Divided between Chad and Carrah of STG and Emily - with the girls harmonizing with Chad when all three sing together.
Carrah: If I stay or if you go,
Two halves but never a whole.
Emily: And when you fall asleep alone...
Are you dreaming of all of the things
That I will never know?
Chad: They're all the lies you turn to red
Carrah: (I've got this feeling again)
Chad: I should be living like you're dead
Emily: (I've got this feeling again)
[Chorus]
Chad: Stay down,
Don't let your cover go away
Under this rain cloud...
All three: Stay down,
Don't let your cover go away
On our way out
Carrah: The spies have come for your arrest
Tongue-tied with the curse from your lips
Emily: And don't you say what you'll regret
Don't crucify what's nailed above my head.
Chad: And now you're reaching for my hand,
Carrah: (I've got this feeling again)
Chad: 'Cause you are sinking in the sand
Emily: I've got this feeling again)
[Chorus]
Chad: Stay down,
Don't let your cover blow away
Under the rain clouds
All three: Stay down,
Don't let your cover blow away,
On our way out.
our way out.
Oh-oh-oh
Chad: The cover explodes when dying stars
Take their last breath
Emily: I've got this feeling again
We trip but the lightning still sticks up
Carrah: And I've got this feeling again
[Chorus]
Chad: Stay down,
Don't let your cover blow away
Under this rain cloud.
All Three: Stay down,
Don't let your cover blow away
Chad: On our way out
Carrah: On Our Way Out
Emily: On our Way out
Took me ages to decide who to duet this song with but I went for Florence in the end as I definitely get vibes of her chest voice in this song and also would make a really epic and amazing duet imo.
2:20-4:30 is pretty much entirely instrumental so skip that bit if you're only here for vocals - although the instrumental bit is lovely imo
Arrangement:
Anna: It’s my body that I trust
Deeper than my voice
Deep to the sound of my heart
I can hear you moving on
Like the tracks of a train
Where there’s no way back to the start
Ohhhhhh
The worry that you carry me over
Ohhhhhh
The dead lie
But you carry me over
Flo: Oh we’re moving on and on
Like a pendulum swing
Where there’s no way back to the start
Ohhhhhh
The worry is that you carry me over
Anna and Flo: Ohhhhhh
The dead lie but you carry me over
Over
The worry you follow deeper down
Over
The worry I follow down
To feel you I followed you down, down, down.
-Instrumental-
Anna and Flo: Ohhhhhh
The worry is that you carry me over
Ohhhhhh
The dead lie but you carry me over
Over
The worry you follow deeper down
Over
The worry I follow down
To feel you I followed you down, down, down.
And with that, round one of the show is over! Please remember to get your votes in for both indie and mainstream by 9.30, when we'll be saying goodbye to two acts. For the remaining two, just one more song will separate them from the NTA trophy! WOO.
OMG not realising that today is Wednesday so miss all of this. How awful of me omg. .
Everyone really brought their best in this final. Not one bad performance through both heats. It's gonna be tough to lose half the acts. They all deserve it imo. That's why imma be happy wherever my girls place. But yay go everyone being amazing in this final!!!
Commiserations Charli, it's particularly hard when you're on the defensive and have to use your best songs in the weeks leading up to the final in order to make it.
Once again, huge to David there, Charli has been truly excellent. This means that MO, Anna Calvi & Shiny Toy Guns, two of you are through to the second part of tonight's final, one of you is not.
Major sorry to you Nail, you've just missed out on a place in the final, but it has been an absolute pleasure having Anna's music in the competition, congratulations on making it this far.
This means, however, SHINY TOY GUNS and MØ are tonight's finalists! Well done Rory and Roxie!
Major commiserations to Anna and Charli - David and Niall did amazing with them!
And thank you so much everyone who has enjoyed STG and voted for them tonight! Final Two is AMAZING so thank you thank you! Big congratulations to Roxie as well!
Aw massive commiserations to Anna and Niall - she's been so fantastic every week! I absolutely loved her haunting voice and her songs esp Eliza, Suddenly, Suzanne and I and Jezebel ...You've done a terrific job Niall!
But wow ty so much to everyone who voted for Mo in the Top 2 - I just literally can't believe it. But she's perhaps one of the most fantastic artists I've ever come across so I'm so happy to have got her to this point. It's so incredible - thank you all. And massive congratulations to Rory too!
