Before the laws and the social orders
 Before the cause of the lieutenant's orders
 Before the rise of pop culture
 Before the guards at the borders
 Before the expectation led to life's [bad word]  Before the path to salvation was cloudy by the deep depths of temptation
 [bad word] 
 Back then, it was alright to pretend
 That all we really had was within and a little sky to spin
 Back then, love had a place to stay
 And wasn't getting turned away
 It took my whole life to realize it's just a blink away to back then

 With holy sons, holy daughters, holy sisters, holy brothers, holy skies, holy waters
 For those who came before us on the way to [bad word] before us
 Before the expectations led to life's [bad word]  Before the path to salvation was clouded by the deep depths of temptation