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Shamima
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Shamima was released on November 6, 2025 by 802857 Records DK as a part of the album Things That Cannot Be Unseen
November 6, 2025
Label802857 Records DK
LanguageEnglish
BPM166
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

What did you do when you were 15?
Were you easily led and excessively keen?
Did you pay more attention to the views
Of your friends than the news?
Shamima was quiet – some say she was like a ghost –
And perhaps was more susceptible than most
To sinister forces, who seek vulnerable youth
To indoctrinate with their twisted version of "truth".
When you face prejudice every single day
And are made to feel unwelcome, then you're easy prey.
Those desperately seeking a paradise
Can too easily be blinded and poisoned with lies.
What were you like when you were 15?
Were you eager to please? Did you want to be seen
As someone who, when they were dared,
Would never be scared?
Shamima was looking for a place to belong,
And she and her friends would drag each other along
So that where one would lead the others followed as well –
Even if it took them on a road straight to hell.
What if mistakes that you made when you were that age
Were announced to the world on every front page,
And you were frozen in time as a demon to loathe,
Whose notoriety would hound you wherever you go?
Now politicians, who want to bolster their image
Of toughness, are prepared to do irreparable damage
To the life of a woman in a dire situation –
Sacrificed to protect an unflinching reputation.
And so her citizenship has now been taken away
Due to "the threat that she poses" – or so they say.
Do you really think that she wants to return to kill us all?
Surely she has something to teach us about the kids who may fall
In the way that she did. With the things that she saw
Do you really think she's the same person that she was before?
What did you think when you were 15?
Did you see black and white, with nothing in between?
Did you have more opinion then sense
Or life experience?
Shamima was born here, and she wants to return –
It's clear that she regrets the things that she's done
And expects to be punished for naively believing
The propaganda of those who are trained in deceiving.
When paramilitary leaders now sit in elected chambers,
With apparent forgiveness for past crimes and behaviour,
Then is it right that Shamima must always be seen
In the light of what she did when she was 15?
Written by: Jonathan Mark Dixon
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