The threat, so dark on the horizon
Seemed far too strong to fight
The only hope, we thought, was running
Under cover of the night
But we disdained to follow
To leave the life we knew
So we stayed, and they betrayed us
When they flew
Those who refused to stay
Are slaves to a different way
They fear every dawning day
What did they hope to find:
Pa**age or peace of mind?
Are these what they left behind?
The danger pa**ed for us who met it
But some did not survive
The ones who stayed do not regret it
The slain or the alive
But those who left are doomed to wander
To flee the hated foe
Though the menace is no longer
They don't know
Those who refused to stay
Are slaves to a different way
They fear every dawning day
What did they hope to find:
Pa**age or peace of mind?
Are these what they left behind?
Though they say it's best to live to fight another day
You can't prolong your life with delay
The menace, dark on the horizon
Seemed far too strong to fight
But still our hope, we knew, was holding
Pitting pa**ion versus might
So we would never follow
Or leave the way we knew
And had they stayed, they might have also
Made it through
Those who refused to stay
Are slaves to a different way
They fear every dawning day
What did they hope to find:
Pa**age or peace of mind?
Are these what they left behind?