Tuna is back with a moving song that manages to capture the feelings of instability and uncertainty that we've all felt in one way or another in the past six months. Tuna being Tuna, he also offers much-needed comfort during this challenging time, which in many ways feels more difficult than the chaotic weeks right after October 7th. I posted a while back Tuna's mega-hit 'This Too Shall Pass' and recently discovered that it's one of the songs on a playlist created by Carmel Gat's friends, of songs that she loved and would share with them. Carmel, an occupational therapist, was taken hostage on October 7th from her parents' house in Kibbutz Be'eri and had recently returned to Israel after a few months in India. It was reported from hostages released in November that Carmel was held captive together with children and would practice yoga with them. I can only hope that in the long months that have passed she has been able to somehow take care of herself, mentally and physically. Like DJ JuVi says at the end of the song, the East is wilder than ever but we're pushing through, continuing with all our strength because there is really no other choice.
The IDF entered Gaza, so I went to my dad's for a while
On the background of chakalaka, paka paka, Mada, Zaka
A contract is over, which is a sign that we'll end the saga
And I don't have a roof, which is a sign that I probably have no ground
And I don't have any motivation, and I'm also not in the mood
As if it wasn't tense enough, we got into another argument
So there is no one place right now, there is no safe place
Feeling disappointed by the world, it feels like there is no supervision
Feeling disappointed by the world, I rated the hospitality
What was so urgent for them to bite the apple?
Who likes changes anyway? Not me
Winter is coming, I'm wandering, a gypsy
A homeless superstar, a vegetarian carnivore
From home to the parents and from there to an Airbnb
Between the city and the orchard, on roads under fire
Where will the wind blow? It's still impossible to guess
The future is still unclear so this rap is dedicated
To anyone like me who is searching
To anyone who needs a new route
And is stuck in Beirut because of the Waze disruptions
All that's left is to embrace
What's been left behind
Between the city and the orchard
I'm looking for a place again
A place I am happy to return to
And just as I'm relaxed on the mic
Between us, I'm still trying really hard
It hurt too much to see, a home here is just walls
Huge shows, there was a place to escape to
Only when everything stopped did I process what I'd been through
Slowly I became someone I didn't know
I disappeared into myself so it wouldn't hurt you
So it wouldn't hurt me, yes, that's very romantic
So it wouldn't hurt me, yes, that's very romantic
My heart is broken but the time has come for me to choose me
The house is empty now like Salame is empty of the Barby
Home, home, home, I have a home in my heart
I didn't have it, I didn't know it was possible, it's natural
I didn't know I deserved a place even without it
That I would have to save everyone around me
What is home, home, home? Not walls, not pots
Not familiar smells, not the northern or the southern landscape
It's just where it feels good to be me
And fences don't suddenly break down just like that
And I won't be one nor will I find one
If I won't be my own home
All that's left is to embrace
What's been left behind
Between the city and the orchard
I'm looking for a place again
A place I am happy to return to
JuVi here,
The East is wilder than ever
We're continuing with all our strength
Never stopping
Still on the horse
Niro, Yakir, you did it again
A new Tuna album is on the way...
