There was a day when the thoughts of man were free--
free from hatred and suspicion, free from greed and from envy;
There was a time when we’d awake to find the day
full of promise, full of sunlight, only beauty on display;
There was a point in time when all we saw was good,
when our thoughts were on the world around and building what
we could
to make things better, always better.

There was a world that was beautiful and free,
Where we ran among the flora and feasted from the trees;
There was a place where doubt and fear were yet unknown,
where only love was ever present, what a pleasure to behold!
There was a moment in eternity when men
and all creatures lived in peace on earth,
oh, way back when,

CHORUS:
Before our eyes were opened, and we wanted our own way
Before our world was broken by the choice we made that day
Our innocence forsaken, our will on full display,
Before our eyes were opened
Before we lost our way

When I close my eyes, now, I can almost see
What we were & where we came from, even how life used to be;
When we could look at one another without fear,
work together on this planet, free of sickness, death and tears;
In that garden of our childhood where we felt so loved, so free,
well before our eyes were opened and our central thought was ‘me’
and what I'm wanting, and what I'm needing...

There was a plan set before us to fulfill
in a paradise where all was good, with so much room to build;
There was a project so ambitious in it's scale,
our every need anticipated, and provided in detail;
A world was waiting just to see what we would do
with this gift that we were given,
and what we would chose

CHORUS:
Before our eyes were opened, and we wanted our own way
Before our world was broken by the choices that we made
Our innocence forsaken, our will on full display,
Before our eyes were opened
...before we lost our way

[Bridge]
Now I’m longing for the day
When Creation's renovation is complete
Hey,hey, and peace on earth is here to stay;
When we see our world as it was meant to be

CHORUS:
Before our eyes were opened, and we wanted our own way
Before our world was broken by the choices we made that day
Our innocence forsaken, our evil on display,
Before our eyes were opened
Before we lost our way
Before we lost our way