עוד יוסף חי – Joseph Still Lives

I tried to speak up, tried to let the truth be known

But my — brothers thought, I was just after the throne

So they ganged up

Ten of them vs me alone (I was all alone)

Some wanted blood, that’s what they thought I deserved

But my oldest brother, wanted my life preserved

Instead they sold me, down to Egypt I was served (Potiphar I served)

That’s where I worked 

I worked for my life

Where I was tempted

Tempted by my master’s wife

And somehow through it all 

Somehow I still survived

Let it be known עוד יוסף חי

Tell my father עוד יוסף חי

We try to be truthful, call out things we think are cruel

But the — people in power, think we want to rule

So they gang up

And they ban us from their school (he banned me from his school)

Some want blood, want us to bleed for truth we say

Others think drawing blood is too passé   

Instead they frame us, to make sure we go away (he told me to go away)

That’s when we’re tested

The test of our lives

When we are tempted

By other people’s wives

And somehow through it all 

I pray we all survive

That in the end עוד יוסף חי

That we can tell our father עוד יוסף חי

Galus is tough, we often lose the truths we knew

It’s not just us, the Torah’s here in Galus too

I pray that somehow

Somehow we make it through (please God help us make it through)

Every fractal is a story on its own

Sometimes the brothers don’t regret and don’t atone

Sometimes Ben Yosef

Dies in Egypt all alone (we don’t bring out his bones)

He’s been tested

The test of his life

He’s been tempted

Overcame evil and strife

Yet somehow through it all

Somehow they failed to recognize

That he’s their brother עוד יוסף חי

He’s our brother עוד יוסף חי