EPISODE · Oct 8, 2025 · 4 MIN
Alone
from FRED STZ MUSIC · host FRED STZ
[Verse 1] They tell me land of brave is home of free But all I see is barbed wire staring back at me Left the dust, the drone hum, the blood-soaked street For a concrete cage where fear and hopeless meet My name's a number, my story, a lie they tell Traded my heaven for a brand new hell From a war zone's fury to a silent scream Chasing the tatters of a busted-up dream Yeah... just a busted-up dream. [Chorus] Running from the shadows, living in the night ICE trucks on the corner, feeding on the fright Work for cash, sleep in shifts, always on the move Got nothing in this world left for me to prove They built a wall around the promise, tall and grim They don't see a person, they just see a sin This ain't the freedom that I crossed the desert for Just a different kind of war, yeah, a different kind of war. [Verse 2] One wrong turn, a flash of lights, it's done The cold steel cuffs, they glint in the sun No lawyer call, no rights, no kindly face Just a boot, a baton, to keep me in my place They call me "illegal," like I'm less than dirt Every insult and bruise, a fresh and burning hurt Threw me in a cell, cold and stark and gray Waiting to be shipped, like trash, back to the fray. [Chorus] Running from the shadows, living in the night ICE trucks on the corner, feeding on the fright Work for cash, sleep in shifts, always on the move Got nothing in this world left for me to prove They built a wall around the promise, tall and grim They don't see a person, they just see a sin This ain't the freedom that I crossed the desert for Just a different kind of war, yeah, a different kind of war. [Bridge] I close my eyes, I see the sun back home The smell of jasmine, soil I used to own My mother's laughter, a memory so bright Extinguished now by this eternal night I didn't come for pity, or a handout's shame I came for peace, I came to say my name But in their eyes, I'm just a problem to erase A forgotten face in a forgotten place. [Outro] So I take this sheet, this final, frail design A twisted rope to make their border line A final exit from their cold, unfeeling hands Back to the dust and ashes of my lands I sought a refuge, I fought to be so bold But all I found was a story left untold... A story left... untold.
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[Verse 1] They tell me land of brave is home of free But all I see is barbed wire staring back at me Left the dust, the drone hum, the blood-soaked street For a concrete cage where fear and hopeless meet My name's a number, my story, a lie they tell Traded my heaven for a brand new hell From a war zone's fury to a silent scream Chasing the tatters of a busted-up dream Yeah... just a busted-up dream. [Chorus] Running from the shadows, living in the night ICE trucks on the corner, feeding on the fright Work for cash, sleep in shifts, always on the move Got nothing in this world left for me to prove They built a wall around the promise, tall and grim They don't see a person, they just see a sin This ain't the freedom that I crossed the desert for Just a different kind of war, yeah, a different kind of war. [Verse 2] One wrong turn, a flash of lights, it's done The cold steel cuffs, they glint in the sun No lawyer call, no rights, no kindly face Just a boot, a baton, to keep me in my place They call me "illegal," like I'm less than dirt Every insult and bruise, a fresh and burning hurt Threw me in a cell, cold and stark and gray Waiting to be shipped, like trash, back to the fray. [Chorus] Running from the shadows, living in the night ICE trucks on the corner, feeding on the fright Work for cash, sleep in shifts, always on the move Got nothing in this world left for me to prove They built a wall around the promise, tall and grim They don't see a person, they just see a sin This ain't the freedom that I crossed the desert for Just a different kind of war, yeah, a different kind of war. [Bridge] I close my eyes, I see the sun back home The smell of jasmine, soil I used to own My mother's laughter, a memory so bright Extinguished now by this eternal night I didn't come for pity, or a handout's shame I came for peace, I came to say my name But in their eyes, I'm just a problem to erase A forgotten face in a forgotten place. [Outro] So I take this sheet, this final, frail design A twisted rope to make their border line A final exit from their cold, unfeeling hands Back to the dust and ashes of my lands I sought a refuge, I fought to be so bold But all I found was a story left untold... A story left... untold.
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