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The other shore
[Verse 1]
We have to flee,
Death is chasing us.
We are running for our lives,
Sprinting to stay alive.
[Verse 2]
Before the war, birds were singing,
Children were playing and laughing.
The birds have long gone now,
Children are afraid, quiet and full of sorrow.
[Chorus]
But...
Across the sea, on the other shore,
There is hope, there is peace,
There is shelter and surcease.
[Verse 3]
Beneath our small, overcrowded dinghy,
Death is lurking, death is waiting.
We are human wildebeests,
Death wants to grab us in its jaws,
To snatch us from the sea below,
But we are longing to go to better pastures,
Despite the risks, DESPITE the risks, we must cross.
[Chorus X 2]
For...
Across the sea, on the other shore,
There is hope, there is peace,
There is shelter and surcease,
[Verse 4]
We have left everything behind, EVERYTHING.
Still, right now, I am the richest man in the world,
We are nearing the shore,
Come on, come on, a little closer.
I am still holding my family in my arms,
My wife and my children.
My most precious belongings,
ALL I OWN, ALL THAT’S PRECIOUS TO ME.
[Verse 5]
We shall go back home one day,
My beloved Syria, we shall COME BACK to you.
We kissed you goodbye my homeland,
Not farewell, not farewell.
A house can be rebuilt....
But for now....
[Chorus X 2]
Across the sea, on the other shore,
There is hope, there is peace,
There is shelter and surcease.
...And birds are singing.
Emptiness is so heavy
Oh, how I miss hugging my child.
My arms ache for they only hold memories of her.
Emptiness is SO heavy.
I pray for the pain to go away.
But my soul is nothing but grief.
Every breath is a silent scream.
Come back my child , come back to me,
Come back and smile at me.
Give us back our beloved homeland,
our beloved Palestine,
They’ve stolen my land, my home,
the water, the olive trees...
You name it, they’ve stolen it
The only way we'll leave this land is feet first
I am just left with the memories of my child.
They won’t take that away from me.
I shall take these to my grave.
[chorus]
My arms are aching for not holding you
EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
I would never have believed it
But now I know...I KNOW that
Emptiness, EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
Another child will rise against tyranny.
You haven’t seen the last of us, I promise you THAT.
Rise Palestine and ask the world to stir up with you.
Come back my child, come and laugh with me.
Come back to my empty loving arms.
Almighty, all that I own I give to you,
Just to hold her once more.
I lay here, a beaten man...but not DEFEATED.
Come back my child, come and laugh with me.
Come back to me. I miss holding you.
I saw your soul fly to heaven,
But my little angel I never saw you walk.
Never saw your first steps.
Never saw you running towards me,
Running towards my wide open arms.
[chorus]
My arms are aching for not holding you
Emptiness, EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
I would never have believed it
But now I know...I KNOW that
EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
Don’t “Knock on the roof”,
The children are asleep.
They are dreaming and can’t hear you.
They are dreaming of a better tomorrow.
Little lambs to the slaughter.
One day we’ll come knocking on your doors.
Zionist murderers shall have to answer for their crimes.
It’s the middle of summer but I shiver,
I shiver like a leaf in the middle of autumn.
How I miss my little pecks on her cheeks,
Her little pecks on my cheeks...her little pecks.
I can’t see the sunrise or sunset anymore.
Beauty was in your eyes, in your smile.
All is foggy, all is blurred.
Pain is making me blind.
I can’t see the world’s beauty no more.
[chorus]
My arms are aching for not holding you
Emptiness, EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
I would never have believed it
But now I know...I KNOW that
EMPTINESS is SO, SO HEAVY.
© Sonia Portales
Please don’t cry
I was dreading the day
I would have to tell you
That I was no longer
in love with you.
But here you are in front of me,
With your eyes full of tears,
With your face full of pain.
I hate myself for hurting you.
Please forgive me, please.
I wish you would yell at me.
I feel it would somehow make things easier.
But you don’t have the strength.
I have dealt you a serious blow.
I am breaking your heart.
[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.
I was hoping we could remain friends.
We were friends before we became lovers.
But right now the pain is too raw,
Crippling her soul and her whole being.
I look for words to soothe her aching heart.
But nothing I can say will make her feel better.
Silence is deafening and echoes around us.
[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.
I start walking away
And as I reach the door she softly asks
“Do you love someone else?”
I turn around and see tears misting her eyes.
My guilt is overwhelming.
I don’t dare tell her that I do.
I look away, closing the door behind me,
The door between us.
I want to run but I slowly walk away.
My eyes are blurred and blind. Men cry alone.
How could I shred the love we had to pieces.
She had always been my rock, would have been my walking stick in old age.
[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.
