The Way It Was Before

Shattered walls, empty hallways

Is that all we left behind?

I recall how we used to be

I see each moment in my mind

Endless talks, celebrations

Aimless walks with our hands entwined

Most of all, there was love to spare

And magic everywhere, we breathed it in like air

But no one's there now

I wish I knew the way back to the way it was before

With you there in your old, familiar place

Reliving every day back when my heart learned how to soar

Every smile, each embrace

If I could find a way back to the way it was before

And we could be together there right now

I'd run without delay back to the way it was before

Run like mad to what we had

If only I knew how

With you here, I was fearless

Year by year, I grew sure and strong

Now it's clear, what I really need

Is what you gave me all along

The lessons that you taught me and all the plans we laid

The winters by the fire and the summers in the shade

The stars we used to wish on, and the wishes that we made

Things like that must live on, can't we go to where they've gone?

There's got to be a way back to the way it was before

To stand with you again on solid ground

We'll spend one perfect day back in the way it was before

Just one day, then one more

Maybe three, why keep score?

Let's just stay the way it was before