NationVision 43 - Nova Lagoa, Ineva

[Ineva]

NationVision 43 - Nova Lagoa, Ineva

We wish everyone a warm welcome to Nova Lagoa, Ineva! With centuries of Portuguese history attached to this charming tourist destination, the city has served as a crossroads of various arts and cultures for equally as long. Music is especially popular here, it being produced and performed in a vast variety of languages and styles. In the heart of the city lies the Dom Ose Stadium, a masterful work of architecture that features seating accommodations for over 11.000 audience members, an on-site Fado musical exhibit, myriad concession stands, and a concept design devised by world-renowned architect Álvaro Siza. We welcome you all with open arms and wish you the best this NationVision 43!

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Age & Pronouns:
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[u]Song[/u]
Song Title:
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Lyrics:

When making your submission, please ensure that you are adhering to NationVision rules, lest you risk receiving disciplinary action, including disqualification and/or a BOW (ban or warning). Perhaps most importantly, please make sure your work is original. While being inspired by other music or using a search engine to assist you in composing lyrics is acceptable, using generative A.I. to write your song or plagiarizing a pre-existing song--entry or mainstream--is not permitted. Finally, please also be advised that NationVision first-timers are now subject to the newly implemented "Beginner's Luck" system, meaning that they are to have their points automatically halved before receiving an additional five (5) points.

Without further ado, let the games begin!

[Archipel Sempi]

Application form:

Nation
Nation Name: the Sempi Archipelago
Nation Trigram: SPA
Best Result: 6th place: Nationvision 42

Artist/Band
Artist/Band Name: Pineapple Men
Age & Pronouns: 28, 31, 32, 29
Information: Pineapple Men is a group from Dura Boru, founded in 2009 as a techno/electro and disco band, whilst also mixing it with pop.

Song
Song Title: Calling In The Dark
Genre: Electro-pop
Languages: English

Lyrics:

15 second intro containing synthesizers, electric guitars and bass, drum machines

VERSE 1
You appeared in the shadow of the night
Standing under the streetlight
And it was as if
You were calling for me (me repeats a couple times, fades away)

(synthesizers play for 5 seconds before pre-chorus)

PRE-CHORUS
Calling For me, me me
In the dark, dark, yeah, dark

CHORUS
Calling in the dark
It was so hard to know who you are
Because it was so unexpected
But I just felt it
I will never forget this

VERSE 2
I was, I was, was
Walking in the dark, yeah, dark
And then you appeared
In the shadow of the night
Under the streetlight
And it was if you were calling for me

(interlude containing same as intro)

PRE-CHORUS
Calling For me, me me,
In the dark, dark, yeah, dark

CHORUS
Calling in the dark
It was so hard to know who you are
Because it was so unexpected
But I just felt it
I will never forget this

BRIDGE
"Hey you, you!"
You called
"Yes, yes yes?'
I said back
And then I knew you were calling for me

PRE-CHORUS
Calling For me, me me,
In the dark, dark, yeah, dark

CHORUS
Calling in the dark
It was so hard to know who you are
Because it was so unexpected
But I just felt it
I will never forget this

(Outro, containing same instruments as intro and interlude)

END

[Ineva]

The Sempi Archipelago has been accepted!

[Sherpus]

Application form:

Nation
Nation Name: Sherpus
Nation Trigram: SPS
Best Result: 1st (2x)

Artist/Band
Artist/Band Name: Lynzone, DIMWIT
Age & Pronouns: Lynzone: Gry Stellaris (24, he/him) Yvette Nase (19, she/them) Ty Falcone (22, he/him) | DIMWIT: Ryan Gap, 30, he/him (guitarist + lead singer), Trent Gap, 28, he/him (drummer)
Information: Sherpusian deathcore band stemming from the backalleys of Delumisia, one of Sherpus' best melodic deathcore bands. DIMWIT won NV twice and is willing to do it again.

