No Citizen
Struggle and Sacrifice: A Tale of Citizenship and Warfare
Lyrics
They dropped the bombs
Refers to the act of bombing
They dropped the bombs on the cold of the night
Highlighting the timing and setting of the bombing, emphasizing its impact
He left his home
Someone leaving their place of origin
Hopped on a boat leaving all behind
Departing on a boat, leaving everything behind
Held on to his kids
Clings onto family, focusing on protecting children
The sea took his wife
The sea claims the life of the character's spouse
While the tourists watched her drown
An ironic contrast: tourists witness the tragedy but don't intervene
Made to the land
Arrives at a new place but is unwelcome and without identity
Homeless, unwanted, without a name
Describes the character's state of being
Sells souvenirs
Engages in menial work, selling souvenirs
And cleans the pools of the wealthy men
Performs menial labor for the wealthy
So their trophy wives
Describes the elite's spouses
Can safely swim
Shows the disparity in privilege and safety
And he's thankful for the opportunity
Grateful for any opportunity due to lack of citizenship
Cause he ain't no citizen
Emphasizes the lack of formal belonging or rights
No job contract, healthcare plan
Highlights absence of job security and healthcare due to lack of citizenship
Lives to survive
Struggling merely to survive
And struggles hard to raise the kids
Difficulty in raising children under harsh circumstances
Watches with pride
Pride in the child's decision to join the military despite hardships
His boy enlist to the military
Child's enlistment in the military
Being called to serve
Being summoned to serve the country
Fight for the country
Ready to fight for the nation despite lack of citizenship
And he's thankful for the chance to
Desiring recognition as a citizen through military service
Become a honoured citizen
Aspires to gain honor and belonging through military service
To the ministry of defense
Preparing to serve the defense department
He packed his guns
Preparation for armed action
With nowhere kids from nowhere lands
Reference to children from similar backgrounds sent to war
Shipped overseas
Being transported to a war zone
Out on a PTSD factory
Describing the war zone as a factory producing PTSD
To the place he was born on another life
A metaphorical return to an earlier life in the war-torn homeland
With no choice but to serve the empire
Forced into service by a powerful empire
He dropped the bombs
Repeating the act of bombing, possibly as a cyclical pattern of violence
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