The Penalty

Like an ancient day, and I'm on trial Let them seize away This once was an island And I could not stay For I believed them Left for the lights, always in season Impossible night In a crowd of homesick fully grown children You'll leave the lights Your family may not wait sir Keep on breathing Our parents rue the day they find us kneeling oh Let them think what they may For they've good reason Left for the lights, always in season