To all the times before

I looked back on my life today
i reread all the things i said
i found the messages clear as day
in all the words i've read
It's clear as day
what was the past was like
when i knew it so well
And just like night
it fades away
to a new kind of light
I said to all the times before
i didn't know
what it all would come down to
i said to all the times before
that i loved it
when i thought i had known
when i had known
I checked back the messages
that my ancestors left for me
i read all the history books
that i had already seen
And it only came around
to the things i'd written down
when i knew what they were, yeah
And i only thought i had found
the things i'd been looking for
when i didn't know where i'd been looking
I said to all the times before
i didn't know
what it all would come down to
i said to all the times before
i loved it
when i thought that i had known
when i had known
And tomorrow's another day
for me to just forget the past
and it's all been thrown away
in the scrapbooks somewhat fast
and i don't know where i'd looked
for the answers for this test
because i'd been looking
solely in the past, yeah, yeah, yeah
I said to all the times before
i didn't know
what it all would come down to
i said to all the times before
i loved it
when i thought that i had known
when i had known
I said to all the times before
i did not know
what it all would come down to
i said to all the times before
that i loved it
when i thought that i had known
when i had known
When i had known
when i had known
when i had known