Name: Once Upon A Time
Duration: P00H04M05S
Description: This is the first single from my newest album, Sarabi (coming 2024)i. This song was a product of that grief and I hope it helps paint a picture of what it feels like to long for someone, yet also know it was better to end things than cling to something that wasn’t working.

Once Upon A Time

by Ellisa Sun

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This is the first single from my newest album, Sarabi (coming 2024)i. This song was a product of that grief and I hope it helps paint a picture of what it feels like to long for someone, yet also know it was better to end things than cling to something that wasn’t working.

lyrics

Could we call it luck, was it dumb love
I always want the damaged ones
Ya know how Karma comes then so it goes
And the kindest souls get the busted fun

Too good to be true
somewhere there deep down i knew
I had to cut you loose, you’re not mine to think about, but i still do

The day i let you go it’ll be sweet as apple pie
You’ll be once upon a time
distant memory, warm like honey
Won’t that be nice, to call us once upon a time

I’ve been counting sheep but i can't sleep
You always creep into my dreams
These quiet days are few and far between
but when they come it's like vanilla ice cream dripping the past on me

The day i let you go it’ll be sweet as apple pie
You’ll be once upon a time
distant memory, warm like honey
Won’t that be nice, to call us once upon a time

One day I won’t hold this on my shoulders
Some day soon I’ll be over you

The day i let you go it’ll be sweet as apple pie
You’ll be once upon a time
distant memory, warm like honey
Won’t that be nice, to call us once upon a time

credits

released August 18, 2023
Produced by: Ellisa Sun & Connor Gehlert
Lead Vocals: Ellisa Sun
Backup Vocals: Ryan Jackson & Eva Cassel
Keys: George Wallace III
Bass: Ryan Jackson
Electric Guitar: Michael Lindo
Acoustic Guitar: Connor Gehlert
Trumpet: Audrey Lidke
Drums: Justin Vorp
Cello: Alex Stradal
Audio Engineer: Michael Beckhart & Connor Gehlert
Mixing Engineer: Jeremy Bernstein
Mastering Engineer: Neato Mastering
Recorded in Nashville, TN and Franklin, TN