Once

A man was born today, not far
From where the world began to spin
Upon a pole, this axis turned
And brought about yesterday.
Tomorrow comes chasing after
But between the mist there lies a land
That we once knew
That we once knew.

Blue skies crash and waves foam
Over hills where once we stood
And watched the passion of the wind
Make patterns on dew-stained grass
This latter method would surpass
Everything we ever believed
That we once knew
That we once knew.

Under heaven's banner, folded
Amid the ruins of our blunders
Lay the foundation of our redemption
If only a breath of it remained
This realization of what it cost
Was dismissed as the old tradition
That we once knew
That we once knew.

Now we search blindly for what
We never should have owned
And therefore never should have lost.
It is too late for some
But not for all, not yet
For some of us still remember
That we once knew
That we once knew.