[Verse 1] And so we ditched the caravan, braved the arid heat to set up shelter in our new desert home The locals offer friendship, and we accept cautiously, but overall we do not stray too far from our own Our new identification differs only sightly, but it's much more foreign-feeling than I would have guessed And so begins our acclimation, the tether now in place, and slowly roots will form, as we're dragged to the west [Chorus] But it feels like I don't belong here And the people are so different here And we've only got three digits now to share The culture tends more hateful here And the climate is much harsher here And I can't tell if I should breathe the air [Verse 2] Our lieutenant colonel struggles night and day to provide for all of us, with towers in the sky There's a specter of disaster permeating all throughout society, increasing tensions (and security), but why? Humans k**ing humans: is the obvious solution just to follow suit? More angry? Sure! But less Crisis shouldn't fracture; shouldn't foster nonexistent 'us' and 'them', but I should digress [Chorus] But our patriarchs can't understand And neither will the high command And I am just an insect under foot So cauterize the middle east And multiply our enemies Until everyone is coughing in the soot [Bridge] This wasn't meant to be political But it's hard not to be critical But back to me, a fresh face in this state An alien in a desert land Spurning calls to understand Shy everyone else here wants to f**ing hate [Outro] And so the barriers are born this day, pushing just a little bit of space between me and everybody else IV0 TWYLISE checking in, the newest desert guardian, I trust you know what hand here you have dealt