Rahel: Music

Here are the lyrics to the songs on Rahel's debut solo CD. A word of thanks must be said to Mikial Robertson for his great instrumental work and professional coaching. What started out to be an acoustic folk music project was soon transformed into an exciting musical adventure. So thanks Mike!

TIME PASSES BY C 1999 - For Chana
Time passes by. Time passes by, my friend.
You, you and I, go on living. Oh yeah?
Life is a song. Life is a song, my friend.
Time passes by as we?re singing. Oh yeah?
Take a risk. Dare to fly. We can do it if we try.
We are here. We are now. Anywhere. Anyhow.
Time passes by, my friend
Reach for a star. Reach for a star, my friend.
Light shines on those who are living.

BABYLON (Psalm 137; 1,2,4) c music: Rahel (Ann R.S. Limor)
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and we wept
As we remembered Zion. Upon the willows on its banks we hung
up our harps. But how shall we sing the song of our L-rd on foreign soil?

Al naharot Bavel, al naharot Bavel, al naharot Bavel
Sham yashavnu, sham yashavnu sham yashavnu gahm bakhinu
B?zakhray-nu, b?zakhraynu, b?zakhraynu, b?zakhraynu et Tsion
Al aravim, al aravim, al aravim b?tokha
Talinu, talinu, talinu keenorotaynu
Ekh na-shir, ekh na-shir et shir HaShem
Ekh na-shir et shir HaShem al admat neh-khar
Oh?..
Al naharot Bavel, al naharot Bavel, al naharot Bavel?

HEY LOVE (I am) c 1997
Hey Love, I'm dancing. Hey Love, I can. Hey Love, I'm smiling. Hey Love, I am Hey Love, I'm singing. Hey Love, I can. Hey Love, I'm laughing. Hey Love , I am Seeing & Feeling, Touching & Healing - I am!
Hey Love, I'm touching. Hey Love, I can. Hey Love, I'm healing. Hey Love, I am Seeing & Feeling, Touching & Healing - I am!
Hey Love , I am.......
Hey Love, I'm feeling. Hey Love, I can. Hey Love, I'm just being. Hey Love, I am Seeing & Feeling, Touching & Healing - I am!

STRAIGHT IN THE EYE c 1997
There's a world full of lies if that's what you see If that's all you be
There's a world full of lies if that's all you feel
If that's what is real for you
There's a world that is battered and tattered and shattered
Where evil is lurking and waiting to pounce
If that's all you see - if that's all you be
If that's what you feel.... is real
There's a world that is crumbling down to the ground. Just look around
There's a darkness that lingers if you want to lose
If that's what you choose to see - instead of free
Look it straight in the eye -- see it all there. Straight in the eye
There's a world full of lies if that's what you see. If that's all you be
There's a world full of lies if that's all you feel
If that's what is real for you
There's a world that is crumbling down to the ground
Just look around - There's a darkness that lingers if you want to lose
If that's what you choose to see - instead of free
Look it straight in the eye -- see it all there. Straight in the eye

MY SWEET LAND c 1982
See the hillside over yonder. There's my baby over there.
At his doorstep he is singing a lullaby.
And the child that sleeps within me. Nestles peaceful in his soul.
In my dreams I catch a glimpse as I cast a sigh.
And we are sailing on a river leading hopes and dreams afar.
In my life I've had a million. Still I close my eyes to dream up more.
Through the mountains and the hillsides of my sweet land.
For the moment I have rested, I can hear him singing gently.
Over yonder on the hillside I send my gaze... And we are sailing?

