I Once Was Gold

I once was gold
And I retain all the words I was told
I once was free
But I sing glorious in my chains
Like the sea

And I once was fire
In the shade of my wisdom and fear and lies
And I once was gone
And born in the face of the Sun
But I shone

And I once was lost
Broad were the rivers that I crossed to arrive
And I once was saved
Though I lay many years in my grave