In August 2005, author, journalist and singer-songwriter Orit Arfa experienced an event that changed her life.
Orit Arfa Gaza Lamentation Goes Viral
In August 2005, author, journalist and singer-songwriter Orit Arfa experienced an event that changed her life. She witnessed the forced evacuation of 9,000 Jews from theirs home in Gaza, by their own army, in what is known as the “Disengagement.” Political opinions swirled around the event, but for Orit, what hurt most was the heartbreak and suffering inflicted on these good people, and the lack of empathy people felt towards their loss.
She set out to write a novel, “The Settler”, about the crisis of faith this event triggered among the youth – a novel about love, about the search for one’s self, and ultimately about the power of music.
Throughout “The Settler”, the heroine discovers the healing power of music, and writes “Home (Lives in My Song)” to share her loss, and her certainty that her home will never die. This is the first single to be released off the upcoming album inspired by this musical novel.
Get the bestselling novel on Amazon (in English): http://www.amazon.com/The-Settler-Ori…
For the Hebrew version (לרכישה בעברית): http://indiebook.co.il/shop/%D7%A1%D7…
LYRICS
Happy was I sitting in my home
The waves reached the sky, I could see it from my window
Happy was I dancing on my bed
Until the music came to an end
Praying to stay here, fighting with love
Then came the orders from up above
I stand in the ruins with something to say
My voice is the one thing I won’t let them take away
Where did we go wrong? Where do I belong?
The walls are broken, broken, broken
My house may be gone, but home lives in my song
Remember the days planting in the sand
Turning a desert into miracle land
A light in the darkness, a world to dream of
Peace was the promise, but we were the doves
Where did we go wrong? Where do I belong?
The walls are broken, broken, broken
My house may be gone, but home lives in my song
When all is lost, you’ll hear me sing
Of a world that was, and what can be
Where did we go wrong?
My heart is broken, broken, broken
My house may be gone, but home lives in this song
And it plays on and on and on
Home lives in my song
עברית
אשרי ישבתי בין קירות ביתי
אשרי ישבתי על מיטתי
גלים עד שמיים ניבטו מחלון
אך אז התנגן לו צליל אחרון
מתפללת בכוח להישאר
מלמעלה הודיעו: לא תהיו כאן יותר.
בתוך כל ההרס, אעמוד על שלי
לקחתם הכל, לא תיקחו את קולי
איפה טעינו ואיפה אני
הרסו לנו קיר, עוד קיר, ועוד קיר
אולי אין לי בית,
אבל הוא חי בתוך השיר
זוכר איך עמלנו, לזרוע, לשתול
ארץ פלאות מתוך כל החול
הבלחנו בחושך כמו אור בחלום
היינו יונים של כזבי השלום
איפה טעינו ואיפה אני
הרסו לנו קיר, עוד קיר, ועוד קיר
אולי אין לי בית,
אבל הוא חי בשיר
גם כשהכל אבוד, אני אשיר
על עולם שֶכָּבָה, ועוד יאיר
איפה טעינו
הלב נשבר, נשבר, נשבר לי
אולי אין לי בית
אבל בשיר הוא עוד נשאר
והוא אף פעם לא נגמר
כן, הוא תמיד, תמיד נשאר
Orit Arfa Gaza Lamentation Goes Viral
In August 2005, the State of Israel forcefully evacuated 9,000 Jews from the Gush Katif “Harvest Belt” of Gaza and from northern Samaria. Orange was the color of the protest. While billed as an act of peace, the operation has caused untold devastation to both Jews and Arabs alike. Ultimately, it was a strategic retreat, an act of appeasement of Palestinian terror and an act of aggression against innocent Jews. The story of the Jewish victims of this tragedy has gone largely untold, until now, in this parody of the Miley Cyrus mega-hit “Wrecking Ball.” #gazawreckingball
