Lyrics and Music: Me'ir Ariel 

Translated by Noa 



upon release, the doctors recommended a monthly 

visit to the aviation pier, 

it does me good to see a big steel bird 

taking off through a transparent tear 

so now i'm feeling better, less pressure on 

the laundered eye, a little less to fear. 


i choose a positive afternoon, 

the airport's straight ahead 

i tell myself on the way down there: 

"could this be another addiction to dread?" 

myself replies, with a glimmer in her eyes: 

"we could always do push-ups instead". 


terminal, je t'aime, i love you terminal, bella mia. 


the doors guess my intentions 

and slide to let me in 

i take my steppin' slowly 

with a ritual back-side swing, 

intercontinental jive 

is live and tickling 


i gotta calm down in the lavatoire 

i look into the mirror, a maniac looks back 

terminal's a chick like all chicks are 

i know at least a dozen girls like that 


she's standing there, with her short cropped hair, 

like something suspicious aboard swissair 

a real bomb-shell, 

her earring hook, 

the security guard gives her penetrating look. 


terminal, je t'aime, i love you terminal, bella mia. 


i gotta find a flight, but i don't know how! 

rome through zurich is leaving about now 

polite pager lady telling me it's time 

deep inside i've made up my mind 


polite pager is getting uptight 

i gotta go upstairs and see my flight! 

inside, my passion's burning bright! 



she's running now, she's flying high 

taking off into the blood-red sky 

reflected in this tearful joker's eyes 


terminal, je t'aime, i love you terminal, bella mia. 


it's all a joke, i say to me 

then suddenly i hear the boom! 

explosion tears the sky apart 

a panicked flurry fills the room 

and so i turn and take a bow 

i think i'm feeling better now. 


upon release, the doctors recommended a monthly 

visit to the aviation pier, 

it really does me good to see a big steel bird 

take off through a transparent tear, 

after that the pressure's not so bad 

there's so much less to fear