I'd like to think, I was a lover If I could ever bring us back together I'd like to think, I was a father If I could get together with my children I'd like to think, I was a friend So let us begin I'd like to think, I was your friend We can start again In the light of things In the light of things In the light of things In the light of things I'd like to think, I was a thinker If I could even get my thoughts together I, I'd like to think, I was still a child If I could get together with my father And I'd like to think that I can see Right in front of me I'd like to think that I can breathe Breathe in everything In the light of things In the light of things In the light of things And, Lord, in the light of things, oh I'd like to think, I was a lover If I could ever bring us back together If I could ever bring us back together If I could ever bring us back together