Back to When

[Verse]
Before the ashes
Before the cracks
When the sky was a soft shade of black
The world whispered
Not screamed
And I held dreams
Unbroken
Unseen
[Prechorus]
But the fire came
The fire came
Burned the edges
Left no name
[Chorus]
Oh
Take me back to when
To the girl I was back then
When the world was wide
And the nights were kind
No smoke in the air
No scars in my mind
Oh
Back to when
Back to when
[Verse 2]
I ran barefoot through the meadow’s seam
The sun kissed me like a golden dream
Now the ground cuts
The air bites
Every shadow sharp as a knife
[Prechorus]
And the fire came
The fire came
Turned soft whispers into blame
[Chorus]
Oh
Take me back to when
To the girl I was back then
When my hands were clean
My heart was whole
No weight of the world to swallow me whole
Oh
Back to when
Back to when

melancholic, and subtle string layers for emotional depth, light percussion, pop, emo, stripped-down acoustic with soft female vocals, folk, world