Looking Back

Did someone paint the sky?
Or was it always this way, so blue, so bright?
What happened to the mist that covered my eyes for so long?
Where has it gone?

The howling winds have silenced
Or was it always this way so calm, so quiet?
My soul warmed by the sun, the light that I prayed for so long
Was it there all along?

When I let out my breath at the end of the day
All proof I have left are remains of the rain
The fresh smell of the earth fills the soft autumn breeze
In silence there's truth, in silence there's peace, I know

The storm has passed
Suddenly I'm looking back
At the girl in the shadows
The clouds that surrounded me all seem so distant
Almost as if they had never existed
Goodbye
To the old me that I left behind
Somewhere in the shadows
It finally makes sense, how the tables have turned
I have no regrets and I'll never return

So easily deceived
'Guess I was always that way, so pure, so naive
How would I have known what to and what not to believe, with the mind of a child?
So I refused to leave
But when I kept holding on my hands would bleed
How could I let go of something so sharp or so sweet, with the mind of a child?

When I let out my breath at the end of the day
All proof I have left are remains of the rain
The fresh smell of the earth fills the soft autumn breeze
In silence there's truth, in silence there's peace, I know

The storm has passed
Suddenly I'm looking back
At the girl in the shadows
The clouds that surrounded me all seem so distant
Almost as if they had never existed
Goodbye
To the old me that I left behind
Somewhere in the shadows
It finally makes sense, how the tables have turned
I have no regrets and I'll never return

I feel alive, grown body, grown mind
But the child I was still lies somewhere inside
The girl in the shadows seems like she's withdrawn
Will she ever truly be gone?

I feel alive, in the skies I roam free
Somehow standing strong while crying on my knees
Can I finally escape If I spread these broken wings?
Can I ever escape From the madness within me?

Did someone say my name? Did someone call me home?

The storm has passed
Suddenly I'm looking back
At the girl in the shadows
The clouds that surrounded me all seem so distant
Almost as if they had never existed
Goodbye
To the old me that I left behind
Somewhere in the shadows
It finally makes sense, how the tables have turned
I have no regrets and I'll never return