Lyrics: Moe Omran/Tim Levinson
Music: Barry Saleh
Softly he stroked his kid’s hair
They were wrapped in a blanket, calm and unaware
Peacefully still, ache in my chest
Looking at my phone screen holding my breath
The smile he gave each morning when he wakes
Precious cloud above that took its place, just for the wind to take
To protect and to love em right
That’s the deal you make when you first hold em
How to do it justice?
No one can know of the sum of the teaching moments
The love and the laughter
Sacrifices you make to keep your kids safe in your harbour
Have you brushed your teeth yet? Hey, listen to your mama
Through you may fight with your brother, he’s your brother!
In their kitchen the kettle sings
I’m imagining all of this, he is a dad that I don’t know
But this is what life is, this is what our lives are
This is what their lives were! Interconnected moments that
If we get em wrong, there’s always tomorrow
Futures taken for granted, we trust and we follow
To know of the joy is to feel in the sorrow
Voices are worn to whisper, sugar diversion we swallow
But life it hums along driving right around and past it
Making a silence out of something/ you asked/
Our compass needle snapped
But I see myself in this dad, and the connection we share
As my kid goes to sleep and I run my hands through her hair
And the way that her breath gets deeper and closer to dreams
And I whisper how much I love her, and how much she means
Her chest rises and falls, the calmest of seas
The night is quiet and still, I’m by her side on my knees
Just like he is.
Taking whatever moments are left
Knowing that dawn will only worsen the theft
Of their lifeless bodies, like so many before em
An entire universe, not a stat that’s entered after the slaughter
What a cold and callous word to even put next to their name
Let alone be the way that their killing is framed
What have we done?
Made all the worse by the way that we run
Running from truth burning hot as the sun
Run from what our eyes see/ livestreamed
They’re hoping we’re numb
Run from our history, its lessons, the way that it’s spun
Run to escape from that siren getting louder
That is screaming at your heart that it’s wrong
And calling for voices that’ll carry the song
And helps one more to be strong
In the face of the storm
In the wake of the bombs
In the case of a genocide, what side was I on?
Documented in real time, so what’s lying beyond
Never again for anyone, except for those you don’t want
Never again for anyone? Huh?
Bridge: Moe Omran
بي
وانا راجع وبايدي ولدي
ولو كل العالم كان ضدي
انا راجع يا بلادي
راجع
Mofta7 el biet begalby
W ana raje3 w be2eedy weldy
Law kol el 3alam kan dedy
Ana raje3 ya blaady
Raje3
مفتاح البيت بقلبي
وانا راجع وبايدي ولدي
ولو كل العالم كان ضدي
انا راجع يا بلادي
راجع
Mofta7 el biet begalby
W ana raje3 w be2eedy weldy
Law kol el 3alam kan dedy
Ana raje3 ya blaady
Raje3
Chorus:
4x
Sleep tight and dream of Gaza
Till the dawn
Brings the light
Just be brave
How many scenes do you need to see to feel what we feel
How many scenes do you need to see to feel what we feel