Where Did the Joy Go?

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[Verse 1]
I used to wake and find it there,
A little sunlight in the air,
It followed me through ordinary days,
Through crowded streets and quiet cafés.
I never knew how much it meant
Until one day it simply went,
No goodbye, no footsteps in the snow—
Tell me, where did the joy go?

[Pre-Chorus]
Twenty years, and still I turn
At every distant light I see,
Thinking maybe what I lost
Is somewhere waiting there for me.

[Chorus]
Where did the joy go?
The one that made the small things glow,
That put a summer in my soul
When I had nowhere else to go.
I don't need yesterday returned,
I don't need every bridge unburned—
I only want my heart to know
What it once knew so long ago.

[Verse 2]
The flowers bloom, I know their names,
But somehow they don't look the same.
I eat because the body must survive,
But when did living stop feeling alive?
I've crossed new cities, watched new skies,
But beauty passes through my eyes
Like distant music from another room—
A melody I used to know.

[Pre-Chorus]
We learned to find a face across
A thousand miles of land and sea,
But no machine was ever made
To find the joy we lose inside of us.

[Bridge]
Maybe I was wrong
Searching every road behind me,
Calling out the name
Of the man I used to be.
Maybe joy was never lost,
Maybe I just wandered far—
Maybe there's a quiet flame
Still breathing underneath the dark.

[Final Chorus]
So I won't ask where the joy went,
Or mourn the years already spent.
I won't keep knocking on the door
Of someone I can't be anymore.
If there's one ember left to burn,
I'll give it air and let it learn
To light a man I've never known—
And teach this heart to come back home.

[Outro]
Not back to who I was before…
Not back to twenty years ago…
Just somewhere I can feel again—
And watch the smallest things still glow.

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Where Did the Joy Go? [Verse 1] I used to wake and find it there, A little sunlight in the air, It followed me through ordinary days, Through crowded streets and quiet cafés. I never knew how much it meant Until one day it simply went, No goodbye, no footsteps in the snow— Tell me, where did the joy go? [Pre-Chorus] Twenty years, and still I turn At every distant light I see, Thinking maybe what I lost Is somewhere waiting there for me. [Chorus] Where did the joy go? The one that made the small things glow, That put a summer in my soul When I had nowhere else to go. I don't need yesterday returned, I don't need every bridge unburned— I only want my heart to know What it once knew so long ago. [Verse 2] The flowers bloom, I know their names, But somehow they don't look the same. I eat because the body must survive, But when did living stop feeling alive? I've crossed new cities, watched new skies, But beauty passes through my eyes Like distant music from another room— A melody I used to know. [Pre-Chorus] We learned to find a face across A thousand miles of land and sea, But no machine was ever made To find the joy we lose inside of us. [Chorus] Where did the joy go? The one that made the small things glow, That put a summer in my soul When I had nowhere else to go. I don't need yesterday returned, I don't need every bridge unburned— I only want my heart to know What it once knew so long ago. [Bridge] Maybe I was wrong Searching every road behind me, Calling out the name Of the man I used to be. Maybe joy was never lost, Maybe I just wandered far— Maybe there's a quiet flame Still breathing underneath the dark. [Final Chorus] So I won't ask where the joy went, Or mourn the years already spent. I won't keep knocking on the door Of someone I can't be anymore. If there's one ember left to burn, I'll give it air and let it learn To light a man I've never known— And teach this heart to come back home. [Outro] Not back to who I was before… Not back to twenty years ago… Just somewhere I can feel again— And watch the smallest things still glow.

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