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Alien

from Alien by Roary Skaista

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My thoughts on Brexit as a British person who grew up attending a European School in Germany; I think the lyrics say it all.

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I grew up believing that people are a tapestry of places they have been,
And I grew up thinking that I wasn’t from one place or another but from somewhere in between,
So when I heard that we were out, it made me want to scream and cry, get on a box and shout,
For I love this land of mine, but I feel like I’m not welcome here, I’m too far out of line.

Now I’m an alien in my own country,
I’m an alien in my own land;
I’m an alien in my own country,
And if you feel the same, come take my hand.

My mother and my father brought me up as British, though I grew up overseas,
But that didn’t matter, for with free movement we could travel home again with ease,
And as I grew up I rejoiced, knowing that wherever I went I would have a voice,
But then came June 2016 and it turned out what I took for granted was a wishful dream.

Now I’m an alien in my own country,
I’m an alien in my own land;
I’m an alien in my own country,
And if you feel the same, come take my hand.

My parents didn’t get a vote, they’d been away too long so their opinion wasn’t heard,
Nor that of countless others who should’ve had a voice but were denied a single word,
But still it’s called democracy, despite the fact that so many were lied to and deceived;
It will continue to decline, unless we stand and fight instead of towing the line.

For we’re all aliens in our own country,
We’re all aliens in our own land;
We’re all aliens in our own country,
But since we feel this way, let’s take a stand.

I’m a European, a citizen of every nation on this continent,
But it appears I’m living in a land where media and politicians are hell-bent
On splitting and dividing the people who make up this country without listening,
And now I feel I don’t belong, so if you feel the same way then stand up and sing along…

That we’re all aliens in our own country,
We’re all aliens in our own land;
We’re all aliens in our own country,
But since we feel this way, let’s take a stand.
Aliens in our own country,
We're all aliens in our own land;
We’re all aliens in our own country,
But since we feel this way, let’s take a stand,
Since we feel this way, let’s take a stand.

credits

from Alien, released August 1, 2019
Written and arranged by Roary Skaista
Recorded and mixed by Nick Siepmann
Guitar and vocals - Roary Skaista
Violin - Joseph Paxton

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Roary Skaista is a queer folk musician based in Oxford, performing traditional folk songs as well as their own material on the themes of love, nature and diversity.

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