YOU SAID:
I was free before I wasn't. The water was bright and clear, and morning stars were rising.
INTO JAPANESE
私は自由になる前に自由でした。水は明るく澄んでいて、朝の星が昇っていました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was free before I was free. The water was bright and clear, and the morning stars were rising.
INTO JAPANESE
私は自由になる前に自由だった。水は明るく澄んでいて、朝の星が昇っていました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was free before I was free. The water was bright and clear, and the morning stars were rising.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.