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ONCE UPON A TIME(Feat. Chloenalani🌺)

STUDIO

[Intro] I ain't gonna lie, I've been losing my mind To say that I'm fine, well that'd be a lie [guitar body tap] Oh I keep my shoes by the door like I'm ready to leave But I sleep in the same old shirt you gave me Coffee gone cold on the windowsill Bills on the table, world standing still You were fire, I held the flame You used to say my name like it meant something I laugh when I'm nervous, I smoke when I'm sad I call it a season, but it's all that I have Now I'm standing in the doorway of a life destroyed Watching you disappear, watching you enter the void [Pre-Chorus] I was your shelter, you were my storm Now I dance through the ruins where we were torn And I know I've been hard to reach And it's lonely underneath these sheets But somewhere beneath all this noise I still hear a little voice saying [Chorus] I don't wanna break down, baby, I wanna break through I don't wanna be found by anybody but you I've been talking to the ceiling, praying to the light Trying to make it through another long night I lost you, but I feel you still In the summer heat, in the dark, it kills We got close, maybe crossed the line You were mine once upon a time [Verse 2] The porch light flickers like it knows my name Every moth in town comes to do the same I got dust on my Bible and holes in my jeans And a heart that's been living beyond its means Your picture's still stuck in a Goodwill frame Beside a little blue candle with a burnt-out flame I don't know if it's love, or habit, or fear But I still turn around like you might be here [Pre-Chorus] I was your shelter, you were my storm Now I dance through the ruins where we were torn And I know I've been hard to hold Like a match in the January cold But somewhere beneath all this pain I still hear myself say [Chorus] I don't wanna break down, baby, I wanna break through I don't wanna be found by anybody but you I've been talking to the ceiling, praying to the light Trying to make it through another long night I lost you, but I feel you still In the summer heat, in the dark, it kills We got close, maybe crossed the line You were mine once upon a time [Bridge] Now I hear you hiding in the poems Roll my window down whenever I roam Hear your voice come drifting through the veil No, I won't make any more deals Maybe healing ain't thunder Maybe it's dishes in the sink Maybe God don't come running Maybe He just lets me think Maybe love ain't a rescue Maybe it's a hand on the line Saying, "Tell me the truth now" So I tell you this time [Final Chorus] I don't wanna break down, baby, I wanna break through I don't wanna be found by anybody but you I've been talking to the ceiling, praying to the light Trying to make it through another long night I ain't gonna lie, I've been out of my mind But I'm still here trying to get it right I lost you, but I feel you still And some nights I always will [Outro] I ain't gonna lie, I've been losing my mind To say that I'm fine, well that'd be a lie But I'm closer to fine than I was last night Still watching your taillights disappear from view Still watching you enter the void