Once upon a time is a time I once remembered
When the world was full of flowers and the songbirds knew her name
Life was but a dream to a sleeper never waking
But my eyes were open when the morning came
And we can never know the reason why
The one we love no longer writes our name up in the sky
But as those dying embers drift away upon the wind
We damn the rain and light the fire again
Promises are highways unforgiving with their endings
And your shadow falls before you like the dream you left behind
You'll know she is forgotten when your heart has stopped its beating
And you wish the eyes of memory were blind
And we can never know the reasons why
The one we love no longer writes our name up in the sky
But as those dying embers drift away upon the wind
We damn the rain and light the fire again
Hearts will ask the question even though they know the answer
But the truth is like a whisper in your ear: you cannot stay
And you know you should tread lightly lest you wake that sleeping dragon
And the walls around your heart be burned away
And we can never know the reasons why
The one we love no longer writes our name up in the sky
But as those dying embers drift away upon the wind
We damn the rain and light the fire again
And as these dying embers drift away upon the wind
I'll damn the rain and light the fire again