Top 10 Songs by Lyrics - Community Poll

As an Estonian speaker, I was actually quite intrigued by the lyrics of 5miinust & Puuluup. The whole song of course revolves around this ambiguity of whether or not they know anything about (those) drugs, but the underlying theme of the wealth gap and prejudice against working class people (who are assumed to do drugs) is in my opinion quite original and insightful for a Eurovision song. Typically to a rap (-adjacent) song, it's rich in intertextual references, both to Estonian trash TV (and I feel the presence of those references also underlines these questions of class), and to, for instance, the originally-Italian song "Papaveri e papere" (apparently written for San Remo!!), a satirical song about class divisions. I know the lyrics are largely inaccessible to international audiences, both because of the language barrier and for the specificity of some of the cultural references, but that's always the price you pay when performing in smaller languages. And I'd always rather have meaningful, culturally authentic lyrics that might go unappreciated by the wider audience, over the generic "in the heat of the night, in the thrill of the fight" ones. (Although full disclosure – I loved "No Rules" and I thought the lyrics were actually great as a satire!)

I've said this a few times but I think Czechia had some of the best lyrics this year! The line "Where did my pride go? I feel no shame, but you should and now I know" is so incredible everytime I hear it !