Under castle lights at closing time,
Name tags shining gold,
Two lifeguards watching summer waves,
Too young to feel this old.
Chlorine skies and laughing crowds,
Dreams we couldn’t hide,
I never knew a single shift
Would change my whole inside.
Bowling lanes and neon glow,
Your nervous smile on me,
Your hands were shaking when we kissed
Like fate was finally free.
You drew tomorrow in the air,
Close enough to see,
Left the door to forever cracked
Just wide enough for me.
I would’ve chased every star across the sea,
Believed the magic had a plan for you and me.
Every goodbye felt temporary,
Now I’m standing
Where the magic used to be.
Years went by in midnight Snaps,
Words we never said,
Met you secretly at Disney
Like a dream we couldn’t shed.
You met my family in Carolina,
Stayed a week inside my life,
Every laugh around my kitchen
Felt like someday I’d be your wife.
I thought distance was a chapter
We would learn to leave behind,
Every promise sounded louder
Every time you met my eyes.
I would’ve crossed every ocean just to see your face,
Turned my whole world into a different place.
I thought forever was waiting for me,
But I’m still standing
Where the magic fades to gray.
Eight years later, quiet moment,
Words I couldn’t keep inside,
“I love you”… felt like fireworks
Lighting up the night.
I whispered, “You’re my new dream,”
Like a wish I couldn’t hide,
And for a heartbeat I believed
You were standing on my side.
Then October fell like winter
Through a story dressed as gold,
You said the future felt too heavy
And her hand was yours to hold.
All those years you left me hoping,
Every “someday” you would say
Turned to silence in a moment
When you walked away.
I would’ve flown through every sky you dreamed,
Left every fear just to be your everything.
Ten years of love falling quietly,
And I’m learning
How to set you free…
They say if you love something
You have to let it go,
And if it doesn’t find its way back
It was never yours to hold.
So I’m opening my hands now
Even though it breaks my soul,
Learning how to love you…
By letting go.
I still love you — that won’t change for me,
I still make wishes on the same old dreams.
Part of my heart keeps hoping you’ll see
One day you’ll turn around and choose me.
And I’m scared I’ll never find a love that true,
Never feel a happiness like I felt with you…
I’m more than a “maybe,” more than a wait,
More than a heart standing outside your gate.
And even if you never turn around to choose me…
The magic isn’t gone…
It was all just Once Upon a Dream.
