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Germany 2012: Roman Lob

Posted 26 March, 2012 - 19:38 by Verena Teuber

Artist name:

Roman Lob

Song title:

Standing still

Song writer(s):

Wayne Hector, Jamie Cullum, Steve Robson

Year:

2012

Language:

English

Country:

Germany

Starting position final :

Points in final:

110

Rank in final:

About the song:

Standing still can be described as a midtempo pop ballad. It starts quietly with a piano accompaniment. With the second chorus the melody rises and the song becomes more powerful. At the end it gets quiet by playing some soft piano notes again.

About the participant:

Roman Lob was born in Düsseldorf on July 2nd, 1990. After leaving school he started to work as an industry mechanic. Music has always played a big role in his life. While his grandfather played the organ at the local church, Roman started to sing in the choir of his kindergarten. As he grew up, he started to learn playing the piano.

Since 2005, Roman has been a part of several bands singing either the lead vocals or the drums.

In 2007 he took part in Germany's most successful casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Germany searches the super star). He managed to reach the top 20, but then had to leave the show due to a laryngitis.

His breakthrough in Germany was winning of Unser Star für Baku. His entry Standing still topped the online charts of iTunes and Amazon.

About the selection:

After two successful years in the Eurovision Song Contest Germany kept the format "Unser Star für ...". This year they searched their star for Baku. Several castings were held where 20 artists were chosen to perform in the live shows. After seven shows the final took place in Cologne on February 16th. Roman Lob and Ornella de Santis were voted to the final where both performed three songs. The songs Alone and Standing still were performed by both artists while Ornella additionally sang Quietly and Roman Conflicted.

Soon after the performances it was clear that the audience's favourite songs were Quietly and Standing still, so these two entries were voted to the super final. The live voting (i.e. the audience could follow the voting live on screen) was very exciting. Roman Lob finally won with a percentage of 50,7%, while Ornella de Santis got 49,3% of the votes.

Lyrics:

Guess we knew this was coming on
‘Cause you’re already gone in my head
You can tell me that I’m wrong
That you’re staying with me instead
When winter’s come along
And summer’s dead and gone
Is there anything left here to say?
I can put my arms around the emptiness I found
And find a way to make you stay

But I’m standing still
I’m standing still
As you leave me now
I’m standing still
I’m standing still
As you’re walking out
Yeah, I’m just standing still
Now before I felt so strong
And pieces of me break so easy
What I thought would be the end
Is just the feeling that you freed me

Girl, this ain’t giving up
It’s knowing where to stop
Knowing when a thing is over
I know my life is blind
See for the first time
This ain’t gonna bring us closer

'Cause I’m standing still
I’m standing still
As you leave me now
Yeah, I’m standing still
I’m standing still
As you’re walking out

I’m standing still
And I’m just standing still
As you leave me now
And I’m just standing still
When winter’s come along
And summer’s dead and gone
Is there anything left here to say?
I can put my arms around
The emptiness I found
And find a way to make you stay

I’m standing still
I’m standing still
As you leave me now
Yeah, I’m standing still
I’m standing still
As you’re walking out
I’m just standing still
I’m standing still
Yeah, I’m just standing still
Just standing still

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