Were there ever really better days? Or is it just a sentimental haze? A blanket safe and warm A shelter from the stormy skies The fights are all forgotten in the mist The lonely tears are lost in the abyss The grass is always green The house is always clean The smiles never seem to fade Were there ever really better days? In photographs of sepia and grey The family huddled tight Beneath the perfect light of dusk Stand before the camera and say cheese And for the slightest moment we all freeze With smiles open wide We're frozen there in time Our sorrows hidden deep inside our minds Were there ever really better days? Or are they just a mirror that we made? Stare it in the eyes Shatter all the lies Then go into the open wide beyond