Before the Rain

Far behind me
Miles and yards away
Down the road of time
Where the colors used to stay

There was a fire
Alive behind my eyes
A sweet voice in the wind
Calling through the night

An inner flame
Begging to burn
Whole forests down
Beneath the Moon

Oh pale setting Sun
Where has my courage gone?
The mist hides my past
And innocence moves on

There was a rainbow
Before reality rained
There was a dream
That gave my truth a name
Now every season
Cuts what it leaves behind
But not in vain
Not in vain
I still carry what was mine

There was a world
Before the weight came down
Fantasy revealing
What I could not say out loud

I used to believe
In every light I saw
Now the years keep turning
Like a blade without a flaw

Spring is gone
Summer fell
Winter froze
What I could not tell

Autumn came
With another song
Under falling leaves
I learned to move on

There was a rainbow
Before reality rained
There was a dream
That gave my truth a name
Now every season
Cuts what it leaves behind
But not in vain
Not in vain
I still carry what was mine

After all
It's only seasons
Turning cycles
Nothing more

Still I hear
That distant whisper
From the child
I was before

Where did it go?
The fire in my eyes
Where did it go?
The courage to collide
Mist over memory
Rain over faith
I lost my innocence
But not the flame

There was a rainbow
Before reality rained
There was a dream
That gave my truth a name
Now every season
Cuts what it leaves behind
But not in vain
Not in vain
I still carry what was mine

Spring is gone
Summer bled

Winter froze
The words unsaid

In autumn leaves
I sing again

They fall
They fade

But not in vain