I'm sitting near the sky right now,
Trying to find answers to the question,
While also taking off my shoes.
Soldiers are now getting out of the Merkava. *
Yes, I'm sitting there, thinking
About you a little, making my heart ache a bit.
The next sentence, of course, you're quite familiar with:
"In a day or two, I'll be coming back."
It's over... It's over... It's over. **
And on our way home,
We stopped at a falafel place on the corner,
And the people there looked at us and applauded:
"Our heroes," they said with love.
And I stand there hiding myself.
It's a little too much for me to be the one guarding.
And between bites, a thought comes to me:
"Damn, there sure are a lot of heroes in this country."
It's over... It's over... It's over. **
And almost two years have passed since then,
And today I'm busy trying to feel complete.
In just a moment, I'll hear the applause,
And then I'll scream from the stage with all my might.
And if you hear, if you listen,
You can still find the pain between my words,
And I promise not to write about it again,
Except for the next time that I break.
It's over... It's over... It's over. **
There's a country next to Jerusalem.
There a war still rages on,
Because the people there are losing their vision;
They don't wait for heroes on any corner. ***
It's over... It's over... It's over. **
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* A Merkava is a tank commonly used by the IDF.
** The Hebrew lyrics here include a question mark after the third "נגמר", which changes the meaning from "It's over" to "Is it over?". However, listening to the song, his intonation doesn't imply a question.
*** The Hebrew lyrics leave it ambiguous whether this verse refers to Israel, Palestine, or a fictional land.