Borderlines
Borders: The Dilemma of Freedom and Opportunity
Lyrics
The Pursuit of happiness is in great demand
The pursuit of happiness is highly desired.
Immigrants run across the border to escape their homeland
Immigrants are crossing borders to escape their homeland.
They want to be like you and me, to be free
They aspire to have the same freedom as others.
You want them out, want armed guards on the borders
Desire to keep immigrants out, advocating for armed border guards.
You're already in now you want restraining orders.
Despite being already in, there's a desire for restraining orders.
You won't let them be like you and me, to be free
Resistance to letting immigrants have the same freedom.
Lazer Turrets, electronic fence, and a moat
Suggesting extreme measures like lazer turrets, electronic fences, and moats for border control.
Send the ships to sink refugee boats
Advocating for sinking refugee boats.
Lock the door and swallow the key make the standard of living
Locking doors, swallowing keys to raise the standard of living.
Better for you and me.
Desiring a better standard of living for oneself.
We all were lucky, were born here by chance
Acknowledging luck in being born in a certain place.
Grew up listening to the same ol song and dance
Growing up with familiar rhetoric and patterns.
This is the land of oppurtunity
Describing the land as the land of opportunity.
Ha, think again you're rules don't apply to all those people
Challenging the applicability of rules to everyone, especially those born on the other side of the border.
Born on the other side of hte borderline
Emphasizing the birthplace as the other side of the borderline.
Hey but you're doin' fine
Despite challenges, the listener is doing fine.
A man with dreams of a better day
Depicting a man with dreams for a better future.
When he can make the hunger pangs of his childen go away,
Desiring to alleviate the hunger of his children.
Sneaks across the border gets a job, finally has a reason to believe
An immigrant finding hope, getting a job, but facing consequences.
A truck ride home in shackles is what he receives
Ending up in shackles after attempting to cross the border.
If the choices to make all were mine
If choices were personal, advocating for a world without borders.
We'd be livin in a world
Expressing a vision of a borderless world.
Without a single borderline.
Imagining a world without any borders.
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