Down at the harbor they set the sails
Head out to the open sea
Their families wave goodbye
Watching them for a long time

And the water lies like a mirror
As they silently move through the darkness
Barely fifty miles to the goal
That lies so close before them

Tell me that this is just a fairy tale
With a happy ending for everyone
And if they haven't died
They are still alive today

They come by the thousands, but the vast majority
Will never reach the promised land
Because the patrols will pick them up
To deport them on our behalf

And the rest, they will drown
In the mass grave of the Mediterranean

Because this is not a fairy tale
No happy ending for all these people
And if they haven't died
They are dying today
They are dying today

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