להתעורר - Wake Up

This song was requested by @liront (who kindly hosted me on his radio show in December, as we all well remember and some desperately wish to forget). What can I say? We're between memorial days. Our independence day is coming up, we're all shaking the dust off of last summer's protests to discover that not only have things not really changed much, a lot has become worse. It's time to wake up.

Ghosts Can't Run Away

Surprise! I actually posted on a Sunday!

Naftali the Fish - נפתלי הדג

הנה נפתלי, נפתלי הדג

הפה קצת פתוח לא מוציא אף מילה

מתחת לפוני עיינים כחולות

הרופא אמר שהטבע עושה טעויות

Here is Naftali, Naftali the fish

Mouth slightly open, never utters a word

Under the fringe, there are blue eyes

The doctor said sometimes nature gets it wrong

וכולם הסתכלו עליו וצחקו

מבוקר עד ערב עושה פרצופים

מתבלבל בידים

מלכלך ת'סדינים

וכולם הסתכלו עליו וצחקו

כן כולם צחקו עליו והתרחקו

And everybody stared at him and laughed

From morning to evening, he makes faces

Confuses his hands

Soils his sheet

And everybody stared at him and laughed

Yes, everybody laughed and walked away

קשה, קשה, להיות בן אדם

נפתלי רוצה לחזור אל הים

לחזור אל הים

אל הים

It's hard, hard being a human

Naftali wants to go back to the ocean

Back to the ocean

To the ocean

לפעמים קירות חשופים זה מראה מלבב

כמו מסך שקוף שמכסה את הפגמים

חיוך שמתוח עד כאב

בעולם המופלא ללא מילים

שקט, שקט שאפשר למשש

כחול בעיינים זה מה שיש

זה מה שיש

Sometimes bare walls are a sight for sore eyes

Like a sheer veil covering the flaws

A smile stretched out to the point of pain

In the wonderful world without words

Quiet, quiet that you can touch

Blue in the eyes is all that there is

It's all that there is

קשה, קשה, להיות בן אדם

נפתלי רוצה לחזור אל הים

לחזור אל הים

אל הים

It's hard, hard being a human

Naftali wants to go back to the ocean

Back to the ocean

To the ocean

Pressure - לחץ

With love to the Iron Dome. Maybe tonight you'll be mine.



* Once again, featuring Tal on guitar. So much nicer when someone actually knows how to play it.

Lev Shalem - לב שלם

From Hebrew:

When you are near me, I go submerged

When you are far, I begin to run

You can see into me, I see straight through you

You want spots, I want it continuous

And when I fall apart

You are more complete

Wave by wave comes the pain

A broken heart is a whole heart

Sometimes you're at my place and I'm at everybody else's

Sometimes I'm here, but you're not anymore

You want to wait, I want it now

You want some air, I want to breathe

Birthday יומולדת