lirik lagu omar musa - too hard to say
[verse]
i used to pray five times a day when i was younger
hear my dad call me to prayer in the morning
and if i wouldn’t wake he’d tug me on my toe
sprinkle water on my face i would know it was dawn
time to wake up wash face and feet wishing i was still asleep
i would hear him recite from the arabic language
it sounded beautiful but i couldn’t understand it
cause we only spoke bahasa and english in our home
a vivid disconnect but i know i’m not alone
even so, it was a moment of peace the problem was i never beliеved
he would say “therе’s no compulsion in our faith” but if i challenged anything he’s go into a rage
so i just went silent then i see the reprieve
[chorus]
this is too hard to say
it’s getting too hard to say
it’s too hard to say
this is too hard to say
it’s getting too hard to say
some gonna hate, some gonna relate
i’m only trying to find my place
wanna find my place
some gonna relate
maybe one day we’ll find our place
[verse]
so i left home quietly
broke free stepping out in society
sipping on a cup more than happy enough
to escape from the sermons and piety
i was raised in a persecuted sect that preached pacifism and community respect so hypocrisy
but my heritage was something that i wouldn’t reject
and my country had plans for me
my name omar bin musa
i’m proud of it
but people ? the very sound of it
everytime i’m stepping on a qantas
treated like a bomb threat
everytime the internet warriors are on deck
with their death threats or there’s a terrorist act
see me as accomplice
just as bad the well~meaning ? the ~n~lysis
the islamic historical context
i tell ’em
[chorus]
this is too hard to say
it’s getting too hard to say
it’s too hard to say
this is too hard to say
man, it’s getting too hard to say
some gonna hate, some gonna relate
i’m only trying to find my place
wanna find my place
some gonna relate
maybe one day we’ll find our way
[verse]
see my secular friends think it’s something i can give up on
like a dead star that i used to wish upon
they don’t get it
you can’t just wave a wand
and then like sleight of hand that part of you is gone
it’s not as simple as that
religion is culture
and culture enwraps all the parts of yourself that you didn’t even know were there
the way i make poems like prayers
i learned it from the preachers
the way they do speeches
incandescence that i seek in my art
care about the poor, equality and charity
i learned from reading the qur’an and paying zakat
they say, “you could’ve learnt that without religion”
the fact is i didn’t
i’m trapped again
too muslim for them
not enough for them
where the h~ll will it end?
[bridge]
trapped in the middle again
dear god
trapped in the middle again
if you’re out there
trapped in the middle again
send me a sign
trapped in the middle again
show me how to turn no~mans land into a garden
bismillah ar~rahman ar~raheem
trapped in the middle again
trapped in the middle again
peace
[outro by sara saleh]
i give thanks to the dark that showed up for it’s shift
held us tightly in it’s grip then summoned first light
i give thanks to each particle of light
put my forehead to the ground in submission of something so infinite
for the room without shadows
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