Paper Crowns

We built a kingdom out of cardboard walls,

Dreams so fragile, they were bound to fall.

Every kiss felt like a fairytale,

But the story cracked when the colors paled.

You wore your hope like a crown on your head,

But it tore apart with the words we said.

Paper crowns, we thought they’d never break,

Golden lies we swore we’d never shake.

In the rain, the ink runs down our skin,

Fragile love that we couldn’t defend.

Paper crowns, burning in the night,

Ashes fall where we used to fight.

We carved forever in the bathroom stall,

Our names still etched in the faded hall.

But forever’s fragile when the storm comes in,

And cardboard hearts can’t handle the wind.

You wore your dreams like a crown made of flame,

But fire consumes when it calls your name.

Paper crowns, we thought they’d never break,

Golden lies we swore we’d never shake.

In the rain, the ink runs down our skin,

Fragile love that we couldn’t defend.

Paper crowns, burning in the night,

Ashes fall where we used to fight.

We were kings and queens of nothing at all,

Thrones collapsing, castles bound to fall.

But I’d wear that crown again, just to feel,

The way we swore that our love was real.

Tear it apart, let the flames ignite,

Paper promises can’t survive the night.

Paper crowns, we thought they’d never break,

Golden lies we swore we’d never shake.

In the rain, the ink runs down our skin,

Fragile love that we couldn’t defend.

Paper crowns, burning in the night,

Ashes fall where we used to fight.

Paper crowns, they couldn’t last…

But still I wear the shadow of our past.