Berlin To Bethlehem

from Chasing Light by Gareth Davies-Jones

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Inspired by the powerful and affecting work of The Holy Land Trust I was moved to write this track after seeing Sami Awad speak at the Greenbelt Festival a couple of years ago. Contrasting the fall of one wall with the rise of another came starkly through the narrative and sparked the central theme of the song. You can learn more about the non-violent and reconciliatory work of Sami and others like him at www.holylandtrust.org

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Berlin to Bethlehem

Gunfire and headlights
Cameras and headlines
Right before my eyes
There was violence and danger
Hatred and anger
Caught in a victim’s eyes

And it’s a painful legacy
And it makes the peace run deep
And I remember when the wall came down
Still we’re bound by these walls we keep

Failure then triumph
A trickle then a flood
The walk of captives freed
From the wreckage of indifference
The promise of deliverance
From a broken ideology

And it's a painful legacy
And it makes the peace run deep
And I remember when the wall came down
Still we're bound by these walls we keep

A new wall rises
By the city of David
And they’ve nowhere left to go
Caught up in history
Now slaves to the misery
Of yet another border control

It’s a painful legacy
And it makes the fear run deep
But I remember that the wall came down
Still we’re bound by these walls we keep

Words & Music Gareth Davies-Jones
Copyright©Gareth Davies-Jones 2009

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from Chasing Light, released February 28, 2011

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