Former Times Lyrics

There once was a wall around this Old Town

When the wars of the bishops raged all around

'Till riders came down with a message of peace

And all of this happened right here

She said you'd been a friend of hers for so many years

And she was glad to show me around

So we walked through the city as the sun shone down

On the rooves and the steeples and the streets

She said a long time ago, this place was laid so low

But we put it back together one stone at a time

In former times

In former times I knew you well

Before the whole thing went to hell

Don't want to spend my whole life living in former times

I'll never forget just what she said

It rang like a bell ringin' in my head

In former times like another age

Just like someone turning a page

She said so many times before

When the wolves were at the door

We still believed in something more

In former times I knew you well

Before the whole thing went to hell

Don't want to spend my whole life living

In former times

Former times

Still. there's a wall that I just can't climb

That stands between me and you

You said that you got my message of peace

But you still had something to do

So on Wolfgang's corner I waited for you

While the wind blew hard in the trees

Then I walked through the city as the rain poured down

On the streets and the steeples and me

In former times I know you well

Before the whole thing went to hell

Don't want to spend my whole life living in former times

I thought that this was it at last

I thought you'd saved me from the past

But then I realized I was living in former times

Former times