some will say,
back in the day
is when it all started.

we lost our thrill
and turned downhill
when we both parted.

and so i changed
and my life rearranged
now I'm not the same.

with my conscience clean
i now could ween
without feeling any shame.

and from the north i heard a calling
that if I was tired of always falling
I could get off my lazy seat
and get back on my own two feet

so the call kept resounding
and my head kept on pounding
until i agreed and obeyed
and from my former path strayed

i took a chance on a better way
with hopes of a better day
anything would be better then
back in the day, way back when

these days have gone by so fast
and i still cannot forget the past
but the future is finally looking bright
through my realigned and corrected sight

help coming from a pair of eyes
like small rings of blue grey sky
they remind me to always try
and show me the reason why

why im here
and why i can
be understood
and help understand

the future unknown
ive always known
but now I hope again

living not for today
or neither back in the day
ive put away my way back when.