This is one of those tragically beautiful songs where you don't want to stop listening, but you wish the words would stop being relevant as soon as possible.
Me and my friends love Moddi, everything that he sings is so powerful and breathtaking, if he ever does a concert in the U.S I'll be first in line to buy a ticket.
Learning to kill is a matter of habit, The more you have done it the better you're at it. It starts in the alleys of Sechem at night. The borderlines blur in the evening light. A rifle butt bangs on an old, rusty door, 'Where is your father? Get down on the floor!' Soon it gets serious. A curfew's declared. The city falls silent, there's death in the air. Cocking his weapon with shaking fingers, Grits his teeth as he's hugging the trigger. Young blood rushes, his heart pounds. He knows it gets easier the next time around. They're just objects and shadows, not women and men. Learning to kill is a natural thing. Learning to fear is a matter of habit, The more you have done it the better you're at it. News from above reaches the street. There's no hope of living, the end is so near. Tidings of terror, a raven's crow: Shutter your windows, lock up your homes! We're just a handful, a tiny country Surrounded by evil. They won't let us be. They have hate in their hearts and in all that they bring. Learning to fear is a natural thing Cruelty is a matter of habit, The more you have seen it the better you're at it. Every boy has a tyrant's desire. Hands behind the head, legs spread wide! These are times of danger, times of despair. No room for compassion, a soldier can't care! Our neighbours are vermin; they're used to the blood; How can they feel pain when they live in the mud! Through cruel routine a soldier is born. Ignorance soon turns to evil in war. Israel's land is for Israel's kin. Cruelty comes as a natural thing. Learning to love is a natural thing, It will find a way if you just let it in. It'll be strange at first, but then you will see it, That learning to love is a matter of being Being human is a matter of habit, A few baby steps, then you get better at it. To be for one minute, just now, just recall The opposite side of the towering walls. But our hearts have hardened along with our skin. We live in a bubble and let no one else in. We'll be staring in wonder as the angel falls, Then being human will be a matter of course
Best adaptation I came across ever, and the arrangement is better than the original. This song is more relevant than ever and the art we miss worldwide ever since the 2020 split. Theses days some more human beings will see through all the propaganda, doctrinations and lies, and that every human being is equal. No matter what. Choose love, not fear; they can't exist together
Well done, Moddi! Music is political, OF COURSE!!! But not all musicians will put their cards on the table...so this is very refreshing - and restores one's faith in human nature...to some degree!
hagay moreno No, bcs I can not enter Gaza,I have not tried west bank. But I have hundreds of friends there, and I dont believe they are all lying. Btw,why do you ask? Wake up and see the truth! The Palestinians just want a LIFE!!! I have been supporting Palestine since I was a teenager in 1974, and I am HUMAN! Maybe you are not...
Beautiful cover! much better then the original in which the singer sings it with some anger it makes you feel uncomfortable. P.S I'm very pro Israel and I don't agree with the writer's political views but I respect them. I'm waiting for the day that an Arab singer will sing a protest song maybe then we will have peace.
I think the song may have been written by an Israeli, but the message is kind of universal. adressed to all of us from any country or culture. It's just about what even modern neurology says: the way we use our brains is the way they learn to think. If you train yourself looking around you with mindfulness and compassion you will develop peace in yourself. If we "train" ourselves and feed our brains with hating and fearing and separating from each other hate and fear will grow... Every news we hear in the media can be told causing fear and threat, or explaining backgrounds, giving a "bigger picture" in order to make people able to understand why other people behave the way they do. It's our choice to listen to them or not! :-)
And by the way, there IS protest in Arab countries! the whole so called Arab sping was an uprising of young people who have a desire for freedom, democracy and peace
Indeed, when you live in a country like Norway, with 80 years of peace, billions of USD coming from North Sea Oil, and you allow yourself to judge people undergoing after a genocide 4 wars, the only words that come to denominate you: poor fool!
People judge themselves through their actions, not their people's history. If they end up doing to others what was done to them, they are the real fools.
This song is a translation of a song by a Jewish man from Israel. So, these are words written by someone who lives this reality. The song was banned in Israel. Moddi made an album where he made his version of songs that had been banned different places in the world.
And here we come again...
I wish everbody knew about this song. Whole situation expressed in a song..
This is one of those tragically beautiful songs where you don't want to stop listening, but you wish the words would stop being relevant as soon as possible.
Back to this after 6 years
This song always sneaks up on me. Impossible to listen to it casually. It's an all consuming masterpiece.
Me and my friends love Moddi, everything that he sings is so powerful and breathtaking, if he ever does a concert in the U.S I'll be first in line to buy a ticket.
It gets no better than this. Eloquent and powerful in its delivery.
Learning to kill is a matter of habit,
The more you have done it the better you're at it.
It starts in the alleys of Sechem at night.
The borderlines blur in the evening light.
A rifle butt bangs on an old, rusty door,
'Where is your father? Get down on the floor!'
Soon it gets serious. A curfew's declared.
The city falls silent, there's death in the air.
Cocking his weapon with shaking fingers,
Grits his teeth as he's hugging the trigger.
Young blood rushes, his heart pounds.
He knows it gets easier the next time around.
They're just objects and shadows, not women and men.
Learning to kill is a natural thing.
Learning to fear is a matter of habit,
The more you have done it the better you're at it.
News from above reaches the street.
There's no hope of living, the end is so near.
Tidings of terror, a raven's crow:
Shutter your windows, lock up your homes!
We're just a handful, a tiny country
Surrounded by evil. They won't let us be.
They have hate in their hearts and in all that they bring.
Learning to fear is a natural thing
Cruelty is a matter of habit,
The more you have seen it the better you're at it.
Every boy has a tyrant's desire.