Song
Song Title: Lost Souls
Genre: Symphonic deathcore, heavy metal
Languages: English

Lyrics:
In the dark where it feeds
Whispers to our desires
Silent screams from the depths of hell
Lost souls wandering lost in a dream

The weight of sorrow crushes the weak
Broken spirits searching for a reprieve
Chains made of grief and pain bind
Drowning in memories a haunting refrain

Through the ashes we rise and we fall
Shattered reflections can’t hear the call
Voices echo from the void
Embrace the chaos a nightmarish high

In the pit of despair a spark ignites
Raging fury we’re ready to fight
Flesh torn apart blood spills like rain
Lost souls united reborn in pain

Fading echoes of love we once held dear
Silhouettes dancing in the shadows unclear
With every beat the darkness sucks us in
We march on defying our downfalls

Cacophony rises our battle cries soar
Screams of the damned from a forgotten shore
The night is alive with our restless souls
Together in madness we’ll break the tolls

As the reaper approaches we stand tall and proud
Defiant against silence our voices call
With every step forward we shatter the night
In the depths of our fury we’ll find the light

No longer lost souls we are reborn
From the ashes of torment we rise adorned
With vengeance as fuel we howl at the moon
In the darkened abyss our pain is our doom

[Ineva]

Sherpus has been accepted!

[Niolia]

Application form:

Nation
Nation Name: Niolia
Nation Trigram: NIO
Best Result: 1st (x3)

Artist/Band
Artist/Band Name: Vivan Mos
Age & Pronouns: 25 She/Her
Information: Vivan is a country music artist who rose to fame thanks to her performance in Songs Without Borders a non competition music showcase amongst Niolia and its neighbors. She did not sing the song she will sing for NationVision there. Mos is from what used to be Nashville Tennessee which used to be the center for country music. It’s descendant, Watford is where many Niolian country artists produce music.

Song
Song Title: Stay Calm
Genre: Country
Languages: English

Lyrics: Today I saw you on the street
I felt the same pain from the day you left me
I cannot dwell on it, I must let you go

I know it is over between us
And you will not comeback
I must stay calm, and let you move on.

Stay calm and move on.
I must tell myself this, every time
(Every time)
Yet,
yet my love is still so strong
Stay calm and move on.

I love you still, and maybe always will.
I thought I could be fine seeing you again
Now I feel such loneliness inside

Stay calm and move on
I must tell myself this every time
(Every time)
Yet,
Yet my love is still so strong
Stay calm and move on.

Yet my love is still so strong
Stay calm and move on.

[Ineva]

Niolia has been accepted!

[Vonum]

Application form:

Nation
Nation Name: Vonum
Nation Trigram: VON
Best Result: 1st (x6)

Artist/Band
Artist/Band Name: Jackal Paulo
Age & Pronouns: He/Him, 27
Information: Jackal Paulo is a Vonian Artist who specialises in sad songs. He is currently no.3 in Vonum in the category "Blues"

Song
Song Title: Mirrors
Genre: Sad Pop
Languages: English

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
Just gimme a sign,
That my time isn't running out,
She's looking fine,
But all that covers is doubt, yeah,

Verse 2:
Just gimme some luck,
A lone magpie in the distance,
Stepping on cracks,
I feel myself fallin' outta existence, yeah,

(WIP)

[Ineva]

Application form:

Nation
Nation Name: Ineva.
Nation Trigram: INV.
Best Result: First (x2).

Artist/Band
Artist/Band Name: Stavs.
Age & Pronouns: 52, male.
Information: Stavi Strassmann, professionally known as Stavs, is an Inevan musician best known as the "father of path," a uniquely Inevan genre of music that has been compared to folk, bluegrass, pop, and soul known for instruments such as the fiddle, violin, organ, piano, Spanish guitar, and banjo.
He was first discovered at age 17 by Inevan record producer Oren Oron; he would then secure e a record deal and release his debut album, To The River Flow, in 1990. The popular Inevan tabloid Concerto has ranked Stavs the #3 most influential Inevan musician of all time in seven separate years, and he has held the spot for the #1 most influential musician in the path category since the magazine category's official conception in 1999. To this day, Stavs continues to release many singles and albums, has been the recipient of three Koni awards, and, perhaps most notably, was the representative artist for Ineva during NationVision 38. He once again takes great honor performing on behalf of Ineva in NationVision 43, which, this time, is occurring in his own home country.

Song
Song Title: "Self-Preservation."
Genre: Path.
Languages: English.

Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
I appreciate all of your kindness
And you know that my love is real
But you also know it'd be cruel blindness
To say it's the same way you feel

It's okay, my dear, I can't expect you
To pretend that you've enjoyed our time
It is best we keep this in the rearview
Maybe your heart will change your mind

[Chorus]
So thank you for your participation
But you may return to your seat
You need to give yourself some self-preservation
And find the one who'll make your life complete

[Verse 2]
I know how hard it is to let go of
What you have always known
But you cannot successfully fake true love
Which your heart just hasn't shown

I can't be the only reason
You never meet your missing piece
We just lacked a certain cohesion
You need to let yourself find peace

[Chorus]
Thank you for your participation
But you may return to your seat
You need to give yourself some self-preservation
And find the one who'll make your life complete
Yeah

[Bridge]
You can't hold on to something
That isn't there
You can't ignore the signs
That follow you everywhere

You tell yourself a lie, but
You can't believe
And I can see right through it
So there's no need to deceive

[Chorus]
Thank you for your participation
But you may return to your seat
You need to give yourself some self-preservation
And find the one who'll make your life complete

Thank you for your participation
But you may return to your, to your, your seat
You need to give yourself some self-preservation
And find the one who, who'll make your life complete

Oh, yeah
Find the one, find the one, find the one who'll make your life complete
Ooh
Yeah, give yourself, give yourself

[Kostane]

Application form:

Nation
Nation Name: Kostane
Nation Trigram: KOS
Best Result: 1st (x1)

Artist/Band
Artist/Band Name: Johnny Karol
Age & Pronouns: 25, he / him
Information: Johnny Karol lives in rural Kostane, working on a small sheep farm. He got his start in music learning from a musician who played at his local bar. Utilizing a talent for words that came from talking to sheep, and a precision that came from shearing said sheep, he began to start playing in his local area. When he attracted large crowds, he was able to sign a deal with a recording company to start selling his music across Kostane. He became an instant hit. However, as he became increasingly successful, he started to miss his old life. Contracts have kept him creating music despite his increasing longing for an end to his song-writing.

Song
Song Title: “A Man with No Heart”
Genre: Country Pop (guitar and vocals)
Languages: English

Lyrics:

I’ve lost all my meaning,
Lost all control,
And now I’m bleeding,
From the empty hole,
Where my heart used to be,
Back when I was free.

It’s all an illusion,
Got lost in confusion,
The day it fell apart,
The day I lost my heart.
Church bells are ringing,
But my wound’s still stinging,
I’m not who I was at the start,
I’m just a man with no heart.

This world doesn’t care, so why should I?
Life’s not fair, it’s not worth my tears to cry,
Are you happy that you broke me down?
Are you happy that you got your crown?

It’s all an illusion,
Got lost in confusion,
The day it fell apart,
The day I lost my heart.
Church bells are ringing,
But my wound’s still stinging,
I’m not who I was at the start,
I’m just a man with no heart.

You know, that you’re so petty,
But I know, I wasn’t ready,
To watch it all crumble,
I’m bleeding out my soul,
So I’ll build my walls higher,
Give up all I aspire,
To become,
A man with no heart.

It’s all an illusion,
Got lost in confusion,
The day it fell apart,
The day I lost my heart.
Church bells are ringing,
But my wound’s still stinging,
I’m not who I was at the start,
I’m just a man with no heart.

Living in my darkest hour,
Hiding in the ivory tower,
I throw my stone,
But I’m all alone,
In a house of mirrors,
Surrounded by my fears.

I fall to my knees,
Cry out my pleas,
But it’s not enough,
Because I’m one dot, in an ocean of blood,
So I’ll rot, stuck in the mud,
Times are getting rough.

It falls down,
Life is caving in,
I’ll drown,
From the weight of our sin,
Got nothing to hold me up,
I’m empty inside,
My screams are gonna erupt,
But I lied,
Cause a man with no heart,
Should’ve known it from the start,
I’ve got no heart,
Nooo, ooh,
It’s so lonely dying here.
Standing, apart.

[Ineva]

Kostane has been accepted!

[Kostane]

Is there any planned time when applications will close / voting will start?

[Ineva]

Is there any planned time when applications will close / voting will start?

I was planning on tomorrow, but, in light of the stagnant activity, I plan to give it until next week before voting commences. Apologies for this unforeseen delay, all.

[Niolia]

Is there any planned time when applications will close / voting will start?

I was planning on tomorrow, but, in light of the stagnant activity, I plan to give it until next week before voting commences. Apologies for this unforeseen delay, all.

