...As Children - Violet

We’ve lost all that made us young

Our innocence, our freedom

To be anything we dreamed

I’d drift over the miles just to see this through

You still remember how you dreamt

And now you rarely do

They knew you then, it’s safe to say you lost your way

(I'll grow to love, I’ll live and learn)

What hurts the most is you gave up on a happy ending

While I’m still dreaming of a better life

I’ll earn with perseverance

Another time, another place

But I’m better now I’m free

We could’ve faced this lonely road (if only we tried)

It’s on your face, girl

You wanna talk about it

The way your body moves, yeah I know all about it

Keep on telling yourself that you’re free

But you’re not who you claimed you should be

(I'll never know love)

I’ll grow to love, I’ll live and learn

What hurts the most is you gave up on a happy ending

While I’m still dreaming of a better life

I’ll earn with perseverance

Things will never be the way they were

We broke the promise made as children

We said we would never change

But we didn’t know the world, we packed up and left to learn

Returning to find that we left behind everything we ever cared for

(I'll grow to love, I’ll live and I’ll learn)

What hurts the most is you gave up on a happy ending

While I’m still dreaming of a better life

I’ll earn with perseverance