When the Home Is Burning

Activists went to Geneva
Came back with sweet saliva
Some called themselves a Rock Star
They just sang of Zapatista
Rich men’s wife inside the temple
She is crying with broken bangles
Professors teaching Derrida
Young men wearing Che Guivera
What is India doing to Sharmila?
The raped and killed Manorama
No one remember Chitaranjan
Everyone saw it wide open
The fools, they shut down the schools
Childrens, they used like tools
Me too, a son of the land
And let me tell you
Your institution is a lie
There you stand for your Naga brothers
There you pray for your Kuki brothers
There you cry for your Meitei brothers
What a waste
What a waste
And the home is burning
And the home is burning
And the home is burning
And the home is burning
Activists went to Geneva
Came back with sweet saliva
Some called themselves a Rock Star
They just sang of Zapatista
Rich men’s wife inside the temple
She is crying with broken bangles
Professors teaching Derrida
Young men wearing Che Guivera
What is India doing to Sharmila?
The raped and killed Manorama
No one remember Chitaranjan
Everyone saw it wide open
The fools, they shut down the schools
Childrens, they used like tools
Me too, a son of the land
And let me tell you
Your institution is a lie
There you stand for your Naga brothers
There you pray for your Kuki brothers
There you cry for your Meitei brothers
What a waste
What a waste
And the home is burning
And the home is burning
And the home is burning
And the home is burning