In Reply to: Re: I like this song & artist posted by CB on October 30, 2008 at 19:53:40:
CB...thanks for posting the video...I really liked it...as it does sum up the sentiments of many a believer...going through very rough times & you do find similarity in some Psalms...whether Jesus only quoted Psalm 22 or deeply felt being forsaken by the heavenly father is another thing...IMO too deep to get sunk...in any way...the holocaust (holokautoma)...whenever mentioned in pic or any way could/should leave one speechless...it's something also Jews can't fathom in regards to: where was their/our God...in search for the piece of poetry behind the song I also googled...as I had read it before, but didn't remember more details in regards to the origin...the following link is giving a certain impression on how Jews "feel" about the subject (still I didn't gain more about the quote from there)
The following is from the other youtube-video, covering the same song with lyrics...I pasted some comments...here it seems to be common thinking, that the poem is from a wall in a concentration camp???
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this song is about a jewish man in world war II. Nazi's took the man and put him in a room with no lights or windows... several days after they put him in the room, the Nazi's opened the door and found him dead with the words "I Believe In The Sun Even When It's not shining , I Believe In Love Even When I Don't Feel It, I Believe In God Even When He Is Silent" ingraved on the wall next to his body
do you know the story behind this song? well, alyssa was reading a book about some guy in a concentration camp during World War 2 and he was a prisoner and stuff and he wrote the chorus words on the wall of his cell thing with like chalk or somethin.
The chorus of this song was actually written by someone in a concentration camp. Barlow Girl [Saw them at the Winter Jam =D] actually explained this, and how someone scratched it into the wall..
It just brings tears, someone so strong in faith like that. =] Such an inspiration.
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These are the lyrics to a song called "Inscription of Hope" which is based on a poem found on the wall of a basement where Jews were hiding from Hitler.
Inscription of Hope
I believe in the sun
even when it is not shining
and I believe in love
even when there's no one there
and I believe in God
even when he is silent
I believe through any trial
there is always a way
but sometimes in this suffering
and hopeless despair
my heart cries for shelter
to know someone's there
but a voice rises within me
saying "hold on, my child
I'll give you strength, I'll give you hope
just stay a little while"
I believe in the sun
even when it is not shining
and I believe in love
even when there's no one there
and I believe in God
even when he is silent
I believe through any trial
there is always a way
May there someday be sunshine
may there someday be happiness
may there someday be love
may there someday be peace.
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:iZCNx6QItO0J:home.mctc.mnscu.edu/~paulyel/course_help/choirs/choir%2520fall%252008/ve%2520ipa%2520translations%2520analysis/Inscription%2520of%2520Hope.pdf+Cologne+Cellar+Germany+inscription+of+hope+I+believe+in+the+sun&hl=de&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=de&client=opera
Now it's rather a cellar, where Jews were hiding
Ich glaube an die Sonne, auch wenn sie nicht scheint. Ich glaube an die Liebe, auch wenn ich sie nicht spüre. Ich glaube an Gott, auch wenn ich ihn nicht sehe.
Jüdische Inschrift im Warschauer Ghetto
An der Wand eines Kölner Kellers, in dem sich einige Juden während des gesamten Krieges vor den Nazis versteckt hatten, fand sich folgender Satz:"Ich glaube an die Sonne, auch wenn sie nicht scheint. Ich glaube an die Liebe, auch wenn ich sie nicht fühle. Ich glaube an Gott, auch wenn er schweigt."
Most hints I get, that it was discovered later in the Warschauer Ghetto...not being really synonomous with a concentration...albeit very similar.
Anyway, I got interested in finding out more about the origin...I remember having read somewhere, that also in the times of the inquisition, there were writings in the wall etc.