This song is, in fact, a remake. The original was written in 2016 and released in 2017 on Newgrounds, while I was going through the worst overreaches of the Home Office during the process of my asylum claim. I now have the right to remain, and much better mixing technique and writing chops behind me.
Lyrics
The storm beats down a crowded barge;
they pray to safely reach the shore:
O free me! Release me,
we can't find a place to be safe anymore.
I may not be upon those waves,
or sinking to the ocean floor,
but free me! Release me,
I can't find a place to be safe anymore.
Now years have passed, and our abusers
have traded words for lead and steel.
O hear my cries! Release me;
what good is the whole world if we're safe no more?