[Verse One]

I'm on a night train, from Moscow to St. Petersburg

Right outside the wall in the bleeding world

With the biggest band-aid cant' make the blood stop

Part of the Fort but at the same time not

In the, blooming valleys of hopes and aspiration

Dreams are crushed by dope and desperation

'Cause the West is blinded by the Fort and

Corrupted by fame, money and fortune

Kids kidnapped by rich pimps

So that we can live out our sick dreams

Stabbed in the back, tortured and raped

Can't go back home 'cause they're so ashamed, uh

It's a metaphor for the whole process

The poor take the losses while we make more profits

In a world where the winner takes it all

And happiness only appears in sitcoms

We're crossing the landscape and forcing the speed

The beat is meditative and I'm falling asleep

And when I wake up the train is at the station and

People rushing out I hear'em questioning life

Again and again wondering like



[Chorus]

Why am I here? I don't know man I'm stuck in limbo

Watching how the things go flashing by

Why am I here? You don't know looking out the window

In a different lingo asking why

Why am I here? They know 'cause our fingerprints show

Or they think so, I travel light

Why am I here? On a night train, on a night train



[Verse Two]

I'm on a night train from Copenhagen to Berlin

Early on the morning my head hurting from the bourbon

She's in the shower, in an hour we're on top of the fort

We're they be shopping for sport, but we be searching

For something new with babysteps

One day, I might take her for a walk down the isle

But there's many rivers to cross and my lady says:

Okay, we ain't had a chance to talk for a while and I

Know you love the feeling of leaving but it don't matter what country

Or what region of Sweden

All we got is us, and this is what I truly believe in

So I don't know 'bout you, I ain't runnin'

I'ma find freedom in our everyday, life

And make the most out of it

We don't know this might take us both out

If the train run off the track, crash and burn

We sat side by side, awaiting our turn

And I'm smiling, you're right, but still...



[Chorus]

Why am I here? I don't know girl I'm stuck in limbo

Watching everything go flashing by

Why am I here? You don't know looking out the window

In a different lingo asking why

Why am I here? But they know 'cause our fingerprints show

Or they think so, I travel light

Why am I here? On a night train, on a night train



[Verse Three]

I'm on a night train from Tangier to Marrakech

I ain't a rap star here man I don't speak Arabic

They looking at me like hell does he do here?

But in a curious way, they celebrate new year's

We had to escape the fort, living close to the border

What are we waiting for? Two hours from Algeciras, Spain

The port, the same, sunny beaches at the same resorts

That wash up refugees that they can't deport

Immigration officer fill out a blank report

Family; unknown, where to send the corpse?

Wanna restart their life instead they end it off

And the train keeps running down the line

And the world keeps flashin' by the window

Like we runnin' out of time, it's a feeling of freedom mixed

With the feeling of being trapped

I feel like we travel to beat the map

Stop the time, slam the brakes, jump out the frame

Find a new place without a name

New, at least to the white man, untouched and clean

I, soon find out a man, ain't no such a thing

And the further we travel it begins to unravel

How the Europeans always wanted to be the king of the castle

And how it effects all continents, how we lost respect and all common sense

And the question remains:



[Chorus]

Why am I here? I don't know man I'm stuck in limbo

Watching how the things go passing by

Why am I here? You don't know sittin' by the window

In a different lingo askin':

Why am I here? They know 'cause our fingerprints show

Or they think so, I travel light

Why am I here? On a night train, well all right then

on the night train... come on!