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But another great duet tonight - they're always so impressive!
Duet
Stay Down feat Emily Haines from Metric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRCW7U8toG0
Carrah: If I stay or if you go,
Two halves but never a whole.
Emily: And when you fall asleep alone...
Are you dreaming of all of the things
That I will never know?
Chad: They're all the lies you turn to red
Carrah: (I've got this feeling again)
Chad: I should be living like you're dead
Emily: (I've got this feeling again)
[Chorus]
Chad: Stay down,
Don't let your cover go away
Under this rain cloud...
All three: Stay down,
Don't let your cover go away
On our way out
Carrah: The spies have come for your arrest
Tongue-tied with the curse from your lips
Emily: And don't you say what you'll regret
Don't crucify what's nailed above my head.
Chad: And now you're reaching for my hand,
Carrah: (I've got this feeling again)
Chad: 'Cause you are sinking in the sand
Emily: I've got this feeling again)
[Chorus]
Chad: Stay down,
Don't let your cover blow away
Under the rain clouds
All three: Stay down,
Don't let your cover blow away,
On our way out.
our way out.
Oh-oh-oh
Chad: The cover explodes when dying stars
Take their last breath
Emily: I've got this feeling again
We trip but the lightning still sticks up
Carrah: And I've got this feeling again
[Chorus]
Chad: Stay down,
Don't let your cover blow away
Under this rain cloud.
All Three: Stay down,
Don't let your cover blow away
Chad: On our way out
Carrah: On Our Way Out
Emily: On our Way out
Duet - Carry Me Over with Florence Welch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgHrG83LXR4
2:20-4:30 is pretty much entirely instrumental so skip that bit if you're only here for vocals - although the instrumental bit is lovely imo
Arrangement:
Anna: It’s my body that I trust
Deeper than my voice
Deep to the sound of my heart
I can hear you moving on
Like the tracks of a train
Where there’s no way back to the start
Ohhhhhh
The worry that you carry me over
Ohhhhhh
The dead lie
But you carry me over
Flo: Oh we’re moving on and on
Like a pendulum swing
Where there’s no way back to the start
Ohhhhhh
The worry is that you carry me over
Anna and Flo: Ohhhhhh
The dead lie but you carry me over
Over
The worry you follow deeper down
Over
The worry I follow down
To feel you I followed you down, down, down.
-Instrumental-
Anna and Flo: Ohhhhhh
The worry is that you carry me over
Ohhhhhh
The dead lie but you carry me over
Over
The worry you follow deeper down
Over
The worry I follow down
To feel you I followed you down, down, down.
Everyone really brought their best in this final. Not one bad performance through both heats. It's gonna be tough to lose half the acts. They all deserve it imo. That's why imma be happy wherever my girls place. But yay go everyone being amazing in this final!!!
Results are imminent.
And to cut straight into it, Charli XCX, Shiny Toy Guns, Anna Calvi, MO, the act who has finished in 4th place tonight is....
Huge commiserations David, Charli has been fantastic and you should defs be proud of having made it to this point.
The act finishing in 3rd place is....
Major sorry to you Nail, you've just missed out on a place in the final, but it has been an absolute pleasure having Anna's music in the competition, congratulations on making it this far.
This means, however, SHINY TOY GUNS and MØ are tonight's finalists! Well done Rory and Roxie!
Also with Anna Calvi - I adored her and I'm so proud of her and Niall. David you did great with Charli too.
And thank you so much everyone who has enjoyed STG and voted for them tonight! Final Two is AMAZING so thank you thank you! Big congratulations to Roxie as well!
Good luck and congrats to Roxie and Rory in this final. Mo vs STG will be interesting!!!!
But wow ty so much to everyone who voted for Mo in the Top 2 - I just literally can't believe it. But she's perhaps one of the most fantastic artists I've ever come across so I'm so happy to have got her to this point. It's so incredible - thank you all. And massive congratulations to Rory too!
The 1975, Foxes, Lily Allen, Haim
The act finishing in 4TH place is...
Commiserations to Dylan, however Haim perhaps broke an NTA record as they made it the furthest after a b2 appearance! Well done Dylan!
Lily Allen, Foxes, The 1975. There was 1 POINT between the acts in 2nd place and 3rd place. The act finishing in 3RD place is...