Echoes Of Lost Chapters

**Verse** Your sweet child Always the sunshine Wish I'd met her Burning the brightest Was she more Like you or my grandpa I'll never know Both stories ended in my prologue **Bridge** Once upon a time Not long ago, in a small town **Chorus** How can you smile when your world is burning All misfortune falls on you How can you not let trauma define you Though you aged a decade or two **Verse 2** Your sweet grandchild Stolen at the age of nine Raised up in a horror house Falling - now he too is gone **Chorus** How can you smile when your world is burning All misfortune falls on you How can you not let trauma define you Though you aged a decade or two **Bridge 2** I've heard some stories Scattered pages Secondary sources Lost in translation I was too young to pick up the cues Now it's too late - I can't ask you **Chorus** How could you smile when your world was burning All misfortune fell on you How could you not let trauma define you Though you died decades too soon