The Way it Was

When I was young, I hid from the sun
Every day it rose, every day I froze
In the frosty light, and a burnin' white it was
And the clothes I wore were nothing more
Than the clothes I wore on the day before
On another day, but that was the way it was

I watched the seasons fly like a lullaby
That keeps you drowsy 'til the day you die
But still it thundered, and a cloudy sky it was
And so I wore a frown, kept my head down
Both awake and in bed and if somebody said
"Was that a flash in the sky?" then I would say "Aye, it was!"

And then the monsoons came, I found a new name
And I learned to advance by the seat of my pants
And those that I passed were staggered how fast it was
And I ran for miles past the trudgin' hordes
On an endless road over splintered boards
That slowed their feet but showed me how neat it was

And maybe one day, one day I'll burst
Through the roadway's end with a ragin' thirst
And a neon sign will show me how first it was
And all that's left that's left alive
Will land at the end of a long low dive
With a final bow, an echo of how it was

The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was

And then the monsoons came, and I found a new name
And I learned to advance by the seat of my pants
And those that I passed were staggered how fast it was
And I ran for miles past the trudgin' hordes
On an endless road over splintered boards
That slowed their feet but showed me how neat it was

And maybe one day, one day I'll burst
Through the roadway's end with a ragin' thirst
And a neon sign will show me how first it was
And all that's left, that's left alive
Will land at the end of a long low dive
With a final bow, an echo of how it was

The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was

The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was