Passport
Passport: A Tale of Boundaries and Dreams
Lyrics
(From the girl in Thailand's perspective)
From the girl in Thailand's perspective
She's been dreaming of sun, as she watches Red Lights flicker and strobe.
She dreams of sunshine while observing Red Lights flickering and strobing.
There's a picture hanging of a house in the hills, but it's the closest thing she'll ever get to feeling wanted.
A picture of a house in the hills hangs, symbolizing the closest feeling of being wanted she'll ever have.
She ran away to make a wage and keep her mom safe.
She left home to earn money and ensure her mother's safety.
She took a train on a ticket one way leading to a cage.
Took a one-way train ticket leading to a confined life.
Every night a stranger comes to pay a price but it's not enough. 13 years old but this isn't love.
Every night, strangers pay a price, but at 13, it's not love. Highlighting a troubling situation.
On the other side, a house of gold, a green light on a dirt road. Separated by a passport.
On the other side, there's a house of gold with a green light on a dirt road, separated by a passport.
(from the American girl's perspective)
From the American girl's perspective
On a front porch facing the sun, she watches blue waves tumble and roll.
On a front porch facing the sun, watching blue waves, portraying a more serene environment.
The phone is ringing. A message sent from someone looking for a friend to talk to.
The phone rings, a message seeks a friend to talk to, contrasting with the Thai girl's loneliness.
Worlds away, she tries to comprehend a life in chains.
Worlds away, she struggles to understand a life in chains, emphasizing disparity.
If you take away the luck she's born with you find out they're the same.
Without luck, they are the same, exposing commonalities beneath external differences.
Every night a stranger comes to pay a price but it's not enough. 13 years old but this isn't love.
Nightly encounters for a price, but at 13, it's not love, suggesting a shared troubling experience.
On the other side, a house of gold, a green light on a dirt road. Separated by a passport.
On the other side, a house of gold with a green light on a dirt road, separated by a passport.
10,000 miles away from a chance of graduating top of her class. The dirt she's born on out of her hands. The wrong side of a line in the sand.
10,000 miles away, dreams of graduating clash with the reality of birth circumstances, emphasizing the injustice of fate.
A father walking her down the aisle. Someone to love her just as she is. All the things that she could have been. The wrong side of a line in the sand.
A vision of a father walking her down the aisle and the potential for love and achievements lost due to societal divides.
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