Matisyahu
Refuge - Live at Stubb’s, Austin, TX - February 2005
Yeah this song is also coming from the psalms of King David, the Tehillim y'know? Y’know, at that time, we could have a real understanding of a king y'know? For us we don't know so much what’s a kingdom or a king. Y'know we live in-in a world of fragmentation where the majority of the people don't appreciate or care about so much the person that's, that's running things y'know? At that time the king was the people, the king was the people meaning that all of the people were a part of the king. The king loved the people with his whole heart; he would do anything for them. He was not just a politician but he was a warrior, y'know a general on the front lines, he would die for his people, he was a singer, a writer, a poet. All these different things, y'know a real person

[Start]

Ani auni vevyone. Hashem yashav li. Ezvaci, umafalti, atau

Said, You have been a refuge for me
A tower of strength in the face of the enemy enemy enemy yo yo

From the end of the earth unto you I call
Time and again I fall
Back to you I crawl
You have been a refuge for me
A tower of strength in the face of the
Enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, lines
Enemy lines
Find I let myself get caught too many times
Too many times yeah

I give you my heart
Taking back whats mine
Yeah you save my soul from the other side yeah oh

From the end of the earth unto you I call
Time and again I fall
Back to you I crawl
(said) You have been a refuge for me
A tower of strength in the face of the enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy enemy yeah yeah aye....
[Instrumentals]

With you I smash a troop and with my God I leap over a wall
May the king answer you
On the day that you call
Stand tall, battle yawl, and the clouds crawl low
Heavens lay draped over New York City like a prayer shawl
The holy one enthroned upon the praises of Israel

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