Once Upon a Time - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Once upon a time, I was falling in love with you

My heart and your hands at the end of the avenue

Batting my eyes, trying to play it all cool

But you could see through all of that

When I was sixteen, life seemed an endless stream

Of romance and chance and movie star beauty queens

I tried my best to mold into their extremes

I never fit the part

Ooh-ooh

Once upon a time, life was an open road

Rear view mirror, another sold out show

Always some place new to go

But they all blend into onе

All I could see was all that it couldn't be

Felt so bad to be thanklеss and naive

A hotel room with a beautiful view

What did it matter to me?

If there was no

You-ooh

If there was no

You-ooh

And maybe when I'm older

I can put it all to rest

So afraid of growing bitter

Like what the hell did I expect?

While the world burns

(While the world burns)

While the world burns

(While the world burns)

While the world burns

Once upon a time, I was falling in love with you

My heart and your hands at the end of the avenue

Batting my eyes, trying to play it all cool

But you could see through all of that