Before My Time Songtext
von Bob Carpenter

I stood in the shadows
Between the night and dawn
And I would light the candles
And dream till they were gone
Before the final curtain fell
Across my weary eyes
I′m sure I saw the ghost of truth
At least a thousand times


And all that I defended
Within the prison walls
Was captured or surrendered
I watched the banners fall
And stumbling blindly through the flames
I fell into the sea
And drifted out upon the waves
Into eternity

But somehow I remember
When all the stars had flown
Hidden by the royal sky
The pawns came tumbling home
To glorify the prison walls
They tried so hard to climb
Never knowing that for them all
The prison is the mind


And now I know the story
Before I turn the page
The games I played for glory
Have vanished with the age
And I can only love you now
And you can do the same
For I have learned that love somehow
Will brush away the pain