This country isn’t mine This country isn’t yours You built these shackled gates Where there should’ve been open doors The earth wasn’t our fathers’ The earth isn’t ours
Look at all the lonely people tonight Who run in circles ‘round their heads – Unknowing and with stifled dreams Strangled by the words of the powerful Who bury their backs in soft beds
So you think it’s gonna get easier as you get older? Well, guess what? It’s only gonna get worse You know that guy you said would be your one and only? I promise you, he’s only your first
All I ever wanted to be was someone like her And so I burnt my dreams on a foggy day Left the ashes behind without a backward glance- Quickened my pace when the villagers came
