As It Is Before

And you sell yourself so short every time
You look at her and never dare to cross the line
Why is it so hard for you to understand?
We’ll never make it beyond the gate without each others' hand
Yes, you had it once before, you really did, before you left it all behind
You’ve forgotten what you knew before they put their heartless patterns on your
mind
And it is being, only being, it is being, it is as it was before
And it is being, yes believing, being, only being as you were before
You should be glad to be alive, to laugh and hear the babies cry
There is no tolling of the bell, you can forget to be afraid to die
You were too busy to remember, you forgot your birth, the one essential mind
Oh, you’re not the child you thought you were, you wake up in the dark to know
you’re blind
Yes, you had it once before, you really did, before you left it all behind
You’ve forgotten what you knew before they put their heartless patterns on your
mind
And it is being, only being, it is being, it is as it was before
And it is being, yes believing, being, only being as you were before
And it is being, only being, it is being, it is as it was before
And it is being, yes believing, being, only being as you were before