Milim La'Ahava (Words For Love)

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Milim La'Ahava (Words For Love)
Eurovision Song Contest 2003 entry
Country	Israel
Artist(s)	Lior Narkis
Language	Hebrew, English
Composer(s)	Yoni Roehe
Lyricist(s)	Yossi Gispan
Place	19th
Points	17
Lyrics	from Diggiloo Thrush

Milim La'Ahava (Words For Love) (Hebrew script: מילים לאהבה) was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in Hebrew and English (with some lyrics in Greek, French and Spanish) by Lior Narkis.

The song is an up-tempo number, in which Narkis tells his lover that he can't find the right way to tell her about his feelings. Thus, he pledges to "study languages, beautiful words" in order to find the words in every language. He then proceeds to relate his feelings in five languages, ending with the Hebrew equivalent - which is prefaced by "or simply", implying that perhaps a really detailed attempt at finding the words was pointless to begin with.

The song was performed thirteenth on the night (following Spain's Beth with Dime and preceding the Netherlands' Esther Hart with One More Night). At the close of voting, it had received 17 points, placing 19th in a field of 26, thus requiring Israel to qualify from the semi-final at their next Contest appearance.

It was succeeded as Israeli representative at the 2004 Contest by David D'or with Leha'amin.