This isn’t just a political song or a personal lament. It’s an existential cry — a song about a lost feeling of belonging. Girma Tefera is asking not where Ethiopia is, but where Ethiopia went — not geographically, but morally, spiritually, and culturally.

He’s mourning the transformation of a once-resilient people, now bound by silence, shifting ideologies, and a fragile, uncertain future. The song calls into question what makes a nation a homeland — is it geography, people, ideas, culture? And when all those shift or vanish, what are we left with?

The song is deeply relatable for anyone who has watched their country or community change drastically — not always for the better — and found themselves wondering: Is this still home?