And I...

Lyrics: Elpis

Third Person View

And I...
I wished to live before I died,
To be born before the living began;
I’d hoped not to laugh before I cried,
And never to cry before laughter sang.

I longed to open my eyes before they closed,
To see the world in its fleeting art;
Before a single word, to hear composed
A whispered "I loved you" from the heart.

Before love, I dreamed of leaving the past behind,
Both yours and mine, swept away at the start;
And before existence could even be defined,
I yearned to vanish—nothing from end to start.