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[Verse 1]
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You realize, if you're happy
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Jesus sends you straight to hell?
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Israel, Israel

[Verse 2]
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And should you dare enjoy your body
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Here tolls Hades' welcome bell
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Israel, Israel

[Verse 3]
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You've found a middle-course existence
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We're all bones and flesh and shell
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Israel, Israel

[Bridge]
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I can't answer for what armies do
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They are not you
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They are not you
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They are not you

[Verse 4]
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In other climes, they bitch and whine
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Just because you're not like them
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Israel, Israel

[Verse 5]
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The sky is dark for many others
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They want it dark for you as well
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Israel, Israel

[Verse 6]
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Earth is just one big asylum
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And explodes a prison cell
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See us squirm
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In our own damaged spell

[Verse 7]
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You were born as guilty sinners
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Before you stood upright you fell
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Put the fear of many gods in Israel

[Verse 8]
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Nature gave you every impulse
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Who are virgin priests to tell
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Who, how to love, how to live, Israel

[Verse 9]
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And they who reign abuse upon you
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They are jealous of you as well
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Love yourself as you should, Israel