PIERROT c 1997
Oh - on a lonely night. The moon is in the sky and you're looking about
Can you touch the light as you reach up
Climbing on a moonbeam - you fly away
To worlds up above - Floating on a cloud on high
The winds whisk you away. Shedding just one tear - on your own
Wait - are you listening? You can hear the sound of someone who cares
Showing you the way as the raven flies
Traveling down your path - following your senses, you see
The lines are never drawn - and time is endless
Calling you from afar - shedding just one tear. Coming home
Say - have you ever tried. Searching for your heart - reaching within
Spreading out your wings as the eagle soars
Climbing higher heights - to the edge of the world
You call out your name - standing on the peak
A voice calls you back - shedding just one tear. Coming home

WHENEVER YOU'RE YOU c
Take life one day at a time now - take it nice and slow
Take time to look all around you got everywhere to go
See the greens, the blues and the yellows jumping out at you
Light, heavy, easy or mellow - anything will do
Whenever you're you; whenever you're you
Loud thunder, bright bolts of lightning - wonders of the world
Stars shining, white moon a-rising - every boy and girl
Gaze fondly, reach for each other - embracing gentle winds
Be there for now and forever - hear the heavens sing
Whenever you're you; whenever you're you
Take flight, go where your wings do fly
Stay low or climb to a higher high
Reach out, follow your heart - expand
Near or far, wherever you land it's grand
Whenever you're you; whenever you're you
Golden sun, rainbow colored skies surround you as you go
Move forward eyes open wide, you've nothing to do but grow
Each day is your very first birth-day, celebrate it with ease
Live life with each loving moment - happy, full and free
Whenever you're you; whenever you're you

BEFORE MOUNTAINS (PSALM 90; 1,2) c music: 1995 Rahel (Ann R. S. Limor)
B?terem harim yu-la-du, va-t?kholel eretz v?tevel ] x2
U-meh-olam ad olam atah kel ] x4

Before the mountains were born
Before you set forth the earth and the inhabited world
From world to world You are the Almighty
From world to world You are our L-rd
From world to world You are the Great Spirit
From world to world You are HaShem

YOU DON'T KNOW c 1998
Drifting - where do I want to go from here?
Sailing - setting my course for anywhere.
You don't know where I've been, you don't know what I've seen
You don't know of the light or of the dark
You don't know how I feel, you don't know what is real
You don't know of a longing in my heart
To set forth and go ; Set forth and go .....
Floating - riding the waves of endless time. Moving - over a whisper and a sign
CHORUS
Another time, another place. Another rhyme, another face
This is the way I want to go. This is the place I want to know
Another mountain yet to climb. Another passageway to find
This is the time to get away. This is the time, it is today!
To set forth and go ; Set forth and go
To set forth and go ; Set forth and go
Resting - pondering thoughts as they arise
Gazing - the white of the light shines in my eyes
CHORUS

WHERE I'M BOUND c 1997
I am not afraid when life turns me around - I am not afraid.
I am not afraid of the sight and the sound - I am not afraid
I embrace a heavenly face. A simple smile. Almighty Grace.
I forgive. I wanna live. I can love. L-rd I can give.
And I can't help but go to where I'm bound, where I'm bound.
Traveling on to where I'm bound.
I am not alone in the circle of life - I am not alone.
I am not alone in my struggle and strife - I am not alone

GIVER OF THE LAW c 1999
From my window, from my window ? I can see out in the darkness
In the darkness, in the darkness ? I can see there in the shadow
In the shadow, in the shadow ? There?s a fire all a-glow
All a-glow, all a-glow ? See the light shine from above
From my window?
See the light shine, see the light shine ? From a bush set a - fire
Set a - fire, set a - fire ? Hear the voice resound like thunder
Hear the thunder; hear the thunder ? From the top of a high mountain
From a mountain, from a mountain ? Comes the giver of the law
See the light shine?
Here is the god of the people ? here is the law of the land
Here is the union of Heaven and earth ? here is the dawning of Man
Here there is Soul, there is Spirit ? Here there is Love of the One
Here there is Holy Communion ? here is what we must become
One people after a fall ? One people hearing the call
One people seeing it all ? Standing completely in awe
One people ? One G-d - One people loving One G-d
One people ?. One G-d - One people loving One G-d
Ain Sof - LaNetzakh - Ohr HaRuach