Before & After Lyrics

When I was younger
I used to wonder
What it would feel like to
Hold a tiny you
With your button nose
Nobody knows
To prepare you for

How you'd make me discover
A world in color
When all I used to know
Was a monochrome
Of sepia tones
Can't believe how I've
Gone all this time

If I could divide my life in two
It would be before and after you
I thought I knew what happiness was
But that was before I knew you, love
I thought all the future held was fear
But not after I've held you, dear
My life is divided
Before and after you

One day I will grow old
I'll wish I know
How to travel back
To this very day
A Saturday
Blueberry pancakes
No other place

One day you will grow old
Old enough to know
And you'll leave home
But I really hope
You will come back
On a summer day
When you want to stay

If I could divide my life in two
It would be before and after you
I thought I knew what happiness was
But that was before I knew you, love
I thought all the future held was fear
But not after I've held you, dear
My life is divided
Before and after you