Once Lyrics

Once upon a better time

I said I'm yours and you were mine

But fairy tales are full of lies

So let's let this one pass us by

Once upon a broken stage

I sang my heart out day by day

But no one came and no one stayed

So I cashed the check and went away

Once upon a bed of nails

I laid and each pin played a scale

The pain one out, my music failed

So I slept and in my dreams I sailed

Once upon a waking dream

A girl just like you sang to me

Her words were water, pure and clean

I only wonder what they mean

Once upon a midnight bridge

I woke up with an aching wish

Cause heartache's only got one trick

To take your voice and devour it

Once upon a spotlight beam

A microphone right next to me

I took a breath and luckily

The sound that came out was pristine