“It’s enough for this restless warrior just to be with you”

August 10, 2006 - 12:07 AM by Sarah

John at Kishkushim provides this amusingly ironic report:

I can’t believe what I’m hearing. No, this is not a post about another turn that this war is taking. I just heard a soldier call into Galgalatz (Israel Army Radio with pop music) and request the Elton John’s Lion King theme song “Can you feel the love tonight?” for his comrades fighting in the north. And this is a soldier from one of the more “macho” brigades (Golani).

For those wondering, here are the lyrics. Israelis are often called “Tzabras,” after the cactus plant that is prickly on the outside and mushy on the inside. So we’ll leave it to you to decide just how ironic the song really is. Maybe not so much, considering the incredible bonds formed between men who rely on each other to stay alive:

There’s a calm surrender to the rush of day
When the heat of the rolling world can be turned away
An enchanted moment, and it sees me through
It’s enough for this restless warrior just to be with you

And can you feel the love tonight
It is where we are
It’s enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it’s laid to rest
It’s enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

There’s a time for everyone if they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn
There’s a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours

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