It Was Told

When the first tall ships came
We were scared we were afraid
For It was told in the stars
Strangers would come from a far
To our land once they had seen
They would return and never leave
What kind of man would believe
Their way of life is so supreme
That they must take another's home
For their King to call his own
Even though people live there
They could not see we were like them
They could not see we were like them

With the power of a gun
They would take and we would run
Of our land and our sacred ways
They could not understand
They thought their way of life
Was better and it was right
That we be dispossessed
To make way for progress
To make way for progress

And now he we are
Living together and apart
As one nation in the modern world
With all its wonders and its curse
Less we forget our own past
And the people who were here first
Who lost their freedom
But shared their land
To the newcomers lent a hand

For it was told in the stars
Strangers would come from a far
They would sail the Southern sea
Just to meet our destiny
Just to meet our destiny