Aliens by Aidan Yagu

Peace & ET ain't calling home in this one.... In recent years, we’ve seen how quickly refugees as well as immigrants get labeled as threats. One wave of headlines and suddenly these humans become the invaders. Weapons, Bargaining chips, Political fuel.... Fear becomes a product, and people become pawns. My goal was to play with that theme. I ask what happens when we meet the unknown with suspicion before curiosity. When “protecting the border” becomes code for never listening. When we’d rather build camps and close doors than have a single honest conversation.
Sound familiar? A huge influence here was a movie called District 9, one of the few sci-fi films that didn't make the aliens the villains, but still managed to hold up a brutal mirror to how we treat outsiders. This track runs with that mirror. The progression in my lyrics is meant to reflect a system where even peace gets shot down if it doesn't speak the right language or look the right way.

By the end, the question isn’t what do they want? It’s who are we, if this is always how we respond...
I wrote this from a place of real-world frustration, reflection, and hope that we can do better.

I once called this song one of my Big Three, because i believed this was one of the three best pieces I've ever written. Well, it still ranks....but you'll be amazed what else I've got in store. Let me know what you saw in this one. Or what you were afraid to see.
You can also check out my small Visualizer Music Video on my YT (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84TAh4bLDwI)

Peace & Love,

Aidan