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Borders Are... Lyrics
Never let you go
Never let you go
Never let you go
Never let you go
Borders are, the gallows
Of our collective national egos
Subjective, lines in sand
In the water, separating everything
Fear is the cause of separations
Backed with illicit conversations
Procured by constant condemnations
National blood-painted persuasions
Here's my song, for the free
No, it's not about praise and publicity
Corprotocracy, what a hypocrisy
Aristocracy versus democracy
Fear is the cause of separations
Backed with illicit conversations
Procured by constant condemnations
National blood-painted persuasions
The king is dead and now we're dancing in the streets
(Dancing in the streets)
As the waters rise we're merely covering our feet
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
Fear is the cause of separation
Backed with illicit conversations
Procured by constant condemnations
National blood-painted persuasions
Fear is the cause of separation
Backed with illicit conversations
Procured by constant condemnations
National blood-painted persuasions
The kind is dead and now we're dancing in the streets
As the waters rise we're merely covering our feet (covering our feet)
Your gods are dead and now we're dancing in the streets
As the waters rise we're merely cowering in defeat
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
Never let you go
I never let you go
Never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
Never let you go
Never let you go
Never let you go
Never let you go
Never let you go
Of our collective national egos
Subjective, lines in sand
In the water, separating everything
Backed with illicit conversations
Procured by constant condemnations
National blood-painted persuasions
No, it's not about praise and publicity
Corprotocracy, what a hypocrisy
Aristocracy versus democracy
Backed with illicit conversations
Procured by constant condemnations
National blood-painted persuasions
(Dancing in the streets)
As the waters rise we're merely covering our feet
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
Backed with illicit conversations
Procured by constant condemnations
National blood-painted persuasions
Backed with illicit conversations
Procured by constant condemnations
National blood-painted persuasions
As the waters rise we're merely covering our feet (covering our feet)
As the waters rise we're merely cowering in defeat
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
Never let you go
Never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
Never let you go
Never let you go
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source: "Borders Are" Official Video
Wow, this song is certainly different from his first solo album, but I like it. There's a lot of different things going on in the song, but Serj managed to make it sound great!
He definitely incorporated some of what he worked with during the Elect the Dead Symphony.
"While the first official single is called 'Left Of Center', 'Borders Are' was the first thing I wanted to release because it was more about the statement than a first single idea for me. It also did a good job of introducing some of the sonic qualities of the new record, more so than the first single probably.
That said, it definitely makes a bold political statement having to do with borders and our incessant use of them in physical land separation as well as the borders of our mind and hearts separating each other. It definitely interacts and is timely with things happening in Arizona, things happening in Gaza with the flotilla aid, things happening in North and South Korea with the sinking of the South Korean ship, the denial and allegations, the Kashmir conflict which has existed since the creation of Pakistan . . . . It goes on. http://www.antiquiet.com/interviews/2010/07/serj-tankian-interview/
This is a very powerful song. I think it is true that we are separated all because of fear.