Sweden
Lena Philipsson
Jag är ingen älskling (I’m no sweetheart)
Lena Philipsson was born in 1966, in a small town called Vetlanda in the middle of southern Sweden.
Lena started her career as a singer in the eighties. In 1982 she won several talent shows in Sweden and in 1984 she released her first single “Boy/You Open My Eyes”. When Lena was twenty years old, she competed in Melodifestivalen for the first time with “Kärleken är evig” (“Love is Eternal”) and came 2nd. This was followed up by a 5th place with “Dansa i neon” (“Dancing in Neon”) and a 2nd place with “Om igen” (“Again”) in 1987 and 1988.
In the late eighties and early nineties Lena turned more and more over to sing in English and also tried to breakthrough in Europe but she didn’t succeeded as good as in Sweden. She kept on releasing several albums, played on tours and performed music shows in Sweden. She was also voted to Sweden’s sexiest woman for several years in a row.
In 2004 she returned to Melodifestivalen and finally won the national selection with “Det gör ont” (“It hurts”). The song ended up at an equal 5th place i the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine. “Det gör ont” was written by another famous artist i Sweden Orup. After the contest they recorded an where Orup had written most of the songs for Lena and a few years later they recorded a duet album together and toured through Sweden.
On her latest two albums she get back to write her own songs and in Swedish this time. The song “Jag är ingen älskling” (“I’m no sweetheart”) is from her latest album.
This is the 7th time that Lena represented Sweden in the OGAE Song Contest. She came in 2nd place in 1987 and -89, 3rd place in 1996, 4th place in 1995 and 5th place in 2005 and -06. Will she make it and win this time?
hjälp mig
snälla någon hjälp mig
kan nån förklara vad som hänt
oh oh oh
allt jag minns
mina läppar upp på din kind
håll mig
snälla någon håll mig
jag kommer falla närsomhelst
snälla ni, åh jag ber
inga sanningar mer

jag är ingen älskling
du är ingen vän
det här är inte kärlek
det är broarna som bränns
oh oh oh
jag kan bara glömma
fortsätta att gå, oh oh
tills jag har lärt mig att älska igen

kärlek, det är bara kärlek
som kan drabba nån så hårt
oh oh oh
säg vad ont man förmår
innan hjärtat slutar slå
alla våra minnen
vad ska jag göra med dem nu
det är tyst det är kallt
vi förlorade allt

jag är ingen älskling
du är ingen vän
det här är inte kärlek
det är broarna som bränns
oh oh oh
jag kan bara glömma
fortsätta att gå, oh oh
tills jag har lärt mig att älska igen

ohhh
jag är ingen älskling
du är ingen vän
det här är inte kärlek
det är broarna som bränns
oh oh oh
jag kan bara glömma
fortsätta att gå, oh oh oh oh
tills jag har lärt mig att älska igen
tills jag har lärt mig att älska igen
tills jag har lärt mig att älska igen
(english translation)
help me
please somebody help me
could someone explain what happened
oh oh oh
all I remember
my lips on your cheek
help me
please somebody help me
I will fall at any time
please, oh I pray
no more truths

I’m no sweetheart
you are no frirnd
this isn’t love
there are bridges that are burned
oh oh oh
I can just forget
Continue to move on, oh oh
until I learned to love again

love, there is only love
that can hit someone so hard
oh oh oh
tell me what hurts the stops
before the heart stopped beating
all our memories
what should I do with them now
it's quiet, it's cold
we lost everything

I’m no sweetheart
you are no frirnd
this isn’t love
there are bridges that are burned
oh oh oh
I can just forget
Continue to move on, oh oh
until I learned to love again

ohhh
I’m no sweetheart
you are no frirnd
this isn’t love
there are bridges that are burned
oh oh oh
I can just forget
Continue to move on, oh oh oh oh
until I learned to love again
until I learned to love again
until I learned to love again