That Was Before You

from Thereafter by Jon Crawley

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I was on the border of the future and the past
Not yet begun to be someone and going nowhere fast
But that was before you, that was before you

Sailing through my life without direction
Wandering the night without a clue
That was before you, that was before you

All the wheels that I was spinning
The shallow rivers I was wading through
The tangled path that I was weaving
The hidden pass winding its way to you

Hat in hand I roamed the land chasing the midnight sun
Losing track of who I am and who I might become
That was before you, that was before you

Lonely as I was I didn’t know what
Was just beyond the trappings of my youth
That was before you

All the wheels that I was spinning
The shallow rivers I was wading through
The tangled path that I was weaving
The hidden pass winding its way to you

Sailing through my life without connection
That was before you

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from Thereafter, released February 10, 2015

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