Before the War - Saul Williams

Your mother the same way before the war

She stayed inside some days before the war

Remember when she froze before the door

Just like you froze out in the garden

And she was my best friend before the war

The only children then, before the war

She always knew what we were destined for before, before

She always questioned what made hearts harden

Something invisible, something in me

Highly predictable, yearning to be

My pleasure, your pleasure

My pleasure, your pleasure

Something in the way the guards, they fall

And the sirens sing great whales to shore

My pleasure, your pleasure

My pleasure, your pleasure

And if there’s an ounce of forgiveness in me

I’m making great songs and their children will see

And then you will see, then you will feel

More than I know is real

I thought that time would heal before the war

I contained how I feel before the war

I sensed that I was here before, before, before they came for me

Out in the garden

And she was my best friend before the war

I never saw an end before the war

I always felt what we were destined for before, before

I always questioned what made hearts harden

My pleasure, your pleasure

My pleasure, your pleasure

Something in the way the guards, they fall

And the sirens sing great whales to shore

My pleasure, your pleasure

My pleasure, your pleasure

And if there’s an ounce of forgiveness in me

I’m making great songs and their children will sing

And then you will see, then you will feel

All than I know is real

I thought that time would heal before the war

I contained how I feel before the war

I sensed that I was here before, before, before they came for me

Out in the garden

And she was my best friend before the war

I never saw an end before the war

I always felt what we were destined for before, before

I always questioned what made hearts harden