Paul Shapera
The Day They Come
[Narrator]
Circles never stop themselves
Nothing that you’ve ever held
Were you promised or reneged
And sometimes when you lose, you win
Circles never stop themselves
Nothing that you’ve ever held
Were you promised or reneged
And sometimes when you lose, you win
[Jasper]
Priscilla, what’d you do?
When they come for me
You know they’ll also kill you, too
You’re young, your song unsung
There’s too much still for you to do
[Priscilla]
All these years you’re here, you suffer quietly, it’s barbarous to think that’s fair
There’s no one who thinks of you
The game is gonna end right here
I’d help you to die if I could, but..
[Jasper]
Priscilla, what'd you do?
Now they’ll come and you must run
Or else they’ll kill you, too
Your life so I can die
Is wrong, and you must know that’s true
Ghosts of life, ghosts of lives
I’ve watched fall and pass me by
Ghosts of all the selfish, vain
All the blindness, all the pain
All the fools and petty games
All the sadness, all the same
[Priscilla]
I’d help you to die if I could, love
Some sacrifice, anyway
Some sacrifice it all away
(Soldier 7285 and his two other squad members burst into the room)
[Soldier 7285]
And on the day we come it’s over
And you will have your fate laid out and spun
It’s execution
And you may pray if you get comfort
It’s on this day your duty’s done
And on this day you’ve been caught guilty
The sentence, citizen, is death
It will be carried out this instant
Say any prayers that you want said
[Jasper]
One day you will learn
And you will burn like my heart burns
One day you will learn, and you will burn like my heart burns
One day you will learn, and you will burn like my heart burns
Ghosts of all the selfish, vain
All the blindness, all the pain
All the fools and petty games
All the sadness all the same
[Priscilla]
Some speak about love, in a sweet way
Some sentiment of bliss and dream states
Some speak about love in a kind way
Some sentiment of rapturous states
And some sacrifice
Some sacrifice
Some sacrifice
Some sacrifice
[Jasper]
Please, my angel, my angel
Please, my angel, my angel
Please, my angel, my angel
Please, my angel, my angel
[Soldier 7285]
I am the arm of execution
I am the trigger of your gun
I am the binding and the order
It’s on this day your duty’s done
[Priscilla]
Please go back to berths of black
To silent shores from me once more
Through veils and gates and seas of slate
And blood red mores where I’ll see you once more
Circles never stop themselves
Nothing that you’ve ever held
Were you promised or reneged
And sometimes when you lose, you win
(The squad shoots and kills Priscilla and Jasper. Soldier 7285 does not, however, shoot.)