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Refuge Lyrics
Here in the wreckage
The winter is hard
I sleep in the same clothes
That I dragged through the mud
And if you ask me
Nothing's changed
There's nowhere else I can go
So I stay
We're writhing rats
We make beds in the straw
And then we build houses
Paint our names on the door
And if you ask me again
Is this life?
I don't see I have a choice
But I still smile
And bide my time
I who have no roots
And nowhere to go
And as for the future
Well, I really don't know
But if you ask me
I will nod
But if you ask me...
Here I am
Here I am
My dear wife
And my children of God
The borders were already drawn for us
Hold on to life
In this refuge of dirt
And search for a place you can breathe again
It's not a crime
I'd love to see you again
Sometime soon
But will you give back to me now
What you stole?
The winter is hard
I sleep in the same clothes
That I dragged through the mud
Nothing's changed
There's nowhere else I can go
So I stay
We make beds in the straw
And then we build houses
Paint our names on the door
Is this life?
I don't see I have a choice
But I still smile
And nowhere to go
And as for the future
Well, I really don't know
I will nod
But if you ask me...
Here I am
And my children of God
The borders were already drawn for us
In this refuge of dirt
And search for a place you can breathe again
Sometime soon
But will you give back to me now
What you stole?
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So beautiful and so sad. It's not a crime to want a better life. When will the madness end?
I would not be surprised if this lyrics would be very personal.
I think it could be about him being a touring musician barely seeing his wife and up-growing children and feeling guilty about that. He can't say no to his fans and music business because he is what he is.
In that sense the last sentence could be addressed to his fans, the music business and himself.
It's about refugees in Uk
What’s “Refuge” about? The crisis we had here at Calais. It’s still going on to a lesser extent, but at that time in December 2015 it was big news every day in England. There were many attempts by refugees to smuggle their way through the channel tunnel into the UK, during which some of them died. It was very sad because there was a city developing on the other side of the tunnel where human beings were living in the worst possible conditions, incredible squalor.
I didn’t want to write a political song. I wanted to write about the human side—what can it be like to leave your family behind in a dangerous place and to exist in those conditions, and about how the human spirit can transcend that. It’s a song about being separated from loved ones, your roots and country.