Only Mr God Knows

Okay, I know the Estonian entrant into the Eurovision song contest wasn't the best song on the roster, but it was still a heck of a lot better than the Russians. We wus robbed, as they say on certain footy fields.

However, I'm much more disappointed that Latvia didn't get through to the finals. That song was... that song was... it was...

Well, see for yourself:

http://www.sbs.com.au/eurovision/country/preview/id/28/n/Latvia

It's just soooo bad. And yet so earnest. Aisha deserves extra points for managing to look like she's singing something deep and meaningful the whole time - not once giving a "tell" that she knows the song is ridiculous.

She must know. Surely she must know by now. Even if the entire of the Latvian national selection committee and voting population didn't notice the song was written by a Google translation program, someone, somewhere would have mentioned the fact that the grammar was a little bit wrong. As in: every-native-English-speaker-will-be-laughing-at-this kind of wrong. Frankly, even if the grammar was correct, the song would still be hilarious.

She can't not know. Yet she never looked like she was aware of it. So very earnest as she sang:

I've asked my angels, why?
But they don’t know
What for do mothers cry
And rivers flow?
Why are the skies so blue
And mountains high?
What for is your love always passing by?

Why did she ask her Uncle Joe for information if he doesn't speak? Why does she regard "why are mountains high" and "why are we alive" as equally important questions? When she asks "What for do people live until they die", does she want to know why people live, why they die or why people stop living when they die? Does she want an explanation or a reason? Why does she think "God" is God's surname?

One thing is for sure: I'm probably going to me using the phrase "only Mr God knows" a lot from now on. I'm probably not going to be the only one.