We were once happy
A laugh came from us
We thought these times would never end
Destroy, time surely does
Gone are the times we sat and played
Gone are the smiles gracing our faces
Gone is our innocence and youth
Locked in this merciless place
Shattered are our memories
Cracked like our hearts, down the middle
The salty tears catches our eyes
Lives caught in this timeless riddle
Can't move without stepping in shadow
Can't breathe without sucking in death and decay
Can't hold onto our friend fading
Into the dawn of another day
Our vision is blurred by the darkness
Only hearing deceive and lies
Can't speak without giving secrets,
To the ears of many spies
We were once young and free
Thinking these times would never end
We knew not of the darkness approaching
Or the war just beyond the bend…
We were once strong and fierce
Thinking there was naught in our way
No one told us what would happen,
Once time came and had its say
Our short childhood was lost in the dark days of last week
We were forced to grow so quickly,
Though answers we still seek
We wondered why we hurt inside
We wondered why this war was breaking
We wondered why we were so scared
Our fears exposed for the taking
Our questions wavered in the air
Answers hid, kept at bay
We wanted to know what was happening,
Who else had gone away
Time went and still we sat in the darkness thinking
About the times that were rising and the light slowly sinking
We were once happy,
A long, long time ago
No smile curls at our lips now
Only pain and endless sorrow
We were once happy
Laughter, such a distant sound
We haven't laughed in a long time
Since our dreams were roped and bound
We were once happy,
Young, smiling and together
The sun once shined upon our faces,
The storm and rain, now it's the weather
We were once happy, no more are we now
Not with death surrounding closely
And dark in a deadly bow
We were once happy, forever the two of us
Not once did we think we would be broken, destroyed
Time surely does
We were once happy
