Christina Metaxa will represent Cyprus with song "Firefly". Christina Metaxa is only 16 years old and comes from Lemesos. The song ‘Firefly’ was written and composed by her brother Nikolas. Nikolas, 20, 2008 national final runner-up, has since gained a huge popularity after finishing 2nd in Greek version of X-Factor.
Christina and Nikolas won first prize in the National Lions song-writing competition in 2005. Christina is a student at the Grammar school. She has many talents: she is an extremely talented artist who paints to relax and to express her inner feelings and thoughts and she is also a great dancer and a member of the Diastasis young dancers group. She loves singing and has been taking voice lessons with Mr Christos Kyriakides for the last 2 years and is a member of the Grammar School choir and theater club where she has participated in many concerts, plays and musicals. This year she has one of the leading roles in the musical “Mamma Mia” which will be presented in March. She also writes poetry and children stories and is ready to publish her first book with 4 stories for children and her first poetic collection. She also composed two songs for which she also wrote the lyrics.
Сhristina was deeply touched and honored by Nikolas’ decision to write a song for her; a song that talks about the importance of having faith in our life and of having the strength to take the necessary risks even if we have to look a bit different than the crowds. “Nikolas has always been a guiding force for me. I often tell my mom that I would not be the person I am today if Nikolas was not my brother. He is the person who always pushes me to my limits, who gets angry with me whenever he sees me losing my faith and my strength and he infuriates me to the point that I have no choice but to dare and do things which I thought impossible. The only reason which made me say yes to the Eurovision participation is the fact that he wrote a song especially for me and I want to make him proud of me and to live up to his expectations. I do love him passionately and my wish is for both of us to remain pals even when he will be very famous, because I am sure he will be famous worldwide one day”
Speaking about her Eurovision participation, Christina says: “ I must confess that I see this as the greatest challenge of my life but I will do my best under the circumstances and I will concentrate on the love and messages I am ready to give to all the young people around Europe through my song. My wish is to manage to send a message of light, hope and strength to my peers and to urge them to follow the light in their hearts and to reach their dreams even if this means being different and unique and not a copy of others. Deep down this is the message I’ve been trying to give my self during my teenage years. My secret dream is to make my brother and the rest of the Cypriots very proud and to show the world that teenagers have the strength to set targets and to follow their inner light despite the difficulties and negative challenges of today’s world.”
Song Download Link : http://rapidshare.com/files/208632415/2009_-_Cyprus_-_Christina_Metaxa_-_Firefly__Final_version_.mp3
Lyrics:
It’s the question that drives us
To where we must go its
the unknown that derives from us
What we want most
But the firefly sits
In the corner and rests
It won’t care if you stare
But believe me
It’s best to let go
Don’t just go with flow
Chorus
And the firefly comes to you
Sits on your finger
It shudders and shakes but
she wants you to go with her now
Follow her out there
The firefly spreading
Her wings open wide thinks
the sky will come crushing down
And fall to her side She’s afraid
But her fear slowly fades
So fly with the firefly
Fly side by side
Escaping the chains
That held you from your life
Don’t look down
You are over the edge…
Jump,
Take the leap of faith
Jump
Take the leap of faith
It’s the question that drives us
To where we must go it’s
the unknown that derives from us
What we want most
But the firefly sits
In the corner and rests
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