One Human Tapestry

Words & melody – Motti Hammer

 

When I die, something of mine, something of mine

Will die in you, will die in you.

When you die, something of yours in me, something of yours in me

Will die w you, will die with you.

 

Since we are all, yes we all are

One living human tapestry,  

& if one of us leaves us,

Yes all of us leave us

Something dies in us –

& something stays (is left) with him/them/her.

 

If we know, how to relieve

The hostility, if we only know.

If we know, if we know to

If we only know

Our rage

 

If we know, if we know to quiet down our rage 

If we only know, if we   

 Despite our insult, to say sorry,

forgive me

If we know to start over