The prophet Isaiah spoke about a time when the lion would lay down with the lamb, and a child would play by the cobra den without harm.
Mike's new single, Where Cobras Bite, wrestles with this idea in light of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The song says nothing of "choosing a side to root for," as if the turmoil were trivial. The death and devastation observed over the last couple of months is heart-wrenching. The song asks the listener to lay aside any geopolitical assumptions or eschatological interpretations and consider, rather, the suffering of the innocent civilians stuck between the two.
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