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Even if I swear life isn't fair in a song
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There's more than part of me hoping that I'll be proved wrong,
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The disappearing view from my, my ivory tower
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Do I let what I feel decompose to power?
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What is my life worth, if I let that die?
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That ideal that I feel
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Don't seem so surreal
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What is my life worth, if I let that die?
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Let me tell you 'bout the story of Shihaba
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Up adventure of disaster, of dreams worth chasing after
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The first born of six little sisters and brothers
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Duty bound to help her mother, it was second nature to help another
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See that was bread and butter but she would hold it down at school
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Not every kid can afford a phase of being a fool
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Locked in family routine, still a teen, future still a dream
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The view of the world from home - all's not as it seems
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Picture when she graduated, the freedom that activated
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It hurt when her mum begged her to stay but she was motivated
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By the rite of passage, sky opened up before her
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As she imagined what it'd be like across the water
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With the desire inside for living the life only the fire burned
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Will she be the same when she returns?
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Even if I swear life isn't fair during a song
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There's more than part of me hoping that I'll be proved wrong
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The disappearing view from my, my ivory tower
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Do I let what I feel decompose to power?
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What is my life worth if I let that die?
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So she saved up for a year and used a
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Return ticket to Europe
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Excited eyes blow a disguise of a naive tourist
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One stop on the way included where her mum and dad were born
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Sri Lanka just a postcard til she flew in at dawn
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Warmly welcomed by family she'd barely met
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A visit that was too short
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Now she's back up on a jet
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And she clicked between the channels in her seat, stretched her feet
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Got the feeling that freedom was found at thirty thousand feet
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Fell asleep, but woke up to
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"This is your pilot speaking
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Immigration slips we give you need completing
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Please be seated as the plane descends"
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Her heart beat faster then
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Thinking 'bout all the adventures in the months that lay ahead
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And below in the snow at Glasgow, she stared
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And she remembers what her dad said just before she left
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Of the importance of appreciating how adept the culture will enrich you
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Illuminate the bigger picture
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The greater issues, that inspire and all unite us
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What is my life worth, if I let that die?
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You need clear eyes to see it
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The reason to believe in
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The good in everyone even when looks are deceiving
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We're all living breathing, real life flesh and blood
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The injustice, it'll never quite be enough
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To kill human kindness, sever the ties that bind us
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Colour, creed or nation yo they're not enough to define us
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Let the singular nature of our blood stain the great space
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Close your eyes and see the human race
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Her navy blue Australian passport did not stop customs
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Being sceptical of how long her stay would last for
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What fear and confusion and tiredness engulfed her
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"I don't believe you, you're lying" is what they told her ("come this way")
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Meanwhile others looked on, passengers she sat near
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They could hear her pleading, being dismissed by deaf ears
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(She lost it)
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It can't be happening, there must be a mistake
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(Panic set in)
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The tears that took it in were streaming down her face
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(Breaking down)
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Arbitrarily deported, reported and recorded
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"Shut up and stop crying," official customs orders
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A rite of passage, the sky opened up before her
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Humiliated she was heading back across the water
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Desire for a life lived, the fire burned
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Will she be the same when she returns?
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Even if I swear life isn't fair in a song
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There's more than part of me hoping that I'll be proved wrong,
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The disappearing view from my, my ivory tower
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Do I let what I feel decompose to power?
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What is my life worth, if I let that die?
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That ideal that I feel
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Don't seem so surreal
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What is my life worth, if I let that die?
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That ideal that I feel
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Don't seem so surreal
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What is my life worth, if I let that die?
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