I’ve seen this face before
It somehow looks familiar

Tattered and weatherworn

A sad, pathetic creature

And once you stood so strong
Your eyes alight with promise

You vowed to carry on

A heart once beat in your chest

Cut forward to another day
Another time, another place

You’re not who you used to be

And I wonder why

I knew you once
When you were young

Before you knew

What you’d become

But that was then

And this is now

You’ve lost your way

You’ve fallen down

You can’t just walk away
You can’t choose to ignore me

I stand in front of you

A stranger stands before me

What happened to the boy
Head filled with aspirations

His dreams within his reach

His life a celebration?

Cut forward to another day
Another time, another place

You’re not who you used to be

And I wonder why

I knew you once
When you were young

Before you knew

What you’d become

But that was then

And this is now

You’ve lost your way

You’ve fallen down

And now there’s nothing left
Your face a pale reflection

With only emptiness

You’ve lost your life’s direction

What happened to the man
Who couldn’t be defeated

Who always stood his ground

When lesser men retreated?

Cut forward to another day
Another time, another place

You’re not who you used to be

And I wonder why

I knew you once
When you were young

Before you knew

What you’d become

But that was then

And this is now

You’ve lost your way

You’ve fallen down

Assemblage 23, “Fallen Down”