Saturday, December 28, 2024

Yael Deckelbaum & Geva Alon - A Kid in Me


A warm and comforting light amidst the darkness.


Things are happening, people are marching, filling every city square
I try to blend in to find myself among them, but I'm lost somewhere
There's a tragic beauty in the way they move like birds out there
I wake up hoping it was just a nightmare that I dreamed

There's a voice of peace that lights my road
A kid in me that never grows old

A lot of things to be upset about when seeing what goes on
but I got enough anxieties to handle on my own
The garden needs my tending and my woman needs me to lean on
I'm not that strong but still I hope that I'll survive the coming storm

'Cause there's a voice of peace that lights my road
A kid in me that never grows old

And it hurts like hell 
When I can't hear his voice
It's a fire that burns
Through my body and soul
And it hurts like hell
When I can't hear his voice
There's a kid in me
And he never grows old
No he never grows old.


Saturday, December 14, 2024

Korin Elal - To Live


The world isn't the same without Korin Elal in it. I was actually thinking of posting this song before I heard of Korin's death after battling cancer. I listened to it quite a lot in the past year, the lyrics piercing in me more than before, not to mention the unforgettable melody. It's a song of radical vulnerability and Korin never shied away from who she was or what she felt. She will be dearly missed.

I don't want to fall
Into a moment of vanity, a moment of foolishness
I don't want you
Shooting words without meaning
I don't want a stormy sea again
Without ebb or flow

I don't want road dust
Hiding my steps
I don't want to be silent
Afraid of my words
I don't want to burn forever
Without water on my face

I just want you
A bird hanging on a strong
Of love, to live
And not to die

I don't want sunsets
While the sun is still shining
I don't want to know
Why good turns into bad
I don't want to sleep alone
In a cold bed

I just want you
A bird hanging on a string
Of love, to live
And not to die