I don't know what to say about this performance except for the words, "Completely obsessed!"
Let me strongly encourage you to spend five minutes watching this video especially if you have ever wished;
- that things could be different
- that people could get along
- that enemies could be friends
- that common could penetrate difference
- that hope could dispel discouragement
- that light could extinguish darkness
- that calm could banish fear
- that love could crumble hatred
- that joy could restore heartbroken
- that peace could conquer terror
- that the lion could lay with the lamb
If you've ever prayed for a better world, place this song in your heart. Recorded in the city of Haifa, Israel, 3,000 strangers gathered together under one roof for one common purpose. Arab, Muslim, Jew, Christian, and secular people of every age became one voice.
World-view speaks alarm! The people involved are much too different - polarized even. They should live in fear of each other. Cultures, religions, beliefs, and centuries of conflict combine to determine that events of this type could not and more importantly, should not happen.
Brave souls countered normal as they created a space of equality and mutual love through the willingness to set aside 'what is' for 'what could be'. We are allowed to delight in their moments of shared desire through the gift of their union.
They sang their dream of peace, of hope, and of unity. While we listen, we recognize our timeless prayer as well. It is the same dream.
The lyrics are printed below as the performance features three languages.
Pay attention to the performers-as-audience. I've watched countless times, and each experience presents new faces that deserve to be seen.
Listen to the words as this amazing arrangement takes you inside your very self. Feel the beat as it matches that of your own heart.
And when the piece is finished, cheer with the crowd knowing that for nearly 5 minutes, you have experienced this world as we wish it to be.
"One Day"
Sometimes I lay
Under the moon
And thank God I'm breathing
Then I pray
Don't take me soon
'Cause I am here for a reason
Sometimes in my tears, I drown
But I never let it get me down
So when negativity surrounds
I know someday it'll all turn around because...
All my life I've been waiting for
I've been praying for
For the people to say
That we don't wanna fight no more
There will be no more wars
And our children will play
One day [6x]
It's not about
Win or lose
'Cause we all lose
When they feed on the souls of the innocent
Blood-drenched pavement
Keep on moving though the waters stay raging
In this maze, you can lose your way (your way)
It might drive you crazy but don't let it faze you, no way (no way)
Sometimes in my tears, I drown (I drown)
But I never let it get me down (get me down)
So when negativity surrounds (surrounds)
I know someday it'll all turn around because...
All my life I've been waiting for
I've been praying for
For the people to say
That we don't wanna fight no more
There will be no more wars
And our children will play
One day [6x]
One day this all will change
Treat people the same
Stop with the violence
Down with the hate
One day we'll all be free
And proud to be
Under the same sun
Singing songs of freedom like
One day [4x]
All my life I've been waiting for
I've been praying for
For the people to say
That we don't wanna fight no more
There will be no more wars
And our children will play
One day [6x]
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.
Everyone will sit under their own vine
and under their own fig tree,
and no one will make them afraid,
for the Lord, Almighty has spoken.
Micah 4:3-4
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. 2 Thessalonians 3:16
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