20,000 People -- a song making the radio airwaves all over Israel. The song was written in tribute to Sean Carmeli, a lone soldier and an American Jew from Texas who moved to Israel and joined the IDF. He was among the first soldiers killed in Gaza in Operation Protective Edge. To show their support for a soldier who has no family in Israel, who gave his life for the country, 20,000 Israelis attended his funeral. This powerful song is a small tribute. Written and performed by Ariel Horovitz. The song is in hebrew but the english lyrics are below: 20,000 People - Lyrics in English: Twenty thousand people, and you are the first. Twenty thousand people behind you, Sean. Marching in silence with flowers, Two sisters, 20,000 brothers Football fans who came with the team scarves And a woman with the flag Who is not sure why she is so crying so much Without ever knowing you Twenty thousand people ..... Came to say thank you and to say goodbye To say that theres no such thing as a lone soldier or that a people that dwells alone is not As long as there are in Texas, in Haifa, and in Gush Etzion People like you, Sean Twenty thousand people ..... The Maker of peace above Make peace for us with the coming of autumn No longer being seen anymore, Sean This is why they all came here, the elderly and the young, From Haifa and Gush Etzion Twenty thousand people ..... Twenty thousand brothers.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:00:01 +0000