"Cabaret of Lost Words" - Dr Gil Dekel
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Sometimes I feel that life is a cabaret of lost words... And God is holding a flashlight, lighting on emotions on my path called ‘life’. My job is to pick up these emotions, collect them, wash them in my washing machine, and dry them out until they become words. Lost words now found. This is how I write poetry (lyrics) to songs. This process is very easy to me, but I do not control it. And music? Well, melodies comes to my fingers as they speak directly to my keyboard.
- Dr Gil Dekel, 2026
Lyrics:
1. The Smartest Thing
The smartest thing
I ever heard
Is the rustle of the leaves in the trees
The smartest thing
I ever heard
Is the rustle of the leaves in the trees
The magic of the dawn
As night goes to sleep
Light blues, yellow
Time for spring
And the sky is resting lightly on the trees
Like feather
Like rain in the soil
The smartest thing
I ever heard
Is the rustle of the leaves in the trees
The smartest thing
I ever heard
Is the rustle of the leaves in the trees
Sometimes logic does not make sense
The smartest thing
I ever heard
Is the rustle of the leaves in the trees
The smartest thing
I ever heard
Is the rustle of the leaves in the trees
For three centuries
I remember the leaves
I dance their dance
Their call
The smartest thing
I ever heard
The smartest thing
I ever heard
Is the rustle of the leaves in the trees
Rustle
Rustle
Rustle
The smartest thing
I ever heard
Is the rustle of the leaves in the trees
Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
2. When I Was Dreaming
When I was dreaming
Velvet and sweet cream
Memories in a can
Rattles on the ground
Walking towards earth
Flowers in our hands
Humans soon to be
Babies spirits be
When I was dreaming
Velvet and sweet cream
Memories in a can
Rattles on the ground
By the summer leaves
Do not frail now
Do not shut the light
As we bring tonight
Morning to arrive
When I was dreaming
Velvet and sweet cream
Memories in a can
Rattles on the ground
At once we open eyes
But minds are pebbles, stones
If a river flows tonight
Carving time and letting go
All we seek is what is here
All we sing is what we hear
When I was dreaming
Velvet and sweet cream
Memories in a can
Rattles on the ground
Million years, a heartbeat
Sleeping nations, cold within
Not once did the sun refuse
To kiss our skies
Our path
Our hopes
And if you see wisdom
Waiting by the trees
Set a moment
To lend an ear
Listen to the words of light
For truly they just recite
The glory of your heart
The sparkle in your eyes
When I was dreaming
Velvet and sweet cream
Memories in a can
Rattles on the ground
3. The Moonlit Owls
The moonlit owls
Know the sun
Visions of past
Fresh like being alive
Once again on the river
In the boat of the heart
We welcome the future
We draw the night
The moonlit owls
Know the sun
Visions of past
Fresh like being alive
With a child’s wondering eyes
We see the gate, the castle
We see the light
The moonlit owls
Know the sun
Visions of past
Fresh like being alive
The moonlit owls
Know the sun
Visions of past
Fresh like being alive
The moonlit owls
Know the sun
Visions of past
Fresh like being alive
4. If A Word Is Spoken
If a word is spoken
If we share a dream
We can find us
Whole, within
I am not a maybe
Not a perhaps
Not a train between the dandelions
Or ashes spread across the night
Now, I am an exclamation mark
Amongst the questions
With the stars
Like crumbles of a biscuit
Like breathing for the first time
When God handed you life
If a word is spoken
If we share a dream
We can find us
Whole, within
If a word is spoken
If we share a dream
We can find us
Whole, within
If a word is spoken
If we share a dream
We can find us
Whole, within
5. Four Times
Four times, four times
Bless the night
Divine salt, divine wine
We walk, with our guide
We walk, with our guide
I recall the strawberries
The petals of bright
The moon in the cheesecake
And the love of the night
Four times, four times
Bless the night
Divine salt, divine wine
We walk, with our guide
We walk, with our guide
Below the thunders
Under the skies
We hear prayers
We see the light
We do not condemn
Because flowers flourish at night
We sit and we listen
We know we’re alive
Four times, four times
Bless the night
Divine salt, divine wine
We walk, with our guide
We walk, with our guide
Four times, four times
Bless the night
Divine salt, divine wine
We walk, with our guide
We walk, with our guide
Four times, four times
Bless the night
Divine salt, divine wine
We walk, with our guide
We walk, with our guide
6. A Song In The Spring
When the windows open
The love in your heart
A breeze
A song in the spring
In the spring
Hand in hand
Skin by skin
And our lips
Dessert at a midnight feast
When the windows open
The love in your heart
A breeze
A song in the spring
All those years
Past and future now
We are one
Like pollen in dandelions
When the windows open
The love in your heart
A breeze
A song in the spring
In the spring
After summer
After our heartbeat tonight
We know the truth
The breathtaking night
When the windows open
the love in your heart
A breeze
A song in the spring
We don’t ask
We don’t look up the skies
It is only the moon
That lives in our eyes
When the windows open
The love in your heart
A breeze
A song in the spring
In the spring
7. At The Source Of Words
At the source of words
We have conquered the sky
Like a bee flying by
Like jumping over the night
The road is too beautiful
The sweetness of the leaves
We take a new breath in
New dreams, new wind
At the source of words
We have conquered the sky
Like a bee flying by
Like jumping over the night
There’s romance in the stone
There are signs to go back home
All the years we waited
All the angels gone
Our body is a shore
The dancing thoughts in our heads
There is always a heart
A word
And faith
At the source of words
We have conquered the sky
Like a bee flying by
Like jumping over the night
If we light a candle
Looking into people’s eyes
Where universe revolves around
Poetry
Like perfume of the past
Your heartbeat is the
Knowledge
The violins that play
In the womb of the ocean
We write the play
At the source of words
We have conquered the sky
Like a bee flying by
Like jumping over the night
In the womb of the ocean
We write the play
8. Shimmering Raw
In all honesty, where have we gone?
