[Verse 1]
Sunburnt fence line
Tangled flags
Torn cloth
Slogans on the overpass
Spit in aerosol frost
Cheap suits breathing
Into wireless mics
Staring at the ocean
Like it’s barbed wire night
[Chorus]
Your red sand
Barbed hearts
Build walls out of fear
Chant “go back” in the dark
While you choke on your beer
Colonised coast
Screaming “this is ours”
But your papers are printed
In a thief’s old scars
[Verse 2]
Steel boats rusting
Out past the swell
Names erased to numbers
Filed in desert cells
Kids draw open doors
On corrugated beds
Guards kick the chalk away
Laughing “you’re better off dead”
[Chorus]
Your red sand
Barbed hearts
Build walls out of fear
Chant “go back” in the dark
While you choke on your beer
Colonised coast
Screaming “this is ours”
But your papers are printed
In a thief’s old scars
[Bridge]
You stole the shore
Now you sink their oars
You stole the shore
Still you scream for more (more)
Every gate you weld
Is a mirror in flame
You’re the border you built
You’re the shame
You’re the shame
[Chorus]
Your red sand
Barbed hearts
Build walls out of fear
Chant “go back” in the dark
As the tide draws near
Colonised coast
Drowning in its past
Let the boats come home
Let the chains sink fast