I was reaching for the future Slowly floating in the blue When I was a boy I dreamed a dream of you I danced upon the tree top I drifted with the stream When I was a child I held you in my dreams Once I was a soldier In my castle strong Oh, I stood so tall then I could do no wrong Innocence and slumber When I was a boy I was walking with a stranger He left without a trace When I was a boy I slept at Heaven's gate Once I was a soldier In my castle strong Oh, I stood so tall then I could do no wrong Innocence and slumber When I was a boy Once I was a soldier In my castle strong Oh, I stood so tall then I could do no wrong Innocence and slumber Oh, when I was, when I was, when I was When I was, when I was When I was, oh, oh, ooh yeah Once I was a soldier In my castle strong Oh I stood so tall then I could do no wrong Innocence and slumber Oh, ooh yes, you know and so I wonder Through it grows and grows When I was a boy I was a boy I was a boy