After Innocence

By Wes Davis

Reminded of

what I cannot remember -

ever calling from beyond my reach.

I must have

stepped out of a place

that’s gone forever,

where I long to go to make my peace.

Was it really a point of no return?

Say it isn’t so.

chorus:

And how I’ve tried

to sing this song

since the day I knew

the innocence had gone.

I cannot find

those tears I cried

on the day I found

my innocence had died.

It’s really not

a question of atonement

or of finding where to pin the blame.

I know I

can’t afford to spend

a single moment

thinking I could ever win that game.

But if facing the truth won’t make it right,

nothing ever will.

[repeat chorus]

bridge:

We are not

the fallen angels of the legend

or the gods upon the hill.

We are

what we are -

enslaved or liberated by our will.

[repeat chorus]

Copyright © 1998 Wes Davis