Once Upon a Time

There's this feeling That I've had since before I remember A memory that glows like an ember Of a place or a time and a home I almost see it So close that I could be it It calls to me Something from my past Something missing Like a purpose at last It's a hope inside Even though I tried To run away from it There's nowhere to hide There's a story Of a maiden who lies in a forest Waiting, asleep And a hero With a promise to keep And a vow I'd always find you At last, it's all behind you We'll set things right No more wars to fight A happy ending As our kingdoms unite With our hearts as one Our new life begun In a future that's As bright as the sun So I'll close my eyes And dream of places I've been to in my mind Where the story ends with love And broken dreams are left behind I made a choice To hear my voice A story that is mine Even through the darkness I will make my way to find My once upon a time There's a story Of a life that was changed by a child Broken and torn and defiled Stolen happy ending So fragile, I could break it So close that I could take it I've paid my price Made my sacrifice Left with nothing But your pain will suffice So I'll tip the scale And rewrite the tale With a twist where Only I will prevail There's a story Of a love that was stolen by vengeance By jealousy's rage And a villain left to rot in a cage A coward using magic A life cut short, how tragic I will make her pay He will curse the day That he robbed me (That she robbed me) Took my future away Now the time has come Now the wait is done It's a journey that We've only begun So I'll chart a course And sail for places That I have yet to find A place where the only Happy endings will be mine To leave behind A life confined By love and loss intertwined Only in the darkness can You change your fate defined By once upon a time A choice that we made A curse we will break Robbed of their memories Without an escape A line that's been drawn To rewrite a wrong I know there's a place Somewhere that I belong When I close my eyes I dream of places That I have yet to find A place where the only Happy endings will be mine I made a vow What happens now? Our story changed somehow Only in the darkness can You leave your life defined Even through the darkness I will make my way to find My once upon a time