Girls in Trouble - Mountain / When My Father Came Back
You may have heard the story of Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Just before the knife comes down, a ram appears, and an angel stops Abraham from killing his son.
There’s a parallel story in the Book of Judges, except it’s a daughter instead of a son. And no angel magically appears to stop the knife.
We don’t even know this character’s name. The book of Judges refers to her only as daughter. Mountain / When My Father Came Back tells the story of the father Yiftach who as accidentally vowed to sacrifice his first daughter.
Read the lyrics after the jump!
when my father came back from the war
I knew he would want to see me first
so I ran out to greet him
but he fell to his knees in the dirt
he told me daughter
I have promised G-d to offer
the first creature that I saw
father the vow you have made
is one you cannot escape
but first let me go with my sisters
down to the shores of the lake
I lived 2 months with them
my sisters in the forest
and then I returned back home
the night he took me to the mountain
neither of us spoke
we reached the peak together
just as sunrise broke
I could have run from him
I almost thought he wished it
but I could not run from G-d
it was the last day of my life
the sun had never shone so bright
my father held the knife
I kept my eyes open wide
then angels came to me
with faces of my sisters
and they filled my eyes with tears