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Innocence and Wisdom
(Anderson)

I remember childhood days and afternoons outside
I could make the sky my playground
Games of hide and seek would save me
Lying in the grass 'til evening, wish upon a star
Try to catch a falling question, like who we really are

Those days are gone
I'm so much older now
The refuges of youth are overgrown
Innocence and wisdom both evade me like a shadow
And leave me looking for a home

What you say and what you do: will it all come back to you?
Brothers grew and lovers lied, and a childhood friend has died
(Oh, Dion)

How I loved pretending
I could lose myself in days
Climb into the toybox and fly it to amazing places
Laughing with a smaller voice that carried larger joys
Being told to settle down and learn to share my toys

Those lessons done, I'm so much poorer now
Vestiges of youth have died to time
Innocence and wisdom leave me groping in their shadows
Searching for the life that I call mine

What you say and what you do: will it all come back to you?
Brothers grew and lovers lied, and a childhood friend has died