The other shore
[Verse 1]
We have to flee,
Death is chasing us.
We are running for our lives,
Sprinting to stay alive.
[Verse 2]
Before the war, birds were singing,
Children were playing and laughing.
The birds have long gone now,
Children are afraid, quiet and full of sorrow.
[Chorus]
But...
Across the sea, on the other shore,
There is hope, there is peace,
There is shelter and surcease.
[Verse 3]
Beneath our small, overcrowded dinghy,
Death is lurking, death is waiting.
We are human wildebeests,
Death wants to grab us in its jaws,
To snatch us from the sea below,
But we are longing to go to better pastures,
Despite the risks, DESPITE the risks, we must cross.
[Chorus X 2]
For...
Across the sea, on the other shore,
There is hope, there is peace,
There is shelter and surcease,
[Verse 4]
We have left everything behind, EVERYTHING.
Still, right now, I am the richest man in the world,
We are nearing the shore,
Come on, come on, a little closer.
I am still holding my family in my arms,
My wife and my children.
My most precious belongings,
ALL I OWN, ALL THAT’S PRECIOUS TO ME.
[Verse 5]
We shall go back home one day,
My beloved Syria, we shall COME BACK to you.
We kissed you goodbye my homeland,
Not farewell, not farewell.
A house can be rebuilt....
But for now....
[Chorus X 2]
Across the sea, on the other shore,
There is hope, there is peace,
There is shelter and surcease.
...And birds are singing.
Emptiness is so heavy
Oh, how I miss hugging my child.
My arms ache for they only hold memories of her.
Emptiness is SO heavy.
I pray for the pain to go away.
But my soul is nothing but grief.
Every breath is a silent scream.
Come back my child , come back to me,
Come back and smile at me.
Give us back our beloved homeland,
our beloved Palestine,
They’ve stolen my land, my home,
the water, the olive trees...
You name it, they’ve stolen it
The only way we'll leave this land is feet first
I am just left with the memories of my child.
They won’t take that away from me.
I shall take these to my grave.
[chorus]
My arms are aching for not holding you
EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
I would never have believed it
But now I know...I KNOW that
Emptiness, EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
Another child will rise against tyranny.
You haven’t seen the last of us, I promise you THAT.
Rise Palestine and ask the world to stir up with you.
Come back my child, come and laugh with me.
Come back to my empty loving arms.
Almighty, all that I own I give to you,
Just to hold her once more.
I lay here, a beaten man...but not DEFEATED.
Come back my child, come and laugh with me.
Come back to me. I miss holding you.
I saw your soul fly to heaven,
But my little angel I never saw you walk.
Never saw your first steps.
Never saw you running towards me,
Running towards my wide open arms.
[chorus]
My arms are aching for not holding you
Emptiness, EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
I would never have believed it
But now I know...I KNOW that
EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
Don’t “Knock on the roof”,
The children are asleep.
They are dreaming and can’t hear you.
They are dreaming of a better tomorrow.
Little lambs to the slaughter.
One day we’ll come knocking on your doors.
Zionist murderers shall have to answer for their crimes.
It’s the middle of summer but I shiver,
I shiver like a leaf in the middle of autumn.
How I miss my little pecks on her cheeks,
Her little pecks on my cheeks...her little pecks.
I can’t see the sunrise or sunset anymore.
Beauty was in your eyes, in your smile.
All is foggy, all is blurred.
Pain is making me blind.
I can’t see the world’s beauty no more.
[chorus]
My arms are aching for not holding you
Emptiness, EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
I would never have believed it
But now I know...I KNOW that
EMPTINESS is SO, SO HEAVY.
© Sonia Portales
Please don’t cry
I was dreading the day
I would have to tell you
That I was no longer
in love with you.
But here you are in front of me,
With your eyes full of tears,
With your face full of pain.
I hate myself for hurting you.
Please forgive me, please.
I wish you would yell at me.
I feel it would somehow make things easier.
But you don’t have the strength.
I have dealt you a serious blow.
I am breaking your heart.
[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.
I was hoping we could remain friends.
We were friends before we became lovers.
But right now the pain is too raw,
Crippling her soul and her whole being.
I look for words to soothe her aching heart.
But nothing I can say will make her feel better.
Silence is deafening and echoes around us.
[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.
I start walking away
And as I reach the door she softly asks
“Do you love someone else?”
I turn around and see tears misting her eyes.
My guilt is overwhelming.
I don’t dare tell her that I do.
I look away, closing the door behind me,
The door between us.
I want to run but I slowly walk away.
My eyes are blurred and blind. Men cry alone.
How could I shred the love we had to pieces.
She had always been my rock, would have been my walking stick in old age.
[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.