Dreaming – picking litter from the road
Only yesterday the thunder graced the sky
A lifetime’s distance; shimmering raw
Can you see the sacred door?
Memories floating
Balloons drifting along
Can you see
Elements are here
In the mirrors between the hearts
Hammering gold and steel
In all honesty, where have we gone?
Dreaming – picking litter from the road
Only yesterday the thunder graced the sky
A lifetime’s distance; shimmering raw
As above, so is below
As a nation, pride for God
All we know is who we are
Writing the visions of the past
In all honesty, where have we gone?
Dreaming – picking litter from the road
Only yesterday the thunder graced the sky
A lifetime’s distance; shimmering raw
We go
Stand tall
We go
Shimmering raw
Shimmering raw
Walk on
Walk on
In all honesty, where have we gone?
Dreaming – picking litter from the road
Only yesterday the thunder graced the sky
A lifetime’s distance; shimmering raw
Walk on
Walk on
Walk on
Walk on
Can you see
9. Take Me Home
It’s your path too
Your memories
Like sparkling water
And we, hand in hand
It’s your path too
Your blood
Your breath all over the night
And sometimes a bit of skies
It’s your path too
Salt on fresh cucumbers
Counting the steps
Colour crayons touching paper
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
And tonight
It’s your path too
It’s no-one’s darkness
It’s both of us
Because forever more
It’s your path too
They say that great journeys start
With one small step
I don’t mean to criticise
And not to give praise
It is just
That this path of yours
Is a dream of mine
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
A dream
A dream
A dream
A dream
A dream
A dream
A dream
Your
Path
Too
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
A dream
Take me home
A dream
Take me home
A dream
A dream
A dream
A dream
Your
Path
Too
10. Born Old, Borm Wise
We are born old
Born wise
Born with silence in our hearts
The moon is so cute
Like a puppy
The stars are so fine
Like flowers
And people?
Well, we are the words
In God’s poems.
We are born old
Born wise
Born with silence in our hearts
Why do we measure time
With numbers?
Why do we ignore the path
We already walked?
We are born old
Born wise
Born with silence in our hearts
Eden in our hearts
The divine in our brothers’ arms
Now is always a good time
To think
Without our brain
We are born old
Born wise
Born with silence in our hearts
The artwork requires the artist
So, let’s kiss the poems
Good Night
We are born old
Born wise
Born with silence in our hearts
We are born old
Born wise
Born with silence in our hearts
11. Bells In Our Hearts
Yes, we all heard
The bells in our hearts
Even as we feel like
A blade of grass
Sometimes you go in circles
Yet you are the centre
You are the tears and the
Crying soul
The earth as she is
Blown by the wind
Yes, we all heard
The bells in our hearts
Even as we feel like
A blade of grass
And when clouds closing
On the night
Yes, we all heard
The bells in our hearts
Even as we feel like
A blade of grass
Not for a moment
Would the leaves reject the trees
In this dream
You call ‘life’
There is only
A breath
A morning
And the love of God
So, like dry rivers
Like pebbles
Wanting to be rocks
Like words with no sound
Who will you touch?
Who will you touch?
Yes, we all heard
The bells in our hearts
Even as we feel like
A blade of grass
Yes, we all heard
The bells in our hearts
Even as we feel like
A blade of grass
A blade of grass
12. Hitchhike To Heaven
We all stand by the road
At night
Trying to get a hitchhike
To Heaven
To our hearts
And when a car comes by
Flashing its lights
Like angels smiling down
We hesitate
We look inside
To find ourselves in the driver’s seat
We all stand by the road
At night
Trying to get a hitchhike
To Heaven
To our hearts
Sometimes it rains
Sometimes the road is wet
In a backpack we packed
Our past, our present
And in the side pockets, future to come
We drive
Even if there is a traffic jam
Even if our minds a red light
No steering wheel
No one accompanies us
But this silence inside
We all stand by the road
At night
Trying to get a hitchhike
To Heaven
To our hearts
And do we drive to Heaven?
Do we move forwards in life?
The car is still
It is the road under our feet
That keeps moving
Carrying us
Like a baby in his mother’s arms
We all stand by the road
At night
Trying to get a hitchhike
To Heaven
To our hearts
Trying to get a hitchhike
To Heaven
To our hearts
13. I am A Man In Love
I am a man in love
Dreamy sights
Rough iron clay
Like the wings of an eagle over the sun
We call the rainbows
No tears to grow
Wide plains beyond the Earth
Like feather in your hair
I am a man in love
Dreamy sights
Rough iron clay
Like the wings of an eagle over the sun
I ask for water
How we thrive
How God smiles
Inside the music, a chamber of love
Hearts dancing over the moon
I am a man in love
Dreamy sights
Rough iron clay
Like the wings of an eagle over the sun
I am a man in love
Dreamy sights
Rough iron clay
Like the wings of an eagle over the sun
I am a man in love
Dreamy sights
Rough iron clay
Like the wings of an eagle over the sun
So don't worry, my dear
The darkness is gone
The flowers are here
The colours of truth
I am a man in love
Dreamy sights
Rough iron clay
Like the wings of an eagle over the sun
I hear you when you pray
When you open the gates
Drums and whispers
Before the day
- All Lyrics and music by Gil Dekel.