Imagine running in the dead of the night
Grabbing what you can & leaving behind
Everything you thought made up your life
Everything you thought was life was a lie
Cos everything you thought, & everything you bought
Don’t offer no protection, & now you’re caught
A rabbit with a panic attack
Stopped dead in your tracks
No destination & no way back
The city you were livin in smoulders in ash
Civilians are massacred whilst soldiers harass
Those fortunate survivors chosen to be slaves
Manacled in shackles & marched far away-
The adverts advertised appetising lies
But now reality has removed its disguise
Delusion has melted away & left you naked
Exposed to a baseless hatred
Wondering the earth with no dignity or safety
& forced to flee before enmity & hastily
We learn to pack up what is really essential
Teach it to our children & carry the Temple
Deep in our hearts, many times a day
We pray for rebuilding, we pray for the day
That nation will not lift up sword against nation
Nor will they learn war any more
But these words are beginning to sound empty
When the supposedly civilised world can’t prevent the
Propagation of preposterous prejudice
The creation of hatred, the genesis of enemies
In a world so broken that the glow from the Temple’s embers
Burns on our plasma screen TVs, and begs us to remember
What happens when we exile ourselves from the tender touch
Of this gift that we’re given to be livin
Across the globe, sparks of light are hidden
& our mission is to re-build ourselves
Thru the fission of our ancestral wisdom
& the vision of every people
& so we were scattered to learn & to teach
& given opportunities to listen & to speak
Until we’ll be gathered together to reach
A unity too deep for words
In tune with the people of Earth.