Words tumble and they fail when unspoken Promises shudder and they wail when they are broken But for you and I they cling on our love was like a story once upon But Happily ne'er came ever after a cry went out following dying laughter But then we were young and newly dawn back in that story of once upon When the stories were all glitter and love we ne'er feared the stormclouds breaking above But then, again, we were just waking in loving yawn Until that story ended once upon