Forgive the Children We Once Were

We grew up in golden light Every chance to get it right What did we do with it? It's gone, what I had back then is gone Can't get it back again Raised by kids who gave us names These grown up children we became Who spread the gossip and the shame We waited For love, for dreams in the night For days to come when we'd be all right I can't remember why I did the things I did I was just a kid All our lives we feel this young Sorry for the things we should have done Sorry for the kids we pushed too far Sorry now for all the lonely hearts who can't move on because We waited For love, for dreams in the night For days to come when we'd be all right I can't remember why I did the things I did I was just a kid All the lines we knew back then, they now are faded All the laws we once obeyed, they have betrayed us People that I used to hate, I hardly remember Forgive the children we once were