Time
There was a time we were kids in Brooklyn.
We were all we had, no-one else got a look-in;
Knew each other so well.
There was a time when I followed you blindly;
When my back hit the wall you were right there beside me –
But that was before I fell.
There was a time when I was so broken,
Didn’t know the cage till the doors burst open,
Didn’t know lie from true.
There was a time I was what they made me.
I fell from your arms and they took me, changed me,
Tore my mind in two.
There was a time when you called me, knew me,
When your eyes looked up and bored right through me,
And something broke inside.
There was a time when my mind was bleeding:
I begged for answers but they left me screaming,
Split me open wide.
There was a time when I tried to catch you,
They gave me a gun and pointed it at you,
Ten words broke me in two.
There was a time when the walls all fell in,
Icicles shattered and let hot hell in,
And hell led me back to you.
There was a time I knew next to nothing,
I was guilty and scared and never trusting –
But I knew you were my friend.
There’ll be a time when we’ll walk together
Into a brave new world that’s ours forever,
And nothing will matter then.