Quand tout s'enfuit (translation: When everything flees) was to have been the debut entry for Lebanon at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kyiv performed by Aline Lahoud.
While financial constraints initially prevented the Lebanese broadcaster from participating, it was confirmed as a participant in December 2004. However, three months later, it withdrew from the competition, because Télé-Liban couldn't guarantee that they would broadcast the Israeli entry. Earlier on, the Lebanese Eurovision website didn't show Israel's entry, and the EBU gave them twenty-four hours to change it or be disqualified.
Because Lebanon withdrew late, they received a three-year ban from participating, and haven't debuted since.
Lyrics[]
Quand tout s’enfuit
Quand tout bascule dans l’oubli
Quand il n’y a rien
Qu’un froid soleil au déclin
Quand l’hiver noie ses pleures
Dans mes nuits qui se meurent
Toi seul, tu es là
A gravé dans mon coeur ton image
Comme dans un bouquin
Qui n’a dans ces pages qu’une page
Et je sais pourtant qu’un de ces jours
Quand on n’aura jamais le temps pour notre amour
Quand tout s’en va
Il y aura toi, y aura moi
Il y aura des jours, des tous jours pour t’aimer
Oh, mon amour
Et moi, je suis là
Tout près de toi, de tout ce qui te ressemble
Mais moi, je serai là
Pour finir ensemble ce long voyage
Et t’aimer, et t’aimer d’avantage
À tout jamais, à tout jamais
Et je sais pourtant qu’un de ces jours
Quand on n’aura jamais le temps pour notre amour
When everything flees
When everything goes into oblivion
When there’s nothing
But a cold sun in decline
When the winter drowns its weepings
In my nights that are dying
Only you are there
You engraved your image in my heart
Like in a book
That has in its pages only one page
But I know that one of these days
We’ll never have time for our love
When everything goes away
There’ll be you, there’ll be me
There’ll be days, entire days to love you
Oh, my love
And I’m there
Close to you, to everything that resembles you
And I’ll be there
To finish this long journey together
And to love you, and to love you for good
Forever, forever
But I know that one of these days
We’ll never have time for our love
Videos[]
Aline Lahoud - Quand Tout S'enfuit