"Red" bloody, filled with death "is the color" influence "of the sand" the history of Israel, 'the sands of time' "and the sea" its people, also the Red Sea. "Blood on the hands" death on the conscience, the responsibility "of an arrogant nation" Jews have often been called arrogant "Who start all the bleeding" who start the bloodshed in the Middle East "over their policies" their policy of oppression of the Palestinians, apartheid; note the word "THEIR." This is the key to the fact that this poem is about a country OTHER THAN the United States. "So she blamed it all on whispering" libelous as in a whisper campaign secrets not openly made known, anti-semitism, shades of the movie A Gentleman's Agreement that dealt with anti-Semitism "She blamed it on the moon" reaching for something unattainable "and the sky" and trying to perserve the future of the Jews "She thought she broke" had divided with violence "the back of the city" the Arab part of Jerusalem which is in back of the Old City "She thought, she thought" she Israel mistakenly tried to convice itself that Jerusalem was hers "she knew she had lied" but when the Arabs started rioting during the intafada Israelis realized it was not that easy to maintain control of the holy city.
She changed direction with the gas fires burning
Racing for protection what could she possibly find
Children with no legs out on the highways crawling
Looking for an angel but they ran out of time
She had blood on her face so she had to get even
She hemorrhaged and bled all over the land
There's blood on the hands of those that keep silent
Who won't count the bodies dead in the sand
"She changed direction" changed political direction "with the gas fires burning" as a result of the Holocaust - the crematoriums, the gassings "Racing for protection" trying to find a safe haven "what could she possibly find?" why pick Palestine which which was in the middle of hostile territory "Children with no
"legs" a country with no support, on its last legs "out on the highways crawling" whose people were driven out by the Jews to Gaza and the West Bank in Palestinian Diaspora "Looking for an angel" and who looked for a leader to guide them "but they ran out of time" but they were killed and dispersed before they could find one! "She had blood on her face" the Jews suffered so much death that it was embarrassing; 'egg on your face' "so she had to get even" she wanted revenge "She hemorrhaged and bled all over the land" so she took it out on the Palestinians "There's blood on the hands of those that keep silent" there's responsibility on those who don't mention this fact "Who won't count the bodies dead in the sand" and who refuse to count the bodies of dead Palestinians in the entire history of this struggle and in the arid desert of Israel, the Negev.
So you can feast on your stories but it won't stop the bleeding
When the truth is found the house will surely fall down
There's blood on their mouths of all lies and liars
The bloody red eyes of the rodeo clown
Well, there's blood in the streets from the lies and liars
The bloody red eyes of the rodeo clown
