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all origins are accidental you've got no papers and no roads lead home anymore chance is the root of all place position all maps are random all scales are wrong legal illegal no passion for the difference legal illegal false premise forge the nation may all your borders be porous free transmission smear genetics c est la vie yawn yawn yawn i can't stifle my boredom so why not act your age fear of contagion the violence of a fence builder's dream that masks the phrasing of "all the pleasures of home" legal illegal i want to go home
This is a difficult concept to get to grips with, but he's basically saying where you are or where you're from is purely a matter of chance. Therefore, there's no such thing as 'home', and all wars over territory are ridiculous. Also, how can it be illegal to just be in a certain place? The idea of borders and countries and immigration is all bullshit.
This song appears to expand on thoughts from Benedict Anderson's book "Imagined Communities" which sets forth the notion of nationalism as a cultural and social issue.
ricorso.net/tx/ENG312/Teaching/Resources/Criticcs/Andrsn_B/Imagined.htm