"PUSH THE BUTTON" TO BE BANNED FROM EUROVISION?
Israelis overwhelmingly chose this song to represent the country at the upcoming Eurovision. It appears that it is a bit too real for European officials so they threaten to ban it. Here are the offending lyrics. They were written by a man from Sderot whose town has been suffering from Kassam barrages. You can see the performance on youtoub. Moreover, a major part of Israel's population is made up by holocaust survivors. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Whatever their government may choose to do or not do, the choice of the song implies that Israelis are not fooled.
The world is full of terrorIf someone makes an error
He's gonna blow us up to biddy biddy kingdom come
There are some crazy rulers they hide and try to fool us
With demonic, technologic willingness to harm
They're gonna push the button push the button push the bu, push the bu, push the button
Everybody's suffering
The streets are filled with violence
How lucky we are
To have got this far
Without even getting injured
As this regime, so fanatical
Gets even more tactical
It's so tragic my eyes fill with tears
And I don't want to die
I want to see the flowers bloom
Don't want a go capoot ka boom
And I don't want to cry
I wanna have a lot of fun
Just sitting in the sun
Messages are exploding on me
Rockets are flying and landing on me
Police and thieves are chasing me
Jumping on me and pestering me
Woe is me, woe is me, answer me oh living God
This nightmare is too long
When I am barely living and everyone is aiming at me it is too early, perhaps, to sing that I have given you my life
Wha, Wha the police
Weeoo, weeoo a rescue team
Here it is in the semi-finals without salaam
Red is not only a colour, it's more like blood.