It’s all good.

[Archipel Sempi]

Is there any planned time when applications will close / voting will start?

I was planning on tomorrow, but, in light of the stagnant activity, I plan to give it until next week before voting commences. Apologies for this unforeseen delay, all.

Okay. No worries.

[Sherpus]

Is voting gonna start soon?

[Ineva]

Is voting gonna start soon?

Yes, it should begin by Friday or early Saturday. Folks, if you'd like to submit an entry and haven't already, now would be the time.

[Pais Occitans]

I'll be posting my song tomorrow. Looking forward, looks great!

[Pais Occitans]

Application form:

Nation
Nation Name: País Occitans
Nation Trigram: OCC
Best Result: 1st (x2)

Artist/Band
Artist/Band Name: Anir Charrat
Age & Pronouns: 19, male
Information: Of Berber descent, his family emigrated to Occitania during the French rule, making him a part of the "magrebi" community. He wrote this song when he was friendzoned by his crush. However, he won her heart with this song and they are currently dating!

Song
Song Title: Bittersweet
Genre: Pop
Languages: English

Lyrics:
Don't tell me you don't know
The way I look at the starry sky
Cause baby, I just think of you

And I know I don't show
But you've been up on my mind latety
I woul've given all for you

You said
Can you just remind me
Tell me please If we're all good
Cause we're just good pals now
Right?

Bittersweet is when I talk to you
Bittersweet is when you laugh out loud
Bittersweet is when I dream of you

Bitter - sweet

And I guess I'll follow the Green lights
And then I'll sleep after I cry
You don't know honey that you're cruel

Don't tell me you don't see
The way I look the way I wonder
The perks of it becoming true

Don't tell me you don't feel
The same as I feel for you
I love you more than I ever knew

You said
Can you just remind me
Tell me please If we're all good
Cause we're just good pals now
Right?

And then
I will not say anything
I will never come back true
Cause there's a blank space
Between us

Bittersweet is when I talk to you
Bittersweet is when you laugh out loud
Bittersweet is when I dream of you

Bitter - sweet

And I guess I'll follow the Green lights
And then I'll sleep after I cry
You don't know honey that you're cruel

Tell me now
Do you cry just as I cry
If you see them in the night
The lights

Cause ba-by
I you don't want tell me no-ow
I should have now to see the signs
Of it

Cause there's nothing left between us
Us
U-u-us
Baby
Bittersweet is when I talk to you
Bittersweet is when you laugh out loud
Bittersweet is when I dream of you

Baby

And I guess I'll follow the Green lights
And then I'll sleep after I cry
You don't know honey that you're cruel

It's so bittersweet
Bittersweet
Ee-e ee
Bittersweet is when I talk to you
whistle note
Bittersweet is when you laugh out loud
Bittersweet is when I dream of
You

[Ineva]

País Occitans has been accepted!

[The Scandoslavic Empire]

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Leaving this WIP for now, but I'll fix it soon.

[Ineva]

Voting has begun. You may vote for the following nation-states:

|1.|Pais Occitans|46 points|

|2.|Ineva|42 points|

|3.|Archipel Sempi|41 points|

|4.|Niolia|39 points|

|5.|Kostane|36 points|

|6.|Sherpus|25,5 points|

Note that points are automatically halved until you vote.

For each entry, you must decide if it shall receive 6, 8, 10, 12, or 15 points. No number of points may be assigned to more than one entry. You may not vote for your own entry. Voting ends Sunday, 1 December, or when all entrants have voted--which-ever comes first. Remember: If you do not vote, your score will be halved. Beginner's luck shall also be applied post-voting.

Good luck to all!

[Archipel Sempi]

Sherpus - 6
Niolia - 8
Kostane - 10
Ineva - 12
Pais Occitans - 15

[Ineva]

Good evening from Nova Lagoa! Here are the voting results for Ineva:

• Pais Occitans - six points
• Archipel Sempi - eight points
• Niolia - 10 points
• Kostane - 12 points
• Sherpus - 15 points

Thank you all for your wonderful performances. We hope to see you again here soon!

[Kostane]

Hello from New Sevregral! Our compliments to all those participating. Our jury has voted as follows:
Sherpus - 8
Niolia - 6
Ineva - 12
Pais Occitans - 10
Archipel Sempi - 15