Queen of Beijing

Faces coded in data
Biometric files of symmetry and grace
The CCTV caught her right at the airport
Detected this fever
On her made up face
Strangers spoke about repatriation
So she took the next flight from Berlin
She erased the posts she made
But couldn't part with her profile name

She's the Queen of Beijing
She's the Queen of Beijing

Strangers came for her brother
They sent images, his head was shaved
Now she can't reach her parents even on the landline
Cut from all services. Their life – switched on mute
Her Taxi passed a billboard of shame
As she looked for someone she knew
She grabbed the Maos she found in her purse
Left over from her last trip to their universe

She's the Queen of Beijing
She's the Queen of Beijing

It's all right, It's all right
Once some misfits at Tiananmen turned towards the light
It's all right, It's all right
But they didn't make it for too long, her mother wisely said
It's all right, It's all right
It's gonna be all right



Credits
Writer(s): Amin Hammoudi
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

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