HaSheket SheNish'ar ("The Silence That Remains") was the Israeli entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kyiv performed by Shiri Maimon.
The song discusses about an unfaithful lover and the narrator's decision to leave him, unsure about what to do next and muses on "the silence that remains".
It qualified from the semi-final in 7th place. In the final, it was performed 11th following Spain and preceding Serbia and Montenegro. At the closing of voting, it finished in 4th place with 154 points, making it Israel's highest placing entry in the 21st century until Netta won with Toy in 2018.
Lyrics[]
Hayiti ke’iveret le’or hayom
Merov hahigayon lo nish’ar makom
Ro’edet leyadcha vehasam shebi od lo nigmar
Noshemet li mimcha vehata’am kvar mar
Hamabat acher vehakor choder
Ata mistater, et gufi shover
Hamabat acher vehakor choder
Ech od yom over bli neshima
Laila ba le’at, hazman ne’etsar
Laila ve’ata hasheket shenish’ar
Rega echad nofelet itcha besof hamischak
(Verak hasheket shenish’ar)
With dozen lonely nights in my empty bed
Waiting for your touch, drying tears instead
I can’t forget them, promises you made had no faith
You never really kept them and now it’s goodbye
Oh, now that love is gone where do I belong?
Was it right or wrong? Look at me now
Finally I know it’s time to say goodbye
Suddenly all by myself I feel alive
I can’t live the lie, no reason to cry
But now it’s just time, ooh…
(It’s time to say goodbye)
Finally tonight (I know) I feel alive
Can’t live the lie, no reason to cry
But now it’s just time, oh…
(Verak hasheket shenish’ar)
I was blind to the light of day
From all the logic there was no room left
Trembling beside you and the drug in me is not yet finished
I’m breathing you and the taste is already bitter
The glance is different and the cold is piercing
You’re hiding, breaking my body
The glance is different and the cold is piercing
How another day goes by without a breath
Nighttime comes slowly, time stands still
Nighttime and you are the silence that remains
Falling with you for one moment at the end of the game
(And only the silence that remains)
I was blind to the light of day
From all the logic there was no room left
Trembling beside you and the drug in me is not yet finished
I’m breathing you and the taste is already bitter
The glance is different and the cold is piercing
You’re hiding, breaking my body
The glance is different and the cold is piercing
How another day goes by without a breath
Nighttime comes slowly, time stands still
Nighttime and you are the silence that remains
Falling with you for one moment at the end of the game
(And only the silence that remains)
With dozen lonely nights in my empty bed
Waiting for your touch, drying tears instead
I can’t forget them, promises you made had no faith
You never really kept them and now it’s goodbye
Oh, now that love is gone where do I belong?
Was it right or wrong? Look at me now
Finally I know it’s time to say goodbye
Suddenly all by myself I feel alive
I can’t live the lie, no reason to cry
But now it’s just time, ooh…
(It’s time to say goodbye)
Finally tonight (I know) I feel alive
Can’t live the lie, no reason to cry
But now it’s just time, oh…
(And only the silence that remains)
Videos[]
Shiri Maymon - Hasheket Shenish'ar (Israel) Live - Eurovision 2005