I will away before you wake,
A weary journey to partake.
As you lift and shake your head,
Your dusty hold...
I will have fled
As from your slumber you arise,
No more your vistas fill my eyes
Your groans of loss I will not hear,
As Babel voices fill my ears
My life you held without a care,
Now lungs I fill with cleaner air
You did not want for me to thrive,
My duty is to stay alive
You must obey you said,
And so...
I ran away instead
Such strength it took to you forsake,
I leave you now with deepest ache
Farewell sweet homeland torn apart,
No more your trials will sear my heart
I turn my face to see the Sun,
Your tyranny 'gainst me is done
My heart, it trembles at the unknown
Yet this captive... far has flown
No longer will I live in fear,
I reach for safety...
Know its near.
My future lies within the West,
For now...
This place is where I rest.
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