Look back to long ago

To a little town so calm and slow

The days and months and years just kinda slipped on by

You learned to play those ancient strings

While the world listened to other things

Until you finally just sat down to cry

So you packed a bag and said so long

And you didn't look back till you were long gone

Headed to the city to play your song

Cause that's where you belong

Your parents worried 'bout you every day

All your friends said you chose wrong

But the promises of fame, success and fortune

Were just too strong

Your only friend in the cold cruel city are your strings and bow

Keep walking through the rainy streets with your head down low

And as air gets colder and the rain turns to snow, whisper to yourself

I'm the type of pony everypony should know

Octavia, chin up now, don't look so glum

Octavia, the time for you to shine has come

Octavia, straighten up your tie and rosin up your bow

And play the world an overture they'll remember for years to come

Octavia, don't sell your dream so cheap

Octavia, this night is yours to keep

Octavia, just take a breath and reach down deep

And play the world a lullaby to send us off to sleep

You've grown to love this sleepless city

With the shows so bright, and the lights so pretty

You feel that this is where you're meant to be

Your name and face are everywhere

When you walk by, they stop and stare

And you pretend like you just never see 

So you called a friend back from the past

A relationship that's meant to last

You wonder how she's been all these years

Can't talk now, busy making a brand new song

Or is she faking, the conversation broke you down to tears

Why did I forget about her for so long

I thought it wouldn't really matter but it's all just gone so wrong

I'm sorry, so sorry, I'm trying to be strong

I'm the type of pony everypony should know

But who I am inside isn't what I show

And as I walk through the cold and snow

I feel so low 

Octavia, chin up now, don't look so glum

Octavia, the time for you to shine has come

Octavia, straighten up your tie and rosin up your bow

And play the world an overture they'll remember for years to come

Octavia, don't sell your dream so cheap

Octavia, this night is yours to keep

Octavia, just take a breath and reach down deep

And play the world a lullaby to send us off to sleep

Octavia, we all miss you here at home

Octavia, when you left us all to roam

Octavia, we never thought we'd see you again

But the only thing we hear from you is you were right again

Octavia, we all miss you here at home

Octavia, when you left us here to roam

Octavia, will you come back home to show

All of us what's become of the cellist we used to know