[Silence]
\n[Arrangement: Driving rock with a tense bassline, stomping drums, clipped guitar, and a chorus that hits with accusation and irony]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\nYou drew the line
\n(At someone else)
\nYou slammed the door
\n(And called for help)<\/p>\n
You drew the line
\n(At someone else)
\nNow the line
\n(Erodes your health)<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nYou said, \u201cGo back\u201d
\n(With no delay)
\n\u201cNot my problem\u201d
\n(Turn away)<\/p>\n
Built your fences
\n(Drew your maps)
\nTalked in slogans
\n(And traps)<\/p>\n
Thought the flood
\n(Would stop at sea)
\nThought the fire
\n(Would spare your street)<\/p>\n
Thought collapse
\n(Had someone else\u2019s name)
\nTill the smoke and water
\n(Came the same)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nYou used to be
\n(Against the immigrant)
\nNow do you find it…
\n(Ignorant and arrogant?)<\/p>\n
You used to sneer
\n(At those who had to run)
\nNow your own road
\n(Is coming undone)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nMigration
\n(Found yourself on the run)
\nMigration
\n(Guess now it ain’t so fun?)<\/p>\n
Your situation
\n(Looks different in the sun)
\nMigration
\n(Now you\u2019re the one)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nThe rent went up
\n(The crops went down)
\nStorm took the roof
\n(Off your town)<\/p>\n
Insurance vanished
\n(Work moved out)
\nThen came the heat
\n(And then the drought)<\/p>\n
So now you pack
\n(What still remains)
\nPhotos, meds
\n(A little change)<\/p>\n
Looking for someplace
\n(That still can hold)
\nA bed, a job
\n(A hand to hold)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nYou used to be
\n(Against the immigrant)
\nNow do you find it…
\n(Ignorant and arrogant?)<\/p>\n
You used to say
\n(\u201cThey should\u2019ve stayed and fought\u201d)
\nNow every highway
\n(Holds the lesson taught)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nFunny how compassion
\n(Shows up late)
\nWhen you\u2019re the one
\n(Outside the gate)<\/p>\n
Funny how borders
\n(Feel less clear)
\nWhen your own children
\n(Need somewhere near)<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t weakness
\n(It was need)
\nNot some failure
\n(Or foreign creed)<\/p>\n
It was survival
\n(Plain and blunt)
\nThe same old truth
\n(At the human front)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]
\n[Guitar solo]
\n[Organ swells]<\/p>\n
[Breakdown]
\nRun, run
\n(Find a place)
\nRun, run
\n(Another face)<\/p>\n
Run, run
\n(Another town)
\nRun, run
\n(Don\u2019t slow down)<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\nYou used to be
\n(Against the immigrant)
\nNow do you find it…
\n(Ignorant and arrogant?)<\/p>\n
You used to judge
\n(From somewhere safe and dry)
\nNow your own future
\n(Is asking why)<\/p>\n
[Final Refrain]
\nMigration
\n(Found yourself on the run)
\nMigration
\n(Guess now it ain’t so fun?)<\/p>\n
Your situation
\n(Changed before you were done)
\nMigration
\n(Now you\u2019re the one)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nYou drew the line
\n(At someone else)
\nNow you\u2019re the one
\n(Who needs some help)<\/p>\n
About the Song: Immigration and GDP
\nWealthy 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.<\/p>\n