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Artist: Darren Criss
Canonical path: /darren-criss/once-upon-a-time
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Once Upon a Time
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Once Upon a Time
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‘The end’ never seemed like it was good enough
Two little words seemed too small
I turned the page to find a blank one
As if the ones before never really happened at all
But what about the love, what about the old obsessions
We fell into when they were new
What about the late at night, heartfelt confessions
The things we tried, the tears we cried
Well it seemed to hide away
I got one more part for the story book
One more road that I should’ve took
One more thing that used to have my heart
I got one more place in my memory
Where I wished with every part of me
I could go back, go back to the start
I know it’s too far down and much too high to climb
But why can’t we bring it all back
To the once upon a time
Here we are, staring at the finish line
And I swear, it’s like we came a million miles
And if I take one more step, I will forget the rivers we crossed
A happy ending will be lost if we say goodbye
But what about the way our fable wasn’t fiction
It was real to you, it was real to me
So maybe our love was a lovely contradiction
We were never sure of what we were
But we knew we could never be
I got one more part for the story book
One more road that I should’ve took
One more thing that used to have my heart
I got one more place in my memory
Where I wished with every part of me
I could go back, go back to the start
I know it’s too far down and much too high to climb
But why can’t we bring it all back
To the once upon a time
But what about the way our fable wasn’t fiction
It was real to you, it was real to me
So what about the ups and downs, and all the lessons
The things we learned, the stones we turned
Well that bridge has burned away
And now it’s just one more part for the story book
One more road that I should’ve took
One more thing that used to have my heart
Yeah I know it’s too far down and much too high to climb
Oh I just wish we could bring it all back
To that once upon a time
Back to the start, back to your heart
To that once upon a time
Back to the start, back to your heart
To that once upon a time
I know it’s too far down and much too high to climb
I just wish we could bring it all back to the once upon a time
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