מבול [Mabul] [English translation]

This is the way I am- one moment I reveal and a second later

I'm washed back into routine, time becomes short

So I grab as much as possible and it feels good

This is the way I am, I stop and break down and a second later

I let it all out, I no longer had protection and now

a strength is appearing in me

To be very mad at myself, but in the end to forgive

Not with knives or a spinning fist

But I was hit with words, they taught me what pain really is

Now it's quiet, my heart is healed and it feels good

Someone said, all the songs are the same

They all worship love and don't talk about the rest

And now a strength appears in me

One empty line, another chance to trust

Even the sunset is just resting and will shine again

When the flood comes pouring on the streets

I will be my rooftop, keeping myself close

As winter widens in narrow streets

I will be my fire against cold people

I've said many words but meant only a bit

It seems love loves to choke me at once

I'm on a break, I have me to love and it feels good

And childhood is passing and stroking my head

Against the reality revealing its claws to rip

And now a strength is appearing in me

To remember so much, but in the end to forget

Because the warmth i'm running to is not in you

When the flood comes pouring on the streets...

Because this is the way I am I reveal and a second later

I am sucked back into my routine

So I grab as much as I can

And it feels good, good, good to me

I will be my fire against cold people

Who freeze so deeply and how transparent they are

I will protect me from preying looks

From every sharp corner and every neutral smile

I will be a home for myself

From the whisper of jealousy, from a heavy day haunted by sleep

From dulled wars that freeze my heart

Which has hardened from loving so much

From the crowding of the streets and from stupid people

Layer after layer to hurt and to break apart

I will be my song against petrifying fear

This is the way I am one second I reveal and a second later

I am washed back into my routine

So I grab as much as I can and it feels good

• Artist:Keren Peles