This Time

Darren Criss


These walls and all these picture frames
Every name, they show
These halls, I’ve walked a thousand times
Heartbreaks and Valetines
Friends of mine all know

I look at everything I was
And everything I ever loved
And I can see how much I’ve grown
And though the mirror doesn’t see it
It’s clear to me, I feel it
I can make it on my own

I’m not afraid of moving on or letting go
It’s just so hard to say goodbye to what I know
I know

[Chorus:]
This time
No one’s gonna say goodbye
I keep you in this heart of mine
This time i know it’s never over
No matter who or what i am
I carry where we all began
This time that we had I will hold forever

These old familiar places
Where every face is another part of me
I played a different game then, they called me a different name then
I think of all the things I did and how I wish I knew what I know now

I see how far I’ve come and what I got right
When I was looking for that spotlight
I was looking for myself
Got over what I was afraid of
I showed them more than I was made of
More than trophies on a shelf

From the battle that we lost and might’ve won
I never stopped believing in the words we sung
we sung

[Chorus repeat]

I’m looking out from the crossroads
I don’t know how far away I will roam
I take a breath, I close my eyes
Your voice will carry me home

I keep you in this heart of mine
This time i know it’s never over
No matter who or what i am
I carry where we all began
This time that we had I will hold
This time that we had I will hold
This time that we had I will hold forever
forever