With the weight of our world on my back I am travelling far off the beaten track And whenever I'm homesick and I wonder if I am brave enough I remind myself that I have to stay tough I'm getting closer as I'm further away I was chosen to plead for another day Yes I was the one to make them notice And the one to make them see I don't understand why it had to be me Yet here I stand In a faraway land Not knowing if I'll ever see them again I bring a symbol of peace I just hope they will take it off my hands (This is it, no way back) Now I stand at the gates, let me in In these eternal sacred halls It's decided who lives and who falls Never before have we faltered Unamarred our truth Yet here you stand Young child So speak I speak before you today I can't say what they want me to say Because I was raised to be honest and true to myself These are my words My choice My truth.