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Sivan Levy is an Israeli-born actress, director and singer-songwriter. Her film career launched in ‘Burning Mooki’, directed by Lena and Slava Chaplin (2009). In 2011 she played the lead role in ‘Joe and Belle’. In 2012 she did her first French-speaking role as ‘Ava’ in ‘Inch’Allah’, a French-Canadian feature film produced by ‘Micro_Scope’ (“Incendies” , “Monsieur Lazhar”)
Levy played in various television roles, amongst them: ‘Imalle (Mommy)’ on prime time TV (Channel 2), directed by Ram Nehari (2009); ‘Room Service’, directed by Eitan Aner (2009); ‘In the Prime of Her Life’, a modern adaptation of the works of Israeli renowned author Shai Agnon, also directed by Lena and Slava Chaplin (2010); TV series ‘Yechefilm’, directed by Ori Sivan (2011); ‘House of Wishes’, directed by Haim Bouzaglo (2013). Levy played the lead role of Gili in the critically acclaimed feature film ‘Six Acts’, Directed by Jonathan Gurfinkel. For this performance she received several awards for best leasing actress including the Israeli film Academy award for 2013.
Sivan had created and starred in multiple successful short films. ‘Cherchez la femme’ (2008), featured on ARTE, and was presented at the ‘Tel Aviv Museum of Arts’ and at the “Berlinale 59”; ‘Water Wells’ (2010) where she also composed the original soundtrack, achieving worldwide festival exposure; ‘Dina & Noel’ (2012) once again presented in “Berlinale 63” - “Generation 14+” and “Teddy”. In both ‘Water Wells’ and ‘Dina & Noel’ she also composed and co-composed the original soundtracks.
As a musician, she had been playing piano since the age of 3, Majored music in “Alon school of arts”. In the army she served as a singer in the IDF ensemble, with whom she was touring for 2 months across the USA. With her band and original music she was invited to perform in Russia, Australia, Italy and supported José Gonzále and Junip in for concert in Tel Aviv this year. She was composing the score for the theatre play “The citron Blossom” by Joshua Sobol, Directed by Yehezkel Lazaro, in the play she had Also played a leading role divided to 3 different characters.
Recently she directed and starred in a music video, covering ‘My Funny Valentine’, as a tribute to the Director Amos Guttman, Now screening 3 times a week around Israel’s cinematheque.

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Sivan Levy Lyrics

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Dress me with the features you wanted me to have
Remove from me the wounds I′ve grown
There in between reality and distance
You can find in me the woman of your dreams

Stand still. Little clouds are coming out of your mouth now
Stand still, Deep green fields behind you
Grey sky will soon become yellow light

Do you think we're pretending
It′s easier now we are far
We can imagine our fearless love
We've never dared to drown in
We've never dared to drown for

Stand still. Little clouds are coming out of your mouth now
Stand still, Deep green fields behind you
Grey sky will soon become yellow light

There in between reality and distance
You can find in me the woman of your dreams

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Sivan Levy's "Stand Still" exude a sense of longing and yearning, and the desire to be someone else's ideal. The opening lines, "Dress me with the features you wanted me to have, Remove from me the wounds I’ve grown" express the need to meet someone's expectations. The following line, "There in between reality and distance, You can find in me the woman of your dreams" shows that the singer is aware that she may not be someone's dream woman in reality, but perhaps in a distant reality, she could be.

As the song progresses, the lines "Do you think we're pretending, It’s easier now we are far," portray the idea that distance and detachment can make things easier. Love that is just an idea is easier to handle than the real thing. The following line, "We can imagine our fearless love, We've never dared to drown in, We've never dared to drown for" expresses the fear of drowning in love, and the comfort of living in a safe, detached state.

The chorus, "Stand still. Little clouds are coming out of your mouth now, Stand still, Deep green fields behind you, Grey sky will soon become yellow light," gives the feeling of transience and the change from a dull, grey sky to a sunnier, brighter one. The song highlights the hope of change, of becoming something more, and of wishing to be in the perfect state where fantasies and reality meet.

Line by Line Meaning

Dress me with the features you wanted me to have
Change me to fit your ideal image of me.

Remove from me the wounds I've grown
Make me forget my past pain and scars.

There in between reality and distance
Our relationship exists in a space between what is real and what is not.

You can find in me the woman of your dreams
I am who you want me to be in your dreams.

Stand still. Little clouds are coming out of your mouth now
Take a moment to be present and notice the breaths you take.

Stand still, Deep green fields behind you
Take a moment to look behind and appreciate the beauty around you.

Grey sky will soon become yellow light
Even though things may seem bleak now, hope is on the horizon.

Do you think we're pretending
Do you believe our relationship is a facade?

It's easier now we are far
Our relationship is made easier by the distance between us.

We can imagine our fearless love
We can envision a love that is without fear.

We've never dared to drown in
We've never had the courage to fully give ourselves to love.