Black Smoke was the German entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna performed by Ann Sophie. The song automatically qualified to the final because Germany is a member of the Big Five.
Andreas Kümmert won the German national final, but did not want to go to Vienna, so the ticket to the contest went to second placed Ann Sophie.
In the final it was performed 17th, following Montenegro and preceding Poland. At the close of voting, it finished tied for last place with Austria with the dreaded Nul Points, Germany's second since 1965.
Lyrics[]
When you look at me, you know you're hard to read
Because the face I see is not the one I know
And when you call me baby, what's that supposed to mean
I don't know who you are, how long can we pretend
See the change I know we both don't have the heart to say
Can't return to what we were, it will never be the same
Cause you said you'd never let me go
And I said I can't but now we know that it's
Too hard to say three words
Too hard to make it work
When there's nothing left to talk about
Cause you know the flame is running out
Two hearts are left to burn
Do you know, we're only left with smoke
Black smoke, we're only left with smoke
Black smoke
I tried to tell myself, that it's all in my head
But the truth remains we're just too far apart.
You know were fooling ourselves if we hold on,
Cause were fighting for something that we don’t want
Just leave it now and walk away
See the change I know we both don't have the heart to say
Can't return to what we were, it will never be the same
Cause you said you'd never let me go
And I said I can't but now we know that it's
Too hard to say three words
Too hard to make it work
When there's nothing left to talk about
Cause you know the flame is running out
Two hearts are left to burn
Do you know, we're only left with smoke
Too hard to say three words
Black smoke
Too hard to make it work
We're only left with smoke
Too hard to say three words
Black smoke
Too hard to make it work
Cause you said you'd never let me go no
Yeah you said you'd never let me go
Cause you said you'd never let me go
And I said I can't but now we know that it's
Too hard to say three words
Too hard to make it work
When there's nothing left to talk about
Cause you know the flame is running out
Two hearts are left to burn
Do you know, we're only left with smoke
Black smoke
We're only left with smoke
Videos[]
Ann Sophie - Black Smoke (Germany) 2015 Eurovision Song Contest
Ann Sophie - Black Smoke (Germany) - LIVE at Eurovision 2015 Grand Final