Once Upon A Midnight

[Verse 1] Once upon a midnight dreary, Echoes called through silent halls. Shadows danced like fading memories, Etched upon these crumbling walls. Time stood still, a hush so hollow, As if the night refused to end. In the mirror, no reflection — Just the ghost of a lost friend. [Chorus] But I still wait by the window, For a dream that never came. In the hush of moonless sorrow, Whispers call me by no name. Fairy tales all turn to ashes, When the stars forget to shine. [Verse 2] Glass is cracked on bedtime stories, All the endings bled away. Even hope now feels like mourning, Wrapped in velvet shades of grey. All that’s left — a voice once singing, Fading deep beneath the rain. Candles burn without a reason, Waxen tears that fall in vain. [Chorus] But I still wait by the window, For a dream that never came. In the hush of moonless sorrow, Whispers call me by no name. Fairy tales all turn to ashes, When the stars forget to shine. [Bridge] Turn the page — but find no closure, Just the echo of a sigh. Ever cursed to haunt the twilight, Never free, and never die. [Verse 3] In a room of haunted pages, Every word a silent scream. Time rewinds in solemn stages, Trapped inside a dying dream. No one comes, no footsteps nearing, Only silence walks the floor. Every night the same beginning, Never reaching evermore. [Chorus] But I still wait by the window, For a dream that never came. In the hush of moonless sorrow, Whispers call me by no name. Fairy tales all turn to ashes, When the stars forget to shine. [Final Chorus] Still I wait by the window, For a light I’ll never find. On the edge of once upon, Where no endings lie behind. Only silence now remembers The tale that lost its time.