Waterdown - A Fortress

You close your eyes
you can't control your heartbeat
you're desperate, a castaway,
a fugitive
If this is bravery
it still feels like fear
Now you're running
for all their paragraphs
you're not a citizen
they can see you
unless you drown they will find you
unless you die they will send you back
they can see you through the darkness
that surrounds you

All your dreams of better life
are torn apart

A continent turned to a fortress
the borders all armed to secure it
this looks like a peaceful coat except
for the dead bodies
except for the dead