Cast away, souls at bay, It's our dreams they betray. Now they say we can't stay, Prayers we pray lost today. Put the shade of your skin With the shade of my skin, Put the song that you sing With the dance that I bring. Refugees, downward bound. Fill the streets of your town.
Can't we make a world to which everyone belongs? Can't we make a world without fears, without frontiers?
We're called names, we are blamed, We're kept down, we are shamed. In the night torture comes. Try to speak without tongues. My homeland I hold here, In my heart ever near. In your land I find tears, Words that hurt, things to fear. In my heart summer dies From your grey winter skies.
Can't we make a world to which everyone belongs? Can't we make a world without fears, without frontiers?
Cast away, souls at bay, It's our dreams, they betray. Now they say we can't stay, Prayers we pray lost today. Cast away. Cast away.