Smith & Dragoman - Exile lyrics

Your life is exile, sorrow and banishment Homeless and weary, You walk through the snow Four months the journey, from Tehran to Baghdad They thought they could rid You, but what did they know Ten years in Baghdad, Your message would take hold Rise up the leaders, they're losing control A word from the sultan, now You must leave here To Constantinople, You do as you're told Chorus Locked behind walls, and veiled from the world No exile would darken Your light For forty years You were under decree Why they never looked into Your eyes? One thousand miles, the sun unforgiving No rest for weariness, the pain You endure Arrival in Turkey, but soon they will fear You To Adrianople, Your intentions are pure Chorus Five years in that land, countless afflictions Attempting to stop you, Your cause it will grow One final exile, a prison of darkness Journey to Akka, again You must go