This song traces nearly 2,000 years of Jewish history, from the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash to the challenges facing the Jewish people today. It follows a painful pattern: empires fall, rulers change, and the faces of antisemitism evolve, but the hatred remains the same. Yet above every chapter of exile stands an unshakable truth. Hashem has never forgotten His people, and despite the long road of Galus, we continue to believe that the final redemption will come with the arrival of Mashiach.
Rome burned the House Titus at the gate
יְרוּשָׁלַיִם fell Menorah in chains
Hadrian renamed us Aelia on the stones
בַּר כּוֹכְבָא rose Caves and broken bones
Torah in whispers Decrees in the air
A nation in Galus Still saying the prayer
The fires kept burning They never died down
New robes, new reasons The same old hate
We thought it was over Then it came back again
Still Hashem remembers Still מָשִׁיחַ will reign
Crusaders came marching Rhineland ran red
Mothers said שְׁמַע With children in bed
Blood libels followed Norwich lit the flame
Talmud burning Paris knew the shame
York in the tower England closed the gate
Spain lit its candles Inquisition fate
The fires kept burning They never died down
New robes, new reasons The same old hate
We thought it was over Then it came back again
Still Hashem remembers Still מָשִׁיחַ will reign
Black Death came sweeping The wells took the blame
Keys left in pockets Exile before flame
Ghetto walls tightened Venice at the gate
Cossacks came riding תַּח V'Taht fate
Europe grew modern Dreyfus in chains
Rights on the paper Kishinev in flames
The fires kept burning They never died down
New robes, new reasons The same old hate
We thought it was over Then it came back again
Still Hashem remembers Still מָשִׁיחַ will reign
Brown shirts were marching Books in the street
Yellow stars sewn on Where hearts used to beat
Trains in the morning Smoke in the sky
The world heard the wheels And let them roll by
Germany had culture Siberia had snow
Sidurim hidden Where no one could know
The fires kept burning They never died down
New robes, new reasons The same old hate
We thought it was over Then it came back again
Still Hashem remembers Still מָשִׁיחַ will reign
[Verse 5 - Israel and modern enemies]
After the ashes A flag finally flew
But ash still remembers When the sky turns blue
Armies surrounded Forty-eight dawn
Sirens kept screaming Sixty-seven song
Rockets from Gaza Tunnels below
Hezbollah waiting Litani still flows
The fires kept burning They never died down
New robes, new reasons The same old hate
We thought it was over Then it came back again
Still Hashem remembers Still מָשִׁיחַ will reign
Tehran kept chanting Centrifuges spun
Deals kept delaying The moment to run
Missiles were rising Proxies in line
The tyrant still standing And calling it time
Campuses shouted Masks in the crowd
Professors stayed silent The lies got loud
City halls smiling Mamdani on screens
Old fear dressed up In political means
Not Trump Not Bibi
Not generals Not kings
Not drones Not speeches
Not iron wings
We are still in Galus Even under our flag
Still reading the headlines Still carrying the bag
Rome had its eagles Spain had its fire
Germany had culture Iran has desire
Every generation Thought this was the end
But Hashem never forgot us And He will rise again
The fires kept burning They never died down
But we kept returning Through every crown
They thought it was over They thought we would end
Still Hashem remembers Still מָשִׁיחַ will reign
אֲנִי מַאֲמִין The road has been long
אֲנִי מַאֲמִין We still carry the song
No king of flesh Will heal every scar
Hashem has not forgotten גְּאֻלָּה is not far
The fires kept burning They never died down
But dawn is still coming
מָשִׁיחַ will reign
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