Pharaoh - Slaves lyrics

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The threat, so dark on the horizon<br />

Seemed far too strong to fight.<br />

The only hope, we thought, was running<br />

Under cover of the night<br />

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But we disdained to follow, <br />

To leave the life we knew.<br />

So we stayed, and they betrayed us<br />

When they flew<br />

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Those who refused to stay<br />

Are slaves to a different way.<br />

They fear every dawning day.<br />

What did they hope to find:<br />

Passage or peace of mind?<br />

Are these what they left behind?<br />

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The danger passed for us who met it, <br />

But some did not survive<br />

The ones who stayed do not regret it, <br />

The slain or the alive.<br />

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But those who left are doomed to wander, <br />

To flee the hated foe.<br />

Though the menace is no longer, <br />

They don't know.<br />

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Those who refused to stay<br />

Are slaves to a different way.<br />

They fear every dawning day.<br />

What did they hope to find:<br />

Passage or peace of mind?<br />

Are these what they left behind?<br />

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Though they say it's best to live to fight another day, <br />

You can't prolong your life with delay.<br />

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The menace, dark on the horizon<br />

Seemed far too strong to fight, <br />

But still our hope, we knew, was holding, <br />

Pitting passion versus might.<br />

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So we would never follow, <br />

Or leave the way we knew.<br />

And had they stayed, they might have also<br />

Made it through<br />

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Those who refused to stay<br />

Are slaves to a different way.<br />

They fear every dawning day.<br />

What did they hope to find:<br />

Passage or peace of mind?<br />

Are these what they left behind?