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no one ever asks, “how are you feeling?”
no one ever really asks, “how are you feeling?”la ahada yeselu, “keifa tushhur?”
la ahada yeselu haqan, “keifa tushhur?”
well today i feel i want to die
i saw a man point his gun at a child
and i wondered how it could be this way
and i wanted so much to make him pay.
a friend just told me how his friend was killed
in a prison cell in an israeli jail
and how they had planned to paint his kitchen one day
until his friend was arrested and summer never came.
well today i feel i want to kill someone
as a mother’s tears fall at the death of her son
and i hear of how some soldier wouldn’t let her see him
one last time before they buried his body.
i went to a conference in a west bank town
and we all stood up and people’s heads bowed down.
i asked emma if this was for a national anthem
and she smiled and said yes as a minute’s silence began.
well I’m feeling like i’ve seen everything that’s under the sun
and i live each day as if it’s my last one
and i pray one day that all of this will end
and i’ve had enough of too many false friends.
well today i’m going down to tel aviv -
i’ve got some pain inside that i want to release
’cause i’ve seen too many of my people die
to let it rest, this side of paradise.
holy holy holy lord.
god of power and might.
heaven and earth are full
of your glory.
hosanna.
hosanna
in the highest.
1993, London; 1994, Ramallah, Palestinian West Bank.
