Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart & Cameron Boyce & Anna Cathcart & Jadah Marie
Sarah Jeffery
Dove Cameron & Cheyenne Jackson
Descendants 3 Cast
Sofia Carson & China Anne McClain & Dove Cameron
Dove Cameron
Descendants 3 Cast & Dove Cameron & Sofia Carson & Booboo Stewart & Cameron Boyce & China Anne McClain & Mitchell Hope & Thomas Doherty & Dylan Playfair & Sarah Jeffery & Jadah Marie
China Anne McClain
Mitchell Hope
Descendants 3 Cast & Dove Cameron & Sofia Carson & Booboo Stewart & Cameron Boyce & China Anne McClain & Thomas Doherty & Sarah Jeffery & Jadah Marie
Sarah Jeffery
Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart & Cameron Boyce
David Lawrence
“My Once Upon a Time” is a soaring Broadway-style ballad where Mal comes to terms with her wrong actions throughout Descendants 3 and takes personal responsibility for them, rather than blaming her upbringing. She asserts she will take charge of her narrative to change her story.
[Verse 1]
Here you are alone, and you deserve it
Your friends have turned to stone
And that's on you
You had a cause to serve but did you serve it?
Or did you see yourself in a way that wasn't true?
[Pre-Chorus 1]
This is not your father's fairytale
And no, it's not your mother's fault you fail
So when your story comes to light
Make sure the story that they write
[Chorus 1]
Goes once upon a time a girl tried harder
Once upon a time she tried again
Once upon a braver choice
She took a risk
She used her voice
And that will be my once upon a time
This time
[Verse 2]
Why tell all those lies?
You feel unworthy
Like there isn't solid ground for you to stand
But a stack of lies is not a firm foundation
You cannot build a castle on a mountain made of sand
[Pre-Chorus 2]
This is not your mother's dark desire
And no, it's not your father's hair on fire
Turns out it's you who's not awake
So if there's change you wanna make
[Chorus 2]
Take once upon a time she fought a dragon
Once upon a time that beast was me
Once upon a misspent youth
She faced herself
She spoke the truth
That's how I see my once upon a time
This time
[Verse 3]
Life is not a storybook but life unfolds in chapters
Turn the page and start to make amends
There's no pre-written guarantee of "Happily ever after"
Step into your greatness before your story ends
So when your story ends
[Chorus 3]
They'll say once upon a time a girl flew higher
Once upon a time she made things right
Once upon a tie that binds
She changed her heart
To change their minds
That's got to be my once upon a time
[Outro]
This once upon a time
I'll finally see my once upon a time
This time
My Once Upon a Time was written by John Kavanaugh & David Goldsmith.
My Once Upon a Time was produced by Disney & Marco Marinangeli.
Dove Cameron released My Once Upon a Time on Fri Aug 02 2019.
Because in the music video the order of some parts of the text has been changed and on Genius every lyrics has to fit to the audio version which you can find for example on Spotify or Youtube.
Here is the audio version of the song on Youtube.