Nova massacre survivor Yuval Raphael won the “Rising Star” singing competition on Israeli TV. She was at the Nova Festival during the massacre on Oct 7, 2023, and survived by staying at the bottom of a pile of dead bodies in an Israeli bomb shelter, being shot up by Gazans. She waited there for 8 hours before being rescued.
Lyrics in English, French, and Hebrew (Song of Solomon 8:7):
And even if you say goodbye
You’ll never go away
You are the rainbow of my sky
My colors in the grey
My only wish upon a star
sunshine in the day
The only song that my piano ever plays
And even if you say goodbye
you’ll always be around
To lift me up and take me high
keep my feet close to the ground
Are you proud of me tonight
dreams are coming true
I choose the light
Nothing to lose if I lose you
New day will rise
Life will go on
Everyone cries
Don’t cry alone
Darkness will fade
All the pain will go by
But we will stay
Even if You say goodbye
Et même si tu dis adieu
Tu ne partiras jamais
T’es l’arc-en-ciel de mon ciel bleu
Mes couleurs dans le gris
Et mon seul souhait sous un ciel d’art
Un rayon dans ma journée
La seule chanson que mon piano peut jouer
New day will rise
Life will go on
Everyone cries
Don’t cry alone
Darkness will fade
All the pain will go by
But we will stay
Even You say
New day will rise
Life will go on
Everyone cries
Don’t cry alone
Darkness will fade
All the pain will go by
But You will stay
The love of my life
מים רבים
לא יכבו
את האהבה
ונהרות לא ישטפוה
New day will rise
Everyone cries
Don’t cry alone
Darkness will fade
All the pain will go by
But we will stay
Even if You say goodbye
A new day will rise
New day will rise
Lyrics & Music: Keren Peles
Produced & Arranged: Tomer Biran
French translation :Tamir Hitman
מילים ולחן: קרן פלס
עיבוד והפקה מוסיקלית: תומר בירן
תרגום לצרפתית: תמיר חיטמן
Acoustic Guitar: Avi Singolda
Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Drums and Programming: Tomer Biran
Additional Keyboards: Keren Peles
Strings Performance and Strings Arrangement: Yoed Nir, Tomer Biran
Strings recorded at Yoed Nir Studio
Recorded at Tomer Biran Audio Artists
Recording Engineer: Jonathan Sror
Mixing and Mastering: Roee Berezowitz, Tomer Biran
Hebrew lyric:
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. (Song of Songs 8:7, KJV)