Dennis Lloyd - Alien

Round and around we go. Mitzpe Rimon is the perfect place to disconnect from everything going on, to really clear your mind and enjoy being in the moment. I was hoping to spend a few days there later this month but it will have to wait until the other side of the upcoming lockdown, whenever that will be. I had already prepared myself for restrictions during the High Holidays, but a complete lockdown could have been avoided if this crisis was handled better, not to mention the fact that we have no idea how we'll get out of this mess. All that's left is to try to accept the situation and be grateful for clear skies.

Where did I come from?
Where do I go?
I'm so far away from home
What am I going for?
How can I know
What I'm fighting for?

I'm feeling like an alien baby
Riding around the world
I'm feeling like a stranger lately
Round and around we go

So where can I go?
A million miles from home
What am I going for
How can I know
What I'm fighting for?

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Galli Allon - Forgive Me

♥

Forgive me
I don't always know how to help you get down from the tree
How to fix your balloon that popped
How to be strong
Forgive me
Sometimes I want to reach a hand out to you
And that's when you want to be alone
To breathe
My beautiful boy
I don't want to nudge
I don't want to bother
I don't want to pretend
You call me over and everything's exposed
What if I'm not good enough
Forgive me
I don't always know how to keep demons and monsters away
How to quiet the stormy winds
How to be calm
Forgive me
Sometimes we talk about experiences on the couch
You ask the most difficult questions
And I don't have an answer
My beautiful boy
I don't want to nudge
I don't want to bother
I don't want to pretend
You call me and everything's important
What if I'm not good enough
Just as the sky is reflected in a blue sea
Just as the ball is round
Just as there is tomorrow and there is yesterday and there is today
I'm with you everywhere
My beautiful boy
I don't want to nudge
I don't want to pretend
You call me over and everything's important
What if I'm not good enough

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Duo Brothers - Duo Brothers

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Monti Fiori - There's No Way Back

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The night is still young for now
We're left alone, the two of us
Another moment and we won't remember a thing
From where and to where

There's no way back
She said without saying a word
There's no way back
She disappeared into the silence

The stars that are above us
Lit the darkness between us
And everything that was lit went out long ago

Your eyes hover on the horizon
A race of pulse beats
At the finish line we'll be left alone again

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Zehu Ze - Millions

I'm happy about the normalization deal with the UAE and I'm very happy that we don't have to deal with the annexation and its results (for now, at least) but it doesn't make any of Netanyahu's failures go away. Or as the "Black Flag" anti-corruption group bluntly said in a statement ahead of last night's weekly protest: "While the prime minister is busy arranging flights to pools in Abu Dhabi for himself, the people of Israel are collapsing [due to] the failure to manage the economic and health crisis. No flights to the Gulf, jobs in Israel!"

Zehu Ze ('this is it' in Hebrew) ran from 1978 to 1998 but is especially remembered for its satirical skits during the Gulf War which brought much needed comic relief to the country. The show reunited at the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis and is now in its second season (how time flies...). I'm not a huge fan of all the skits but I always make sure to check out which cover the cast performed (all of them are available here) in what has become a beloved segment of the show. I love their take on Etti Ankri's classic song 'Millions' which is sadly always relevant. The translation is from Teach Me Hebrew, where you can also sing along.

I know that money isn't important
I know that if it's gone it may one day return
I know that you know that I know
That thinking about it is just a waste
Of time that flies by - with or without us, it will still go by

I know that you know that I know
That I'm clueless
But someone stepped on me today
And I can't get up

I know that you know
That what I earned this month isn't bad
And nevertheless they arrived
To carry out a writ of execution [taking possession of property from] my apartment

They took the television, the closet, the drawer
They poured out the nothingness that was inside it
I know that this isn't right
And I don't have any proof

I tried to say that taxes
Kill all common sense
And they told me that they're not stealing
They're taking it all legally

I know that you know that I know
That I'm clueless
But the second this happened to me
I couldn't get up

And there are millions like me
Wandering in the streets
There are millions like me
In all kinds of shapes

There are millions like me
Mortal people
Penniless
Not worth a cent

I know that health is important
More than money, much more
And it goes without saying that when it comes to love
We must never give up on it

I know that there are debts from previous incarnations
That apply to us in the universe
So if I fell today
Perhaps tomorrow I'll get up

I know that you know that I know
That I'm clueless
But someone stepped on me today
And I can't get up

And there are millions like me
Mortal people
Penniless
Not worth a cent

You remember Susan, that senior executive from the bank
She gave me a lot of love
Especially my simplicity charmed her
I touched her in her heart

It took her a little time to 'get it'
To change her attitude towards me
She understood that I don't have any cash
And stripped me from my dignity

You know that I know that you know
That I'm clueless
Having been treated by Her Majesty like this
I couldn't get up

And there are millions like me
Wandering in the streets
There are millions like me
In all kinds of shapes

And there are millions like me
Mortal people
Penniless
Not worth a cent
Today it's me
Tomorrow it's you
Penniless
Not worth a cent

Adi-Keshet Cohen - Losing You

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The sun is up, filled up my cup

I don't really see it but I know what I've got

I'm losing you

The world is spinning, but sky is still

I don't really see it, but I know, I can feel

I'm losing you

I'm losing you

Don't you teach me

Cannot hear you cannot reach me

I've been touched by God

Now I can fly, now I can lie

Now I can do anything that I try

I'm losing you

I'm on my shore, I'm with my winds

To take me to seas that I've never seen

And I'm losing you

I'm losing you

Don't you teach me

Cannot hear you cannot reach me

I've been touched by God

Lillis bloom, poets gloom

All life goes on outside your womb

But I'm losing you

I'm losing you

I'm losing

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Sharon Holzman - Anew and Clean

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Life goes on
And all the days are like yesterday
Black and white who would have believed
Twelve steps just don't fall
What if this is all the love you'll ever get
What if this is all the love that there is
All of the fears, the fits of anger, the weights, and the demons
I'm removing all of the madness from me
The spell that flows through my body
The torments, the sins, will I know to start anew and clean
Anew and clean
Looking for a chance to hold on
Not afraid anymore of being alone
Alert and composed facing towards the light
Could I really choose
What if this is all the love you'll ever get
What if this is all the love that there is
All of the fears, the fits of anger, the weights, and the demons
I'm removing all of the madness from me
The spell that flows through my body
The torments, the sins, the memories that don't let go
Will I know to release, to reconcile
Will I know to start
Anew and clean
Anew and clean

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