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The Migrant's Lament

by Rosemary Schonfeld

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This track is written from the perspective of a Migrant. In 2016 over 3million non-UK EU Nationals were disenfranchised over night by the Brexit referendum. These were/are mostly tax payers, professionals, and community members. All this thanks to narrow-minded bigotry and xenophobia whipped up by the lies of the Leave Campaign.

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THE MIGRANT’S LAMENT

VERSE

And now we have to face the night, We’re both so tired from this fight

The storms and tides sure seem set against us,
Who builds these walls growing tall between us

CHORUS

Let me hold you close and let our hearts beat together
through this stormy weather

Let my love heal those wounds upon your soul

And we’ll get strong and carry on

VERSE

How came this hatred to our days,
we just live and work in our own way

We pay our taxes, we pay our way

And now they say we don’t belong, well they are wrong

But their voices are so loud their power strong

CHORUS

VERSE

They say that help is trying to make it through the lines

They get pushed back, but they keep trying

They want to tell us it will all be fine,
but they are climbing a mountain oh so high

And we don’t have time, no we don’t have time.

We’re told that we should go back home

We’ve lived here more than fifteen years, this is our home

Their faces hard, their eyes are cold, their anger burning at us

Glad to have somebody to blame.
It’s a crying shame, it’s a crying shame


CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

Let my love heal those wounds upon your soul

And we’ll get strong and carry on


VERSE

I find it very very hard to understand

We share the earth, we share the land

We’re not that different
we can all help plan a better world before we make it disappear

For everyone, it’s the same fear

CHORUS

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released April 21, 2022
Written and performed by Rosemary Schonfeld
Arranged and produced by Ben Chambers
Mixed and Masters by Embrace Music

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Rosemary is a singer-songwriter, composer, poet, author, percussionist based in Devon, England.

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