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Edge of the Water
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I got the diploma folded in my bag, still it means nothing here.
Three years knocking doors in Tunis, still they say come back next year.
My mother lights a candle every Friday for a job that don't appear.
The agency line is busy, the office closed, another wasted year.
I count the dinars left, they don't add up to rent or bread.
My friend Karim, he left in March, now his mama prays instead.
Every morning I check my phone for something, anything, a sign.
But the harbor's calling louder than these empty streets of mine.
[Chorus]
I'm standing on the edge of the water, thinking is it worth the risk.
Papers or the sea, brother, tell me which road I should pick.
Mama don't cry, I'm just dreaming out loud tonight.
I'm standing on the edge of the water, chasing a different light.
[Verse 2]
They built a wall of interviews, rejection letters stacked like stone.
My cousin made it to Sicily, sends pictures, says it's not his home.
But the euro's heavier than dinar, that's what the neighbors say.
So I sit on the café steps and watch the young ones fade away.
The smugglers know my name now, they smile like old friends.
Said the boat leaves Thursday night, said the risk is how it ends.
I think about my father's hands, how tired they used to be.
I don't wanna be tired forever, I wanna be free.
[Chorus]
Papers or the sea, brother, tell me which road I should pick.
Mama don't cry, I'm just dreaming out loud tonight.
I'm standing on the edge of the water, chasing a different light.
[Bridge - Atmospheric and Sparse]
Saw Yassine's photo on the news, they found him near Lampedusa.
His mother's scream still echoes through the block, nobody moved us.
But hunger don't remember names, it just keeps on pushing.
And hope's a dangerous thing when the water's rushing.
[Verse 3]
I folded up my CV, put it underneath my bed.
Maybe the sea's the only door that hasn't slammed instead.
I kissed my mother's forehead, told her I'd call when I land.
She held my face and whispered, stay, stay, please understand.
I don't know if I'm brave or just tired of being small.
But this country never called my name, not once through it all.
So I'm walking to the harbor where the fishing boats all wait.
Praying to a God I'm not sure hears me, sealing up my fate.
[Chorus]
I'm standing on the edge of the water, thinking is it worth the risk.
Papers or the sea, brother, tell me which road I should pick.
Mama don't cry, I'm just dreaming out loud tonight.
I'm standing on the edge of the water, chasing a different light.
[Outro]
Maybe next year, maybe never, maybe just tonight.
I'm standing on the edge of the water, chasing a different light.
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