Isabel Maese, contestant of "La Voz España" and winner of "Destino Eurovision" (the selection process for the song of the contest), starts a thrilling adventure in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, to represent her country.
She, self-confident, only thou...
After so many months of waiting, the day had arrived.
One of the staff was talking to me, saying something about having 45 seconds left before the end of the commercial, but honestly I wasn't paying attention to what he was telling me, the only thing I was doing was some breathing exercises to keep me calm. I have rehearsed and practiced hundreds of times, either alone or with the guys. The last thing I wanted was to go out of tune or have a spotlight fall on me, I definitely needed to stop thinking so much and focus.
The melody of the piano combined with violins began to play. The spotlight was on a 12-year-old girl crying in the center of the stage. The camera zoomed in as I began to recite the first few sentences of my song, as if they were a poem.
After all you put me through You'd think I'd despise you But in the end, I wanna thank you 'Cause you made me that much stronger
I grabbed the camera to be in focus and started singing loudly and angrily, showing all my feelings, while Damiano and Hugo started playing their instruments.
Well, I thought I knew you Thinkin' that you were true Guess I, I couldn't trust, called your bluff Time is up 'cause I've had enough
I let go the camera and started to perform, letting my feelings and past experiences that led me to write and compose this song.
You were there by my side Always down for the ride But your joy ride just came down in flames 'Cause your greed sold me out in shame
I walked over to where the boys were while I kept singing.
After all of the stealing and cheatin' You probably think that I hold resentment for you But uh-uh, oh no, you're wrong 'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do I wouldn't know just how capable I am to pull through So I wanna say thank you
I held my microphone in its holder and sang loudly, accompanied by the boys who were also my backup singers.
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'Cause it makes me that much stronger Makes me work a little bit harder Makes me that much wiser So thanks for making me a fighter Made me learn a little bit faster Made my skin a little bit thicker Makes me that much smarter So thanks for making me a fighter Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh
I knelt on the floor while looking at the camera and kept singing. Trying to concentrate but the audience was jumping up and down and singing along with us.
Never saw it coming All of your backstabbing Just so you could cash in on a good thing Before I realized your game I heard you're goin' 'round playin' the victim now But don't even begin feeling I'm the one to blame
'Cause you dug your own grave
After all of the fights and the lies Guess you're wanting to hold me But that won't work anymore (no more, aha, it's over) 'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture I wouldn't know how to be this way now and never back down So I wanna say thank you
