Neighborhood Bully

The words

A small nation surrounded by enemies is blamed for defending itself.

Using one extended, sarcastic metaphor, the singer describes a small figure scorned as a bully for refusing to be wiped out, though outnumbered and surrounded by hostile neighbors. Verses trace a long history of exile and persecution and mock the double standard by which survival itself is condemned. The irony never breaks; the narrator keeps repeating the accusation while showing how unfair it is. The song is widely heard as a defense of the state of Israel, set to a forceful rock arrangement.