[Verse 1] My passport clearly says where I belong, But in my mind, I no longer share the same way of thinking. The laws keep changing, but never for the better, Being an honest person has become something to be ashamed of. I no longer recognize the streets or the people, Everything comes down to money and power. I've lived here all my life—I never really left, Yet by today's logic, I've been shut out, cut off. [Chorus] I'm a stranger in my own country, that's a real fact, When the absurd all around has become the norm. I'm a stranger among my own people, without ever leaving, In a place where everything has been turned upside down. I speak the same language, but a different alphabet, Living like they do—I swear I just can't anymore. [Verse 2] If you speak the truth, you're judged, If you lie with money in your pocket, you're respected. The scale of values has collapsed into the dust, And the illiterate is called the head of the chapter. This isn't about nostalgia or the past, It's about a present where all meaning has been lost. How can I call it "home" when I feel exiled, By a society that has abandoned me? [Chorus] I'm a stranger in my own country, that's a real fact, When the absurd all around has become the norm. I'm a stranger among my own people, without ever leaving, In a place where everything has been turned upside down. I speak the same language, but a different alphabet, Living like they do—I swear I just can't anymore. [Bridge] The stranger isn't the one arriving at the airport, But the person with principles who's been left without support. You're an immigrant in your own building, on your own street, When being the minority becomes the new normal. [Final Chorus] I'm a stranger in my own country, that's a real fact, When the absurd all around has become the norm. I'm a stranger among my own people, without ever leaving, In a place where everything has been turned upside down. I speak the same language, but a different alphabet... A foreign citizen, carrying the very same ID. [Outro] I'm a stranger in my own country, that's a real fact, When the absurd all around has become the norm. I'm a stranger in my own country... I'm a stranger in my own country.
