Lyrics

ב"ה
TURN FROM EVIL
(A Chassidic Tale)
There's a battle for your heart and it's raging
inside your head where your thoughts control
all the actions of your body
some can destroy and some can bring
new life to your soul
Just like Yaakov struggling with Eisav
an endless fight that never resolves
sometimes the horse leads sometimes the rider
each day you wake up you never… never really know
Chorus:
סור מרע ועשה טוב, עשה טוב, ורע יברח
will flee & evil good do, good and do from evil Turn

בקש שלום ורדפהו עשה טוב, ורע יברח
will flee & evil good do, and pursue it peace seek
He sits and dreams by a stagnant river
his feet absorbed in the slimey mud
the water churns in waves of indulgence
and all he wants to do is drift down stream and float away
The children play in a golden garden
but the beast prowls outside the walls
the gate is guarded by two drunken angels
they watch the candle burn until the night is shattered by the dawn
Chorus:
Bridge: There are choices to be made every moment
you can't run and you surely can't hide
in the beginning the end is waiting
and every choice makes you and every choice is changing
the whole entire world...
The watchmen stand protecting and preserving
all the precious treasures of the kingdom
the foolish King is smashing out the windows
and calmly trying to steal all of the light that's rushing from the sun
And in the fields they're filling up their baskets
with all the noise gathered by the blind
where all the thoughts are gushing from the silence
yet from the darkness light reveals deep things to overcome it all
Chorus: copyright y.koch 2011