I've been thinking of this song a lot in the past few weeks, especially as we're nearing the high holidays and the first anniversary since October 7th which is just around the corner and falls this year on the 'terrible days', the time of reflection and soul-searching between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. I went to the hairdresser yesterday and was surprised to hear Stevie Wonder from the speakers. The last time I was there, in early April, there was no music playing and my hairdresser said it would stay that way until all the hostages would return. I don't blame him for putting the music back on, but I still felt a pang in my heart. The last time I went it was a few weeks before Passover and we talked about how hard it was to wish a happy holiday. Indeed, it was a very sad Passover though there was some sense of hope when we read the line 'next year in Jerusalem', surely we would all be together next year, right? Now we're approaching Rosh Hashana and the thought that so many families will be marking the new year without their loved ones is devastating. There's some sense of comfort in the realization that no matter what life moves on and yet, at the same time, it emphasizes just how stuck we all are when we could have been in a different place by now.
The earth is shaking
The light is fading and disappearing
And the trees, and the flowers
As if nothing
Clouds are crying
Waves are crashing like drunks
And the boats and the fish
As if nothing
Also the moon, on her route
Looks from above and is infinitely far away
She will never change her way
Never
My heart is broken
Nothing is the same anymore
My dream is lost
My world is over
Autumn that has not passed
Time seems to have stopped
And life goes on
As if nothing
Also the moon, on her route
Looks from above and is infinitely far away
She will never change her way
Never
My heart is broken
Nothing is the same anymore
My dream is lost
I'm out of air
