A long time ago When the world was still cooling An angel of God Ran away from her high home Collapse and rebuild How the world recreates you In fits and in starts Through loss, life is born Down in the streets That she moves in and out of Comfortably close How the wind blows right through her When night settles in She would look out her window A sky full of signs She would trace by her hand You may think you owe a debt But no one is holding it Called you bastard, call you child I'm sorry, I am sorry Born at the break of the world's first dawn Darkest songs passed through your tongue You will see a glorious day I'm sorry, I am sorry ♪ A long time ago While the ocean was forming She skulked the earth Lonely in displacement Memories of home Tangled up and recurring When left to themself Reckless hearts lash about Wingless and broke She placed a scar across the dessert Bitter and cold She put a flame to her history When night settled in She would look out her window A sky full of signs She would trace by her hand (Listen.) You may think you owe a debt But no one is holding it Called you bastard, called you child I'm sorry, I am sorry Born at the break of the world's first dawn Darkest songs passed through your tongue You will see a glorious day I'm sorry, I am sorry Memory moves in concentric circles Growing as her time moves forward Through the ages, her past grows larger Taking her over, always in circles Dance of time, violence of life It splashes in her deep lake mind Absorbing pain and expanding it further Always in circles, concentric circles