Nakba Day 2012

The title song of Phil Monsour's new CD*, Ghosts of Deir Yassin, says it all:

They pretend that it's forgotten
But somewhere small flowers grow
On the weathered stones of destroyed homes
Somewhere the light's still in the window

You see that we are rising, our day is surely coming
No longer in the shadows
Of the ghosts of Deir Yassin

They change the names on the signs
But it's in our hearts these words are written
Of the children who don't know their homes
They will walk the streets from which they are forbidden

You see that we are rising, our day is surely coming
No longer in the shadows
Of the ghosts of Deir Yassin

And of the old ones now passed on
But it's their blood our hearts are pumping
They will walk with us when we return to their towns
Whose names will live again

You see that we are rising, our day is surely coming
No longer in the shadows
Of the ghosts of Deir Yassin

You see that we are rising
You know the fear is gone
We will return

You see that we are rising, our day is surely coming
We are no longer in the shadows
Of the ghosts of Deir Yassin

You see that we are rising, our day is surely coming
We are no longer in the shadows
Of the ghosts of Deir Yassin

[*View it/buy it - at philmonsour.com]