[Silence]
[Arrangement: Driving rock with a tense bassline, stomping drums, clipped guitar, and a chorus that hits with accusation and irony]
[Intro]
You drew the line
(At someone else)
You slammed the door
(And called for help)
You drew the line
(At someone else)
Now the line
(Erodes your health)
[Verse 1]
You said, “Go back”
(With no delay)
“Not my problem”
(Turn away)
Built your fences
(Drew your maps)
Talked in slogans
(And traps)
Thought the flood
(Would stop at sea)
Thought the fire
(Would spare your street)
Thought collapse
(Had someone else’s name)
Till the smoke and water
(Came the same)
[Chorus]
You used to be
(Against the immigrant)
Now do you find it…
(Ignorant and arrogant?)
You used to sneer
(At those who had to run)
Now your own road
(Is coming undone)
[Refrain]
Migration
(Found yourself on the run)
Migration
(Guess now it ain’t so fun?)
Your situation
(Looks different in the sun)
Migration
(Now you’re the one)
[Verse 2]
The rent went up
(The crops went down)
Storm took the roof
(Off your town)
Insurance vanished
(Work moved out)
Then came the heat
(And then the drought)
So now you pack
(What still remains)
Photos, meds
(A little change)
Looking for someplace
(That still can hold)
A bed, a job
(A hand to hold)
[Chorus]
You used to be
(Against the immigrant)
Now do you find it…
(Ignorant and arrogant?)
You used to say
(“They should’ve stayed and fought”)
Now every highway
(Holds the lesson taught)
[Bridge]
Funny how compassion
(Shows up late)
When you’re the one
(Outside the gate)
Funny how borders
(Feel less clear)
When your own children
(Need somewhere near)
It wasn’t weakness
(It was need)
Not some failure
(Or foreign creed)
It was survival
(Plain and blunt)
The same old truth
(At the human front)
[Instrumental]
[Guitar solo]
[Organ swells]
[Breakdown]
Run, run
(Find a place)
Run, run
(Another face)
Run, run
(Another town)
Run, run
(Don’t slow down)
[Final Chorus]
You used to be
(Against the immigrant)
Now do you find it…
(Ignorant and arrogant?)
You used to judge
(From somewhere safe and dry)
Now your own future
(Is asking why)
[Final Refrain]
Migration
(Found yourself on the run)
Migration
(Guess now it ain’t so fun?)
Your situation
(Changed before you were done)
Migration
(Now you’re the one)
[Outro]
You drew the line
(At someone else)
Now you’re the one
(Who needs some help)
About the Song: Immigration and GDP
Wealthy nations that absorbed the highest rates of immigration over the past 35 years experienced massive surges in economic growth and labor productivity, directly contradicting the rhetoric of anti-immigrant political movements. According to a landmark study released today, June 25, 2026, by University of California, Davis professor Giovanni Peri, an influx of immigrants equal to just 1% of a country’s population drives a 1.2% spike in GDP per worker within five years, which grows to 1.9% over a decade.
From the album “Displacement“