Our Anthem

Have you heard the news, my love? They want a wall But fences are just cages in denial When hate seduces fear And bodies fall The silence left is real, it feels so raw But we'll be standing straight and tall We'll wave our flag up in the air For all the uphill battles won Your smile will be my love affair You, the one with all the friends and fears and I, the one with ancient pain and tears, we'll fight For what we think is true and if we must We'll fly to make it through their cloud of dust And we'll be standing straight and tall We'll wave our flag up in the air For all the uphill battles won Your smile will be my love affair De un lado de la línea me dicen que soy gringa But on this other side I know I need to have ID on me Mi piel es pasaporte peligroso ante la ley Deporting melanin makes them feel sovereign, so they pray Arriba esas vecinas que cuidaban mi jardín When blue uniforms with guns said I was privileged to come back in El muro es un tumor, y la cura, nuestras manos Courageous neighbors pulling ropes in from the Río Bravo You raise my voice, vecino! Earth was born without fronteras Restitch this map conmigo bordando blankets de Broken banderas And we'll be standing straight and tall We'll wave our flag up in the air For all the uphill battles won Your smile will be my love affair Your eyes will be my green grass Your arms will slowly take me there Your smile will be my love affair