Quo Vadis

A lament for all our friends...I'm sure we all have some...who have left the Truth to pursue the World.


Where are you going? she said to him softly.
Where are you going? I cannot find you.

I'm seeing the world - I'm tasting its pleasures.
And I'm going alone - you're not coming too.



Quo vadis, quo vadis,
Our world seems to cry;
Where have you gone, our brave young souls?

We're off to see the world - we'll be back, maybe never
We're going off, and you're staying here.



But don't you remember,
Remember the summer,
The sunlight, the laughter, the sky, and the trees.
Remember our voices,
Our hearts knit together.
Come back, oh come back.
Oh, please remember me.



Quo vadis, quo vadis,
Our world seems to cry;
Where have you gone, our brave young souls?

We're off to see the world - we'll be back, maybe never
We're going off, and you're staying here.



Brave selfish young souls!
There are no laurels on your brows.
What are you doing, seeing the world?
The world is good...but home is better.
You have deep roots here, though you may not know.



Ah, so you miss us? You miss your people?
You miss your life before the world came?
You can come back, but you'll always be different.
But our love is unchanging, as thick as our blood.



Quo vadis, quo vadis,
Our world seems to cry;
Where have you gone, our brave young souls?

We're off to see the world - we'll be back, maybe never
We're going off, and you're staying here.