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genocide - the grey zone lyrics

[intro]
europe is facing its worst refugee crisis since the second world war
2 million people have already been made homeless by the yugoslav crisis
and the number is rising by thousands every day
in the next 2 weeks or so, 200 of these refugees will come to ireland
for at least temporary refuge

[verse 1]
let me take you back to where it all started at
to a land that ain’t no longer on a map
the former yugoslavia, my birthplace
i was only 8 in 92’ when it got erased
as a war began ravaging our mothеrland
my people bore thе brunt with no guns
didn’t have a chance to
so many died for bosnian independence
it was where they coined the phrase “ethnic cleansing”
“mass graves” scattered over the k!lling fields
a shattered childhood and trauma that never heals
once you felt the fear, seen the carnage, heard the screams
every now and then, all them memories haunt your dreams
paramilitaries in black fatigues with a.k
47’s at your doorstep to vacate
the household and to separate the men and women
ever since then
in the “grey zone” i’ve been living
[chorus]
welcome to my life in the grey zone
when you’re feeling out of place like a pay phone
when you’re lost in a fog with no way home
when you don’t recognize the reflection that is your own

[refrain]
welcome to my life in the grey zone
when you’re feeling out of place like a pay phone
when you’re lost in a fog with no way home
when you don’t recognize the reflection that is your own

[verse 2]
many a times i feel like i’m a vagrant
even when i’m back in the land where i was made in
even when i visit the nation that i was raised in
even when i walk around the city that i’m based in
i used to escape in bad habits in this regard
silent battles always leave you with the biggest scars
but over time i’ve embraced the cards i was dealt
motivated by the struggles that i conquered by myself
this ain’t a cry for help and i ain’t seeking sympathy
i’m just tryna make you understand and see the symmetry
the cause and effect of war on a child displaced
losing your language and culture while you assimilate
no escape from this road that we travel on
bare footed on the gravel, run a marathon
on a boat with no paddle, navigate the globe
now you might know what it’s like in the grey zone
[chorus]
welcome to my life in the grey zone
when you’re feeling out of place like a pay phone
when you’re lost in a fog with no way home
when you don’t recognize the reflection that is your own

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