“Arcade” by Duncan Laurence is the winning song of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Tel Aviv, Israel, where the singer represented The Netherlands. The victory was the first for the country since 1975 and brought the total to 5. The track, based on a personal experience of Duncan himself, describes the longing for love and the loss of someone you loved dearly.
About
Artist: Duncan Laurence
Album: Small Town Boy
Released: 2020
Awards: Edison Pop - Best Song
Nominations: Edison Pop - Best Song, Edison Pop - Best Music Video
Genres: R&B/Soul, Dance/Electronic, Pop, UK R&B
Arcade Lyrics
A broken heart is all that's left
I'm still fixing all the cracks
Lost a couple of pieces when
I carried it, carried it, carried it home
I'm afraid of all I am
My mind feels like a foreign land
Silence ringing inside my head
Please carry me, carry me, carry me home
I've spent all of the love I saved
We were always a losing game
Small town boy in a big arcade
I got addicted to a losing game
Oh
Oh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
Do you love me, love me not?
Giving pieces from my heart
Tomorrow's coming and has gone
Still I carried, I carried, I carried on
Oh
Oh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
Oh
Oh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
I don't need your games, game over
Get me off this rollercoaster
Oh
Oh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
Oh
Oh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game