26 Hours

Transcript:

26 hours is a long time on a plane
It's nothing compared to a month on a ship
but I feel just as out of place when I arrive
as they did a century ago, starting their new lives

It's funny how, when you're a kid,
you move but it feels like you're standing still
and the world is moving around you
It's the first time my world
has turned
completely upside down
and I know I'm not going home
This is my home now

Nine years old and
nobody liked my accent
Nine years old and
I didn't much like theirs

What's a kid supposed to do?
When crisps are chips
and trousers are pants
and you've never heard of jandals or The Warehouse

I don't fit it
I want to wash my skin
not of colour
but of the sunburn I acquire too easily
(red on white)
and the blisters on my feet
(white on red)
I wish I could bite a bar of soap
and wash my mouth out
of my accent
but how do you clean your brain?
Reset it
So I forget it
feels wrong that Christmas is in summer
And my birthday in June is in winter now

Where I come from
is not like here
I don't belong.