Lyric

Because it once was true

I still carry it gently

I used to think that endings had to mean

Something in the story was wrong

But the rain still falls on beautiful streets

Even after the people are gone

Your name is not a wound I need to hide

Not a place I have to erase

It is only a light from another time

Still soft on the edge of my days

I don’t need to call it forever

I don’t need to call it fate

Some things are worth remembering

Even when they couldn’t stay

Because it once was true

I can let it be

Not every broken dream

Is a failed memory

Because it once was true

It still belongs to me

Not as a place to return

But a light I learned to leave

I found a photo I forgot to throw

In a drawer with the winter keys

For a moment the room was quiet enough

To hold who we used to be

I did not break when I saw your face

I only breathed a little slow

Like meeting a version of my own heart

From a life I had to outgrow

I don’t need a reason

I don’t need a sign

Some goodbyes become kindness

When you give them enough time

Because it once was true

I can let it be

Not every broken dream

Is a failed memory

Because it once was true

It still belongs to me

Not as a place to return

But a light I learned to leave

Because it once was true

I won’t call it lost

Some lights are only borrowed

But they still teach us where we are