Before The Fall..

[Intro] (Instrumental - Acoustic guitar, melancholic melody) [Verse 1] Sunlight used to find your face so easily A gentle smile just for me, wild and free We built a life on steady ground, brick by brick Didn't see the shadow creeping, dark and thick Your hand held mine so sure, a steady guide Before the restless current pulled you deep inside [Chorus] Oh, who were you before the fall? Before the craving answered every call? I miss the man who laughed with open arms Kept our little world safe from harm Now I search your eyes, a stranger's gaze Lost within the hurtful, hollow haze I grieve the soul the p****n stole away Who were you before the fall? I pray [Verse 2] That spark I loved, it flickers low and dim Replaced by secrets and a weary, vacant whim The promises we whispered now lie cold A different story's painfully unfold I trace the laugh lines fading on your cheek While silence screams the answers I can't speak [Chorus] Oh, who were you before the fall? Before the craving answered every call? I miss the man who laughed with open arms Kept our little world safe from harm Now I search your eyes, a stranger's gaze Lost within the hurtful, hollow haze I grieve the soul the p****n stole away Who were you before the fall? I pray [Bridge] It's the cruelest kind of letting go Mourning a man I used to know Who walked right here beside me, strong and true While someone else wears his face, someone new The ghost of him still haunts these empty halls Aching for the man before the fall [Chorus] Oh, who were you before the fall? Before the craving answered every call? I miss the man who laughed with open arms Kept our little world safe from harm Now I search your eyes, a stranger's gaze Lost within the hurtful, hollow haze I grieve the soul the p****n stole away Who were you before the fall? [Outro] (Instrumental - Acoustic guitar melody fades slowly, lingering on the final chord) Who were you... before... (Fade out completely)