Even Stars Are Afraid

(Verse 1)

They wait in line for water, not for toys,

A cradle lost beneath the noise.

Sirens sing their lullabies,

While smoke paints sorrow in the skies.

Their classrooms fallen, torn and bent,

Some learn in shadows, some in tents.

One child draws a sun on stone,

While missing hands make dust their home.

(Pre-Chorus)

Still they try to dream,

Even when hope fades in between...

(Chorus)

Still they whisper in the silence of the night,

Eyes wide open underneath a sky with no light.

They hold on to the warmth that memory gave...

But even stars are afraid to shine over Gaza’s graves.

Even stars are afraid... to shine.

(Verse 2)

In Gaza, children sleep beneath skies that do not sing,

Their toys are dust, their lullabies ghosts of everything.

They know the sound of war more than a mother’s hum,

And dream of peace that may never come.

A crust of bread becomes their gold,

Their little arms too young, too cold.

But even in ruins, they smile through pain,

Small hearts still brave in the rain.

(Pre-Chorus)

And they still pray in the dark,

With voices softer than a spark...

(Chorus)

Still they whisper in the silence of the night,

Hearts still beating though the world forgets their fight.

They hold on to the songs the wind once played...

But even stars are afraid to shine over Gaza’s pain.

Even stars are afraid... to shine.

(Bridge)

And if the world just looked their way,

Would we let them fall, would we let them fade?

Or raise their names like sacred flame,

And say their lives are not in vain?

(Final Chorus – Gentle to Powerful)

Still they whisper in the silence of the night,

Wrapped in stories we must carry into light.

They hold on to the love they never named...

While even stars are afraid to shine over Gaza’s flame.

(Outro – Whispered)

Even stars are afraid...

Even stars are afraid...

But their hope remains.