Flame is Burning was supposed to be the Russian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv performed by Julia Samoylova. The song would have been performed in the second semi-final.
On 22 March 2017, it was announced that Ukraine had issued a travel ban against Samoylova over a 2015 performance in Crimea, blocking her from entering the country to participate in the contest. Russia formally declared their withdrawal on 13 April 2017, following with a statement from the EBU. Despite this, the song is still included on the official contest album.
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Day and night and all I do is dreaming
Pacing sick and staring at the ceiling
I wish I had the answers
I wish I had a courage to know
Everybody is talking about the reasons
All I wanna do is find the feeling
I wanna feel the power
I wanna go to places I don’t know
If there’s a light then we have to keep dreaming
If there’s a heart then we must keep believing inside
Oh…
After the night there’s a light
And in the darkest time a flame is burning
It shines so bright
Deep in the night love is alight
And in the dark a flame is burning
A flame is burning
All my life I’m searching for the meaning
Now I’ve learned to seeing is believing
I wish I knew where light is
I wish I had the courage to go
If there’s a light then we have to keep dreaming
If there’s a heart then we must keep believing inside
After the night there’s a light
And in the darkest time a flame is burning
It shines so bright
Deep in the night love is alight
And in the dark a flame is burning
An open window for love
And let the wind blow into the hearts
And we’re never apart and you’ll know
After the night there is a light
And in the darkest time a flame is burning
It shines so bright
Deep in the night love is alight
And in the dark a flame is burning
A flame is burning
A flame is burning