[Verse 1 – Soft, reflective; distant piano and low hum of wind] The streets remember when I was small, Chalk and laughter on broken walls. Now weeds grow where our footsteps played, The smile fades, the colors fray. [Verse 2 – Voice cracks with warmth and sorrow] I built my dreams with trembling hands, Believed that life would understand. But time, that thief, it takes, it hides, And leaves you with your younger eyes. [Chorus – Emotional, rising strings; heartfelt voice] You only get it once — the sun on your skin, The sound of your mother calling you in. You only get it once — the wildness of youth, The first lie you tell, the first found truth. And when it’s gone, the stars turn cold, You blink… and you’ve grown old. [Verse 3 – Nostalgic, quiet guitars; trembling tone] I watched them leave, one by one, Friends, and lovers, and setting suns. I tried to hold the golden years, But memory blurs through salted tears. [Bridge – Whispered; rain sound, faint strings] The nights are long, the mirror’s kind, It hides the cracks that time designed. And every dream that slips away, Becomes a ghost that learns to stay. [Chorus – Full emotion, orchestral swells] You only get it once — that laughter, that pain, The first spring bloom after winter’s rain. You only get it once — that fearless climb, Before you start to measure time. And when it’s gone, there’s no return, Just ashes of the things that burn. [Final Verse – Whisper; lone acoustic guitar] So I’ll sit beneath the dying tree, And thank the years that carried me. For even if the world forgets my name, I lived — and that’s enough flame. [Outro – soft hum; fading heartbeat rhythm] Only once… Only once…
