Grenzen

Who's inside, who's outside?
I draw a line. You can't pass
There air meets air
There land meets land
There skin meets lead

Where is up, where is down?
Who could, who would change that?
What happens in the countries
at their borders?

There's Frontex and push-backs
Fences, weapons, refugee defense conferences
The Mediterranean becomes a mass grave
There are borders

They lead to nationalism with its
crazy consequences
People are deprived of rights just because they came from somewhere
There are borders

Could you please
add the correct meaning to this answer
what might lie at the core of the problem?
There are borders

I'm checking out, I want a passport
with 'Earthling' written in it
Just 'Earthling'
Please tell me, where does one go from there?

I'm checking out, I'm changing my registration
it can't be that difficult
Just write 'Earthling' in there

We draw a border in the sky
one God is here and one is there
Then they threaten each other with fists
For eternity and so on

There must be something better
Peace brings no divine messenger
We've tried borders for a few thousand years
it resulted in many deaths

Call me naive, I don't care
but I think it's enough
I'm looking for the land where everyone
is equal in statelessness

I'm checking out, I want a passport
with 'Earthling' written in it
Just 'Earthling'
Please tell me, where does one go from there?

I'm checking out, I'm changing my registration
it can't be that difficult
Just write 'Earthling' in there

I close the door and enjoy the silence
I set boundaries, it must be done
Everyone has their boundary that surrounds them
it encloses them protectively

Every assault, every blow
violates a human right
Why do they protect the borders of states so well
And the borders of people so poorly?

They don't have to run between countries
but between people
They shouldn't be made of barbed wire
but of respect
There are borders