Hands behind the head, legs spread wide!
These are times of danger, times of despair.
No room for compassion, a soldier can't care!
Our neighbours are vermin; they're used to the blood;
How can they feel pain when they live in the mud!
Through cruel routine a soldier is born.
Ignorance soon turns to evil in war.
Israel's land is for Israel's kin.
Cruelty comes as a natural thing.
Learning to love is a natural thing,
It will find a way if you just let it in.
It'll be strange at first, but then you will see it,
That learning to love is a matter of being
Being human is a matter of habit,
A few baby steps, then you get better at it.
To be for one minute, just now, just recall
The opposite side of the towering walls.
But our hearts have hardened along with our skin.
We live in a bubble and let no one else in.
We'll be staring in wonder as the angel falls,
Then being human will be a matter of course
Amazing. He is talented, brought tears to my eyes.
This project is mind-blowing and also so precious! I'm so grateful for this album, so far it's magnificent!
-Love from Italy^^
Best adaptation I came across ever, and the arrangement is better than the original.
This song is more relevant than ever and the art we miss worldwide ever since the 2020 split.
Theses days some more human beings will see through all the propaganda, doctrinations and lies, and that every human being is equal. No matter what.
Choose love, not fear; they can't exist together
I've just returned from his concert and it was amazing!
I'm from Algeria, I likkkkkke your sings good continuation
Absolutely Amazing. Goosebumps.
powerful message... massive love!
Well done, Moddi! Music is political, OF COURSE!!! But not all musicians will put their cards on the table...so this is very refreshing - and restores one's faith in human nature...to some degree!
already addicted
Jesus that Key change is good
Learing to Love is a natural thing....
Moddi interview and live performance, Sept. 3rd 2016: tv.nrk.no/serie/lindmo/MUHU16005216/03-09-2016
going to see Moddi next week in Amsterdam with my 13 year old daugter. Can't wait. Love his work!
Nice, you can't start young enough
Thats what I thought 👍
konge Morten kårvand
ada vada
Morten Kårvand please in English..Can't speak Norwegian
emotional and true !
Må høre denne med jevne mellomrom❣🇵🇸
How bloody prevailing😢
Truly stunning
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!
Oh... woah. Beautiful, this song is on repeat all day
Good to know I'm not the only one! ;)
Hearing this on 7th day of 2020
excited! it's just fantastic listening to an amazing story. Sounds beautiful Moddi
I agree it sounds beautiful! but to me the story doesn't seem amazing at all. I hear a very sad story about a human being losing his sensitivity
I'm glad I got to hear it live in Harstad during NUK++
amazing.
So special!!!!
Strong, strong, strong!
Love it.
still so relevant
Powerful…...
It doesn't matter what happens as long as I'm here before 500 views
I ❤ Moddi
I serve in the idf, I also love this song
damn
F U
So great,telling the truth about the evil occupation. Tusen takk,Moddi 😀
have you been there to tell ?
hagay moreno No, bcs I can not enter Gaza,I have not tried west bank. But I have hundreds of friends there, and I dont believe they are all lying. Btw,why do you ask? Wake up and see the truth! The Palestinians just want a LIFE!!! I have been supporting Palestine since I was a teenager in 1974, and I am HUMAN! Maybe you are not...
Moddi, when are you coming to germany? 😄
Spend two days in Israel and you will understand the anger in this song.
Steven Nothing compared to what happen in Palestine, especially Gaza.
F*Ck Israel, the land is for Arab Palestine 🇵🇸
MODDI is a genius.
I feel calm
grand!
This is a great song, I would love to learn to play it, but I can't find the right chords... Does anyone know the chords and how to play it on guitar?
sehr beeindruckender song, leider heute aktueller denn je . make love not war💕☮🫂
wow...
fantastisk sang!
oreo lomati
woah
💔😢
With this perfomance i will forgive that his name is ål Moddi Knutsen...Wow
Forgive? That's a little insulting
2021?
I know.
I like your songs, Moddi. Will you ever be in Ukraine with a concert?
:(
Is it about Israel and Palestine?
Beautiful cover! much better then the original in which the singer sings it with some anger it makes you feel uncomfortable.
P.S
I'm very pro Israel and I don't agree with the writer's political views but I respect them. I'm waiting for the day that an Arab singer will sing a protest song maybe then we will have peace.
I think the song may have been written by an Israeli, but the message is kind of universal. adressed to all of us from any country or culture. It's just about what even modern neurology says: the way we use our brains is the way they learn to think. If you train yourself looking around you with mindfulness and compassion you will develop peace in yourself. If we "train" ourselves and feed our brains with hating and fearing and separating from each other hate and fear will grow... Every news we hear in the media can be told causing fear and threat, or explaining backgrounds, giving a "bigger picture" in order to make people able to understand why other people behave the way they do. It's our choice to listen to them or not! :-)
And by the way, there IS protest in Arab countries! the whole so called
Arab sping was an uprising of young people who have a desire for
freedom, democracy and peace
Make Israel give us our land..then we can talk about protest songs ✌
Utrolig
x
Others must die to make a living ?
Can kazaz dan gelenler :D
Indeed, when you live in a country like Norway, with 80 years of peace, billions of USD coming from North Sea Oil, and you allow yourself to judge people undergoing after a genocide 4 wars, the only words that come to denominate you: poor fool!
People judge themselves through their actions, not their people's history. If they end up doing to others what was done to them, they are the real fools.
This song is a translation of a song by a Jewish man from Israel. So, these are words written by someone who lives this reality. The song was banned in Israel. Moddi made an album where he made his version of songs that had been banned different places in the world.
This song is so one sided it's just painful.
Is it only songs you object to for being so one-sided?
Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine. That is itx