All our lives we've lived in shame, condemned for the memory of our name
Cussed at, hated and despised, we suffered the consequences of our ancestors' crimes
Forced to work on our enemy's lands while from ours we were banned
No one cared for our demise, we were never considered more than vermin in their eyes

Our heritage was no more than a faded memory of times long ago
What will we leave behind for our children to remember us by?

Although we longed for this nightmare to end, we were too afraid to make a stand
We rather stuck to the chains of the slavery we knew than risk any change
We should've known of our master's intent, to eradicate our descent
We were wrong to assume that if we obliged that we would be spared

All this time, all these years, we thought our suffering would never end
We've passed our prime, succumbed to fears, the last grain of our hope long spent
Our only legacy is the despair we have known

We ignored the signs, we have been blind, we saw the Raven and let it fly
And now they're gone, what have we done? We've never tried to fight for them
We've only got ourselves to blame

If it's not too late, can we turn their fate? Tell us how to make amends
We were no ones friends, we've no defence, we know we might not deserve a second chance
But still, we can't leave our children to die

Our time has come, we may not last long
But we won't escape from what must be done
We must save them no matter the cost
It's time to reclaim what has been lost

Our heritage was no more than a faded memory of times long ago
What will we leave behind for our children to remember us by?

We've been trained to do as we were told, we never dared to revolt
But you never tried to fit our mould, because you wouldn't let yourself be controlled
We'd soon regret the choice we had made, to prevent the evil we hoped to evade
For when they came to take our own, we reaped the fruit of the inaction we had sown

Our time has come, we may not last long
But we won't escape from what must be done
We must save them no matter the cost
It's time to reclaim what has been lost