The Simplest Of Times

from Paintstroke by The Cryptics

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I could be right, I could be wrong
Since I’ve seen you, it’s been so long
We’ve let ourselves go and it just might be for good
A massive leap of faith that we misunderstood

This world it picks us up and forces us to scat
The contour of our spirit overturned to flat
While we are totaled nearly forced to be immobile
The life we left behind is never coming back

There was a time when I was free
I could do anything I wanted
Not strapped down, strapped down
To anyone or anything
Those hopeful dreams of yesterday, do you remember?

The simplest of times
The simplest of times

I could be right, I could be wrong
Is everything that we once knew just dead and gone?
A time before the kids, the house, the loans, the dogs, the lawn
The jobs, the cars, the doctors….What the hell is going on!?

Why did we make our lives this way
I surely miss it every day
We still live dormant deep inside
Those truly were the simplest of times

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from Paintstroke, released November 29, 2021

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