Childhood Books Lyrics - Primary Elements - Six Elements

Our childhood was ruled 

By the books on our shelves, 

With the knights of the past 

Sacrificing themselves 

For the pride and the honor. 

So the battles of old 

Were making us stronger, 

Were making us bold, 

You remember, My Friend, you remember? 

Doctors patched our scratches, 

Mothers patched our coats, 

But we kept on our matches 

And fights till it hurt, 

We were knights in white armor, 

We were aces of skies, 

Books like nothing thereafter 

Could get us to fly. 

Chorus: 

So we climbed up the hill, 

Often scared and cold, 

And we never admitted 

Inner terror untold, 

And the foes were defeated, 

And the pledges were said, 

And we lived on the pages 

Of the novels we read. 

You remember, my friend, 

How we used to defend 

The ideals of ours 

The childhood would lend? 

How we used to be sure 

There is black and there's white, 

That there is a simple cure 

For every possible plight. 

You remember, My Friend, you remember? 

You remember denying 

Compromises of soul? 

You remember first lying? 

It was seemingly small 

But it led to forgetting, 

Pledges were taken back, 

So you slowly, but surely, 

Started losing the track. 

Chorus: 

All the games that we played, 

And the heroes we prayed, 

All the poor defended, 

And the beauties we saved, 

All new planets discovered, 

And ordeals disdained, 

All the majesty cherished - 

Thrown out all the same. 

You remember the girl 

Living right down the street? 

You remember cold ice 

In your chest when you'd meet? 

You remember first asking 

Her out for a date, 

Being scared and hoping 

That she would consent? 

That good old Volkswagen 

Which dad let you drive, 

The ice-cream, the parking, 

Your kisses, your life? 

Our hearts were still loving 

But love was doomed from the start 

Our minds were rejecting 

This romantical part 

Chorus: 

We trashed our feelings 

To serve common sense, 

We moved to big cities 

And the race would commence. 

But we'd vaguely remember 

And always would miss 

That bug with bumped fender 

And the joys of first kiss. 

Where's that girl from next door, 

Whom you kissed in that car? 

Did she marry for money 

Sacrificing her heart? 

Do you think she remembers? 

Or you think she forgot, 

How to love with no reason, 

With no doubt or back thought? 

Oh, My Friend, do you think she remembers? 

Do you think she remembers 

Simple pleasures of life? 

Do you think she is dead inside? 

Or you think she's alive? 

Anyway, [it] doesn't matter, 

Days of past won't return, 

Friends of childhood are scattered, 

Dreams of young days are gone. 

Chorus: 

But, Friend, you can make a try 

Resurrecting the flame 

Though it won't be as high 

And it won't be the same, 

You will feel so much better 

You will feel young again. 

So don't let your heart settle 

Turn the wheels, light the flame