Hopeless Town: Palestinian & Israeli Artists Sing About the Conflict

Produced by Heartbeat, a creative social change organization that unites Israeli and Palestinian youth musicians, this music video features Palestinian Israeli artist, Rasha Nahas, and Jewish Israeli artist, Neomi Zahor, singing a painful song about the corruption and endless cycle of violence that cause such desperation and hopelessness among Palestinians. The lyrics, written by Nahas, can be seen below. 

Hopeless Town

so tired of escaping the truth
reading the news and pretending it’s all good.
and all i see is these walls that you build
the humans you kill
the money spent on building more weapons instead of feeding the poor.

you kill
you take
you grow hatred all around
why not grow peaceful generations in this hopeless town. tell me why

i’m not asking for a country or a flag.
i’m not asking for my land.
i cannot translate my pain into a language you’d understand.
i can’t take it no more.
i can’t face you no more.