going, going, gone

Figures fading out of sight

Merely shadows 'gainst the night

Can only hope we did it right

But we're walking, walking on

Drink the poison, stop our ears

Now just wait for sixty years

Please come faster, end our fears

And we're treading, treading on

Pain and hate but no more grief

Walk 'tween faith and disbelief

Hope that moment will be brief

Still we're plodding, plodding on

Cross the threshold, close the door

We can't turn back anymore

Won the battle, lost the war

Yet we're marching, marching on

So do we walk toward black or white?

And will we pass from peace or fight?

Someone tell us of the plight!

Help us struggle, struggle on

But we won't know until we try

If we'll fall or if we'll fly

Fin'lly learning how to die

So we're moving, moving on

A life we're not designed to keep

Dust to dust, eternal sleep

Just an echo o'er the deep

Now we're going, going, gone