My Once Upon a Time

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? This is not your father's fairytale And, no, it's not your mother's fault you fail So when your story comes to light Make sure the story that they write Goes, "Once upon a time, a girl tried harder Once upon a time, she tried again Once upon a braver choice, she took a risk, she used her voice" And that will be my once upon a time this time Why tell all those lies? You feel unworthy Like there isn't solid ground for you to stand But a stack of lies is not a firm foundation You cannot build a castle on a mountain made of sand This is not your mother's dark desire And, no, it's not your father's hair on fire Turns out it's you who's not awake So if there's change you wanna make Take, once upon a time, she fought a dragon Once upon a time, that 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 prewritten guarantee of happy 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 tie that binds She changed her heart to change their minds" That's got to be my once upon a time This once upon a time I'll finally see my once upon a time this time