Cedar Branches - When You Were New Lyrics

I lost you
In masks skewed
By society

The smile I long to see
That child so free

Now hidden
Twisted
Forbidden
From me

Who made you forget
Who you really are?

Someone else
An ideal
False ego
A fake id

Remember play
Timeless joy
Greeting the day?
Just you and me

As we were
An abundance
Of worth

We'd just be
Why'd you go
Leave me alone?

Into faking
Until making
Where the making
Is to deceive

Imaginary
I now imagine
Us as we
Imagine you with me

When did you turn
Into someone else?
Into someone else?

Once caring
Loving
Daring
In harmony

That child
Judged not
Gifted smiles
Without a fee

Who turned you
Into someone else?
Into someone's lie?

A path not yours
Inherited destiny

Long gone
Dogmatic lies
Passed down
In misery

Mad customs
Sick culture
Took you
From me

Will you return
To play again?
To play again?

Release deception.
Breath free
Be you with me
Be you with me

Come home
To your core;
To the you
That I once knew
That I once knew

To the you
That I once knew

When you were new