[instrumental] [interlude] [pause for a beat] [Build-up] [Intro] As Israel grew stronger, the Arab world became its enemy. Only Egypt made peace. At the edge of that map, another shadow moved. [Verse 1 – Free Jordan Army] The Free Jordan Army was not Israel’s ally. But they fought the PLO, and exchanged fire with Syria. They defended not a nation, but their own villages. Gunfire existed for daily life, not for borders. [Verse 2 – Major Haddad] Major Haddad belonged to no country. Not Israel, not the Arab world. He fought the PLO, he fought Syria, and carried a rifle only to protect his village. His shadow was written on no map. [Chorus – Three Shadows] There were three shadows: the shadow of states, the shadow of pain, and the shadow that maps never draw. None of them shouted. All of them quietly placed facts. [Verse 3 – The Pain of Palestine] Palestine had no structure. Too many factions, no national nerve system. Only pain remained. Anger piled up, and it became a competition of terror. [Bridge – Reflection of the Shadow] Israel is not omnipotent. Entebbe, Osirak, Stuxnet— but Black September struck first. [Big Finish – Japanese Television] At that same time, Japanese television sang with Arafat. “Arafato watashi.” In a bright studio, in a country untouched by the map’s pain, that song was broadcast. [Outro] The group led by Arafat was Black September. Japanese viewers did not care about that fact. They do not fear airstrikes. But Israel does. To live. To live. To live.
