in the distance, we're looking ahead
This journey we're on is so long now
And I am so tired, so please lay me to bed

We're just starting out on this mission
Will it transform me?
A child to a man
Right now I'm so tragically useless
Unsure of my own skills
Let's try this again
So I am the ghost of the real me
Will you make me whole now?
I'm ready to bleed
If I'm unbelievably hollow
Will you give me compassion?
It's all that I need

Let's leave this place right now
A speck in the distance, we're looking ahead
This journey we're on is so long now
And I am so tired, so please lay me to bed

We're you my final destination?
I'm so devoid of passion
Will you set me right?
I know that the stakes are so high now
So please let me hold you
As we fall into night

Let's leave this place right now
A speck in the distance, we're looking ahead
This journey we're on is so long now
And I am so tired, so please lay me to bed

13 France - "Will Be"

You left from our home
and I didn't know what to do
I just left me so confused
and my skin just breathed scare
I'll try to find in the past what were my mistakes
I'll find the why in the pain
I try to understand your way of running away
And don't understand if was your scare or your tiring
Will Be
my love I still love you
Will Be
I can't stand no more
Will Be

My soul does not rest
'Cuz doesn't want to rest with anyone
and the truth is I can't understand live without you
I'm like a ship without its south
I'm lost in the middle of nowhere
I just want to live with you again

I'm finding in my rose the killer thorn
that which destroys our home
I pray for my wings will be back
my final destiny, my motor of life

Will Be
my love I still love you
Will Be
I can't stand no more
Will Be

My soul doesn't find its peace
'Cuz it doesn't find it
and the truth is she can't find it
because you are not here, you are not here
I'm like a ship without its south
I'm lost in the middle of nowhere
I just want to live with you again

Will Be
my love I still love you
Will Be
I can't stand no more
Will Be
Will Be
Will Be
It will be that I could not find you again...

14 Ukraine - "Wishes (Should I)"

Should I should I should I...
Should I should I should I...
Should I should I should I...
Should I wish for you or are those wishes not true

You pushed me off to second place
And denied that you would leave my side
Now you're gone as if I'm surprised
Shouldn't have to deal with thos one
If I lied enough about how much I missed you
It wouldn't do me any good
Instead I want to tell you
Something you do not want to hear
Even if I could I wouldn't wish you back here

You played your cards and made me believe
We were finally where I wanted to be
And now when I look around and see you gone I don't care
Maybe he'll be good for you and the games he'll suffer through
But I'll never wish you back to me

Should I or could I
It's not worth the game
For all you did for me to blame
As if you think of me
Playing around with your shiny new thing
If I could I'd ignore you for good
So instead iof dying I just move on...

You played your cards and made me believe
We were finally where I wanted to be
And now when I look around and see you gone I don't care
Maybe he'll be good for you and the games he'll suffer through
But I'll never wish you back to me

15 United Kingdom - "The Pot & the Kettle"

A ha ha ha ha ha (yeah, yeah)
A ha ha ha ha ha (here's a story)
A ha ha ha ha ha (yeah, yeah)
A ha ha ha ha ha (about a pot)
A ha ha ha ha ha (yeah, yeah)
A ha ha ha ha ha (and a kettle)

So Stacy
She was the girl
She was the only the one that rocked his world
And Jimmy
He was her boy
And her own little personal toy

One night
She went and cheated
On Jimmy with a guy named Billy
Then Jimmy
He found out
All he could do was scream and shout
All he could do was scream and shout

This is the story
of the pot and the kettle
The pot said "you're black"
The kettle screamed it back
Who would've thought
That in the end they'd be happy
That they'd be lying in each others arms
That they'd be lying in each others arms

Now Jimmy
In his rage
Took out some girls to the club that night
He got stoned
Lost control
And banged a horny little psycho ****

Then Stacy
She found out
And she threw out all his ****ing clothes
But Jimmy
Put up a fight
'Cause she really didn't have the right
'Cause she really didn't have the right

This is the story
of the pot and the kettle
The pot said "you're black"
The kettle screamed it back
Who would've thought
That in the end they'd be happy
That they'd be lying in each others arms
That they'd be lying in each others arms

Stacy lied
Jimmy lied
And that's the gospel truth
So much drama
So much passion
Underneath one roof
Pots and kettles
They're all black
But they just can't believe
They're color blind
With their own lives
They think they're stainless steel

This is the story
of the pot and the kettle
The pot said "you're black"
The kettle screamed it back
Who would've thought
That in the end they'd be happy
If only Stacy knew that Jim was gay
He kissed my boyfriend only yesterday.

16 Spain - "Telescope"

I can see you, I can watch you
But I can't feel you, I can't touch you
Gotta get closer, get closer
Coz' in your body I wanna hover

I can see you, you can't see me
You don't know where I could possibly be
You don't even know where I could be hiding
As if I'm hidden and I'm watchin' with

My telescope, with a little rope
To hold my hand and keep me from watchin'
My telescope, and with it I hope
That you won't find me on the place I'm hiding

I wanna see more, have to see more
Just cover my mouth so I won't roar
Still you can't see me, you can't see me
I'm still hiding on this place, I'll be with

My telescope, with a little rope
To hold my hand and keep me from watchin'
My telescope, and with it I hope
That you won't find me on the place I'm hiding

I'm still invisible
I can't be seen looking at you roll
I may not be invisible
Coz' my phone's ringing with my friend's stupid call.

My telescope, with a little rope
To hold my hand and keep me from watchin'
My telescope, and with it I hope
That you won't find me on the place I'm hiding

Ta-dah! 16 songs in almost an hour!

So, we are now to the voting, which goes from now until 6pm tomorrow night.

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