This lyric is: #447

Matt Bar
2002
Jerusalem

Verse1:
Beneath the ruins
of ancient peoples
bones are buried by bow and blade

Above the ruins
their descendants
are now dying by tank and grenade

Chorus1:
But how the winds are laughing
they laugh with all their might

A man has died
so a man must die -
As if this stops the fight

Verse2:
In the streets
where children once played
there's a mom with a mournful eye

High above her
a dove is winging
her daughter's soul has learn to fly

Chorus2:
But how the winds are laughing
they laugh with all their might

a child has died
so a child must die -
As if this makes things right

Verse3: (In Hebrew) O-se sho-lom bim-ro-mov hu ya-a-se sho-lom o-lay-nu

(In Arabic) As-sa-la-mo A-lai-kum, A-lai-kum As-sal-am

(The Hebrew: part of the Jewish prayer, "The Mourner's Kaddish". Translation: "He who creates peace in His celestial heights, may He create peace for us."
The Arabic: traditional Islamic greeting. Translation: "Peace on to you, on to you peace too.")

Chorus3:
But how the winds are laughing
they laugh with all their might

Men who fight
for the holy land
are like prayers who fight for the night



[This message has been edited by blakeh (edited 09-02-2002).]