Here you are alone And you deserve it Your friends have turned to stone And that's on you You had a cause to serve But did you serve it? Or did you see yourself in a way That wasn't true Why tell all those lies? You feel unworthy Like there isn't solid ground For you to stand But a sack of lies Is not a firm foundation You cannot build a castle On a mountain made of sand This is not your father's fairy tale And no, it's not your mother's fault you fail So when you're story comes to light Make sure the story that they write Goes once upon a time She fought a dragon Once upon a time It beast was me Once upon a misspent youth She faced herself, she spoke the truth That's how I see my once upon a time This time Life is not a storybook But life unfolds in chapters Turn the page And start to make amends There's no pre-written guarantee Of happily ever after Step into your greatness Before your story ends So when your story ends They'll say: Once upon a time A girl flew higher Once upon a time She made things right Once upon a time that finds She changed her heart To change their minds That's got to be my once upon a time This once upon a time I finally see my once upon a time This time