אחים [Achim] [English translation]

I open my heart's gate, closing the gap

Deep in a thicket, I recall

How you suddenly took flight, left a gaping wound in me

Because what did I even know back then

Out of the heat of the moment, I emerge unscathed

Spoiling for rebellion, scorning judgement's day

Childhood shapes us, reason observes

And we weep and rejoice

You are my darkness - you are my light

All that is tainted, all that is pure

Break away because strength, requires a price

Survive to thrive, you are the price

On Jerusalem's rooftops, like a fish in the sky

A boy with no roof that partied and partied, and...

Remembers Sabbaths, stranded bare plates

And birthday candles I blew out in your stead

And darkness- and light

All that is tainted, all that is pure

Break away because strength, requires a price

Survive to thrive, you are the price

When mother's laughing, inside she's shouting

Who will tell her what days will bring- what a child will bring

Is there even a way

To water the flower, and not with her tears

You were her darkness- now there's light

All that is tainted, all that is pure

Break away because strength, requires a price

Survive to thrive, you are the price

I open my heart's gate, closing the gap

Deep in a thicket

I recall