Once upon a time

Intro

Watching the shadows stretch across my wall

Echoes in the silence when I call

Memories whisper through the dark tonight

Trying to bring our childhood back to life

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Verse 1

Once upon a time back in 2003

Summer nights felt like forever to me

Laughing in the yard till the streetlights came

Two kids dreaming with the same last name

Grass stains, bikes laying in the road

Talking about the places we would go

Back then the world felt wild and free

Just you and me against everything

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Pre-Chorus

Now the years feel colder every day

And the past keeps slipping further away

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Chorus

Now you’re behind bars and I’m left with these scars

Talking to the night, wondering where you are

If you hear this song through the prison walls

Just know your little brother still calls

I’m counting the days till I see your face

Trying to fill the silence you replaced

If my voice reaches you from far away

Hold on sister… don’t drift away

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Verse 2

I remember crying on your shoulder that night

Begging you to stay and make it right

But the road you took pulled you away

And nothing’s really been the same

I know I wasn’t the best little brother

Since that day I’ve done nothing but suffer

Wish I told you I loved you more back then

Before the world closed in again

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Chorus

Now you’re behind bars and I’m left with these scars

Talking to the night, wondering where you are

If you hear this song through the prison walls

Just know your little brother still calls

I’m counting the days till I see your face

Trying to fill the silence you replaced

If my voice reaches you from far away

Hold on sister… don’t drift away

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Bridge

I swear I tried, I did everything I could

I would’ve carried your pain if I could

You were the only one who understood me

Now I’m talking to memories

Twenty-five years feels like a lifetime of rain

But I’ll still be here calling your name

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Final Chorus

Once upon a time back in 2003

Two kids dreaming who we’d be

Life got dark and pulled us apart

But you’re still the beat in my heart

If this song ever reaches you someday

Just know I never walked away

Until the day we reunite again

Your little brother’s waiting till the end

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Outro

So if you hear this through the silence somehow

Just know I’m still here now

Once upon a time…

It was you and me.