Intro:
(Guitar strumming with a soft, contemplative melody)

Underneath the fading light,
Shadows dance and whispers sigh,
Time is slipping through our hands,
Like grains of sand in the wind.

Verse 1:
We walked the edge of dreams so high,
With stars above and hopes so wide,
But every moment we let slip,
Turns into a distant ship.
Promises made and words unsaid,
In the silence of the night,
Now I see the price we paid,
For the chances lost in flight.

Pre-Chorus:
Can’t you hear the ticking clock?
Every second fades away,
We’re left with echoes of our choice,
And the price we’ll have to pay.

Chorus:
It’s a once in a lifetime,
A chance that we let go,
In the fleeting dance of time,
How could we have known?
No, it won’t come back around,
What’s lost can’t be reclaimed,
It’s a once in a lifetime,
And the memory remains.

Verse 2:
We had the world right at our feet,
With dreams so bright and love so sweet,
But we hesitated, lost in doubt,
And now the chance is fading out.
Every road we didn’t take,
Every “maybe” that we chose,
Turns into a hollow space,
Where the light of hope just goes.

Pre-Chorus:
Can’t you hear the ticking clock?
Every second fades away,
We’re left with echoes of our choice,
And the price we’ll have to pay.

Chorus:
It’s a once in a lifetime,
A chance that we let go,
In the fleeting dance of time,
How could we have known?
No, it won’t come back around,
What’s lost can’t be reclaimed,
It’s a once in a lifetime,
And the memory remains.

Bridge:
In the night, I hear the sound,
Of a dream that’s flown away,
Every moment we let slip,
Turns to dust with each new day.
So hold on tight, don’t let it pass,
Seize the light before it fades,
For a chance like this won’t come again,
And time won’t ever wait.

Interlude:
(Instrumental break with an emotional guitar solo, transitioning into a soft piano melody)

Chorus:
It’s a once in a lifetime,
A chance that we let go,
In the fleeting dance of time,
How could we have known?
No, it won’t come back around,
What’s lost can’t be reclaimed,
It’s a once in a lifetime,
And the memory remains.

Outro:
(Guitar and piano blend softly)
As the twilight turns to dark,
And the dreams we had depart,
I’ll remember what we had,
In the echoes of my heart.
For it’s a once in a lifetime,
A truth we learned too late,
And the lesson of the moment,
Is the price we contemplate.