Music: Jeremy David Miller
Once upon a time we were all friends
Oh way back then we all laughed we all cried
Together as one
The golden days are always in the past
They never last; they never will
Time always marches on
And as we journey on in life
Everypony encounter's strife
As pony kind can't stop hurting itself it seems
And though it's not intentional
The pain we feel is always real
We need finda a way to stop it
From destroying us
I watched the conflict grow and grow
Until something had to go
The rules were changed specifically
To target some people
Didn't seem like they cared
About the harm they caused back there
So most of us decided to leave
It wasn't the place we wanted to be
And thus it was the fall of Dust Car,
The schism that tore the place apart
Once upon a time that place was home
And now it never will be again (never again)
Once upon a time we were all friends
Oh way back then we all laughed we all cried
Together as one
I still wish that we could be
One big pony family
But thinking that today
Well it's frankly quite naieve
And as we stay in this fandom
Some people will cause us harm
As pony kind can't stop hurting itself it seems
And when someone shoots us with pain
We have to ask ourselves again
Why we even want to hang out here at all
Yet all these months later
I still miss that Dust Car
In spite of all the pain that was caused
Maybe one of these days I'll finally move on
Until then I'll be singing this song
For there's been too much hurt
There's been too much pain
When will you open your eyes
See the harm of your reign
There's no going back
There's no time to waste
It's time for me to move on
And sing in a different place
Once upon a time we were all friends
Not anymore, we closed that door,
And decided to burn the bridge
Not all stories end happily
And that's okay.
'Cause that's just what life is sometimes;
It's one awful thing after another, after another, after another.
Thus it was the fall of Dust Car,
The schism that tore the place apart
Once upon a time that place was home
And now it never will be again