ONCE

I ONCE CARED, WHEN A HEART BROKE,

I ONCE CARED WHEN SOMEONE SPOKE.

I ONCE CARED LIKE NO OTHER,

I ONCE CARED THAT OTHERS SUFFERED.

I ONCE CARED THAT MY HEART WAS GOOD,

I ONCE CARED THAT I WAS MISUNDERSTOOD.

I ONCE SAW THE BEAUTY IN THIS LIFE,

I ONCE SAW HOPE, AND THEN I SAW TWICE.

I ONCE SAW LOVE, BUT THAT WAS A LIE,

I ONCE TOUCHED A HEART, BUT THAT TO HAS DIED.

I ONCE THOUGHT I COULD CHANGE THE WORLD,

I ONCE THOUGHT BROKEN HEARTS COULD BE CURED.

I ONCE SAW PASSION IN MY OWN LIFE,

I ONCE THOUGHT BUT THEN I THOUGHT TWICE.

I ONCE CARED THAT MY LIFE WAS SO MUCH MORE,

I ONCE CARED, THAT I WANTED MORE.

I ONCE SEARCHED FOR ANSWERS THREW DOORS,

I ONCE FOUGHT MY OWN INNER WAR.

I ONCE SOUGHT WHAT COULD NOT BE FOUND,

I ONCE THOUGHT I WOULDN'T HIT GROUND.

I ONCE SAW THE BEAUTY IN THIS LIFE,

I ONCE SAW HOPE, AND THEN I SAW TWICE.

I ONCE SAW WHAT COULDN'T BE SEEN,

I ONCE BELIEVED IN MY OWN DREAMS.

I ONCE CRIED FOR THOSE IN PAIN,

I ONCE SOUGHT WHAT I'D NEVER GAIN.

I ONCE SAW WHAT I WAS TO BELIEVE,

I ONCE SAW WHAT COULDN'T BE CONCEIVED.

I ONCE SAW PASSION IN MY OWN LIFE,

I ONCE THOUGHT BUT THEN I THOUGHT TWICE.