Daniel's Song Race • S05 W02 • Main Challenge

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Pull My Strings
Björk - Black Lake (Strings)

Timeslot: 4:00


I think Björk is the kind of artist that needs no introduction. 
The song was written two months after the breakup between Björk 
and her longtime partner. I chose this song because it is amongst 
one of my favourite songs. I find the string live version more superior than 
the studio version hence the title, in case you wonder. 

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MucLanna

Category: Pull my Strings

Evanescence - My Immortal
(2:08+)



This version of My Immortal is on Evanescence's album Synthesis. 
I picked This song and band because not only do I think they fit this challenge well with the lovely string flow in the song, but they mean so much to me o on a personal note as well. I dont wanna go into to much detail but it is my mums favourite band and singer before she passed away so I thought that they would be the perfect choice and this song's lyrics mean so much to me. My favourite is the chorus lyrics. 

" When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me"

Everyone can relate to this song, Everyone has that person that they can come to wipe the tears and fight the fears away. That was how my mum was with me. 

I hope you all enjoy this lovely rendition of this song

SPOILER: Click to show

I'm so tired of being here

Suppressed by all my childish fears

And if you have to leave

I wish that you would just leave

'Cause your presence still lingers here

And it won't leave me alone


These wounds won't seem to heal, this pain is just too real

There's just too much that time cannot erase


When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have all of me


You used to captivate me by your resonating light

Now, I'm bound by the life you left behind

Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams

Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me


These wounds won't seem to heal, this pain is just too real

There's just too much that time cannot erase


When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have all of me


I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone

But though you're still with me, I've been alone all along


When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

You still have all of me, me, me


Songwriters: Ben Moody / David Hodges / Amy

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ME AND THE DEVIL

by Soap&Skin

Timeslot 0:55+

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This was not an easy selection for me.

In the end, after dismissing songs that had violin elements but were not sufficient enough, and violin songs that simply fell flat, I'm sending one of my beloved artists, Anja Plaschg herself - even though I am not the only one loving her, which may come off as pandering, but the sheer impact of the song upon one's grace can not be understated and if it means my downfall after last week, so be it.

In typical Austrian beauty, 'Me and the Devil' enhances its rocky, dark ambient feelings with violin elements throughout the entire song, and is one of Plaschg's more known artworks, being performed live and televised in Austria.

Click the spoiler for the full lyrics:

SPOILER: Click to show

Early this morning
When you knocked upon my door
Early this morning
When you knocked upon my door

And I say, "Hello Satan, I believe it is time to go"

Me and the Devil
Walking side by side
Me and the Devil
Walking side by side

And I'm gonna see my man
Until I get satisfied

See, see
You don't see why
And you'a dog me 'round

Say, don't see why
People dogging me 'round

It must be that old evil spirit
So deep down in your ground

You may bury my body
Down by the highway side
You may bury my body
Down by the highway side

So my old evil spirit
Can Greyhound bus that ride

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Stan Kan McCann

3:30+

■ The Irrepressibles ■ "In This Shirt" ■
This song brings the violin to the centre-stage throughout the song to convey the haunting theme of heartbreak and saudade throughout the song. 

Full lyrics:

SPOILER: Click to show

I am lost in our rainbow
Now our rainbow is gone
Overcast by your shadow
As our worlds move on

In this shirt I can be you
To be near you for a while
In this shirt I can be you
To be near you for a while

There's a crane knocking down
All those things that we were
I awake in the night to
Hear the engines purr

There's a pain, it does ripple
Through my frame, makes me lame
There's a thorn in my side
It's the shame, it's the prize

Of you and me ever changing
Moving on now, moving fast
And his touch must be wanted
Must become through your ask

But I mean Jake to tell you
That I love you - it never rests
And I've bled everyday now
For a year, for a year

I did send you a note
On the wind for to read
Our names there together
Must've fallen like the seed

To the depths of the soil
Buried deep in the ground
On the wind I can hear you
Call my name, held the sounds

I am lost
I am lost in our rainbow
Now our rainbow has gone
I am lost in our rainbow
Now our rainbow has gone

I am lost, I am lost
I am lost, I am lost
I am lost

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Mariah de la Storm
Noa Babayof - "A Song For Me"


Recap part: (1:22+)