The other shore
[Verse 1]
We have to flee,
Death is chasing us.
We are running for our lives,
Sprinting to stay alive.
[Verse 2]
Before the war, birds were singing,
Children were playing and laughing.
The birds have long gone now,
Children are afraid, quiet and full of sorrow.
[Chorus]
But...
Across the sea, on the other shore,
There is hope, there is peace,
There is shelter and surcease.
[Verse 3]
Beneath our small, overcrowded dinghy,
Death is lurking, death is waiting.
We are human wildebeests,
Death wants to grab us in its jaws,
To snatch us from the sea below,
But we are longing to go to better pastures,
Despite the risks, DESPITE the risks, we must cross.
[Chorus X 2]
For...
Across the sea, on the other shore,
There is hope, there is peace,
There is shelter and surcease,
[Verse 4]
We have left everything behind, EVERYTHING.
Still, right now, I am the richest man in the world,
We are nearing the shore,
Come on, come on, a little closer.
I am still holding my family in my arms,
My wife and my children.
My most precious belongings,
ALL I OWN, ALL THAT’S PRECIOUS TO ME.
[Verse 5]
We shall go back home one day,
My beloved Syria, we shall COME BACK to you.
We kissed you goodbye my homeland,
Not farewell, not farewell.
A house can be rebuilt....
But for now....
[Chorus X 2]
Across the sea, on the other shore,
There is hope, there is peace,
There is shelter and surcease.
...And birds are singing.
Emptiness is so heavy
Oh, how I miss hugging my child.
My arms ache for they only hold memories of her.
Emptiness is SO heavy.
I pray for the pain to go away.
But my soul is nothing but grief.
Every breath is a silent scream.
Come back my child , come back to me,
Come back and smile at me.
Give us back our beloved homeland,
our beloved Palestine,
They’ve stolen my land, my home,
the water, the olive trees...
You name it, they’ve stolen it
The only way we'll leave this land is feet first
I am just left with the memories of my child.
They won’t take that away from me.
I shall take these to my grave.
[chorus]
My arms are aching for not holding you
EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
I would never have believed it
But now I know...I KNOW that
Emptiness, EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
Another child will rise against tyranny.
You haven’t seen the last of us, I promise you THAT.
Rise Palestine and ask the world to stir up with you.
Come back my child, come and laugh with me.
Come back to my empty loving arms.
Almighty, all that I own I give to you,
Just to hold her once more.
I lay here, a beaten man...but not DEFEATED.
Come back my child, come and laugh with me.
Come back to me. I miss holding you.
I saw your soul fly to heaven,
But my little angel I never saw you walk.
Never saw your first steps.
Never saw you running towards me,
Running towards my wide open arms.
[chorus]
My arms are aching for not holding you
Emptiness, EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
I would never have believed it
But now I know...I KNOW that
EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
Don’t “Knock on the roof”,
The children are asleep.
They are dreaming and can’t hear you.
They are dreaming of a better tomorrow.
Little lambs to the slaughter.
One day we’ll come knocking on your doors.
Zionist murderers shall have to answer for their crimes.
It’s the middle of summer but I shiver,
I shiver like a leaf in the middle of autumn.
How I miss my little pecks on her cheeks,
Her little pecks on my cheeks...her little pecks.
I can’t see the sunrise or sunset anymore.
Beauty was in your eyes, in your smile.
All is foggy, all is blurred.
Pain is making me blind.
I can’t see the world’s beauty no more.
[chorus]
My arms are aching for not holding you
Emptiness, EMPTINESS is SO HEAVY.
I would never have believed it
But now I know...I KNOW that
EMPTINESS is SO, SO HEAVY.
© Sonia Portales
Please don’t cry
I was dreading the day
I would have to tell you
That I was no longer
in love with you.
But here you are in front of me,
With your eyes full of tears,
With your face full of pain.
I hate myself for hurting you.
Please forgive me, please.
I wish you would yell at me.
I feel it would somehow make things easier.
But you don’t have the strength.
I have dealt you a serious blow.
I am breaking your heart.
[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.
I was hoping we could remain friends.
We were friends before we became lovers.
But right now the pain is too raw,
Crippling her soul and her whole being.
I look for words to soothe her aching heart.
But nothing I can say will make her feel better.
Silence is deafening and echoes around us.
[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.
I start walking away
And as I reach the door she softly asks
“Do you love someone else?”
I turn around and see tears misting her eyes.
My guilt is overwhelming.
I don’t dare tell her that I do.
I look away, closing the door behind me,
The door between us.
I want to run but I slowly walk away.
My eyes are blurred and blind. Men cry alone.
How could I shred the love we had to pieces.
She had always been my rock, would have been my walking stick in old age.
[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.
