Ever After

[Intro]
They made it feel certain…
like love always lands

[Hook]
Cinderella dreams in a midnight gown
thought love would come and slow me down

Beauty and the Beast made pain look deep
like broken hearts was meant to keep

I was raised on stories
that don’t feel the same
now I’m waking up
from a borrowed frame

[Verse 1]
Alice fell through worlds
and still found her way
so I thought getting lost
was just part of fate

Sleeping Beauty dreams
waiting to be found
so I stayed in places
I should’ve walked out

Little mermaid voice
gave it all for love
so I thought losing me
was what it was

Living in a fairytale world like Peter Pan
now that I’ve grown, I finally understand

I was chasing moments
that were never planned
trying to live a life
that was never mine

[Hook]
Cinderella dreams in a midnight gown
thought love would come and slow me down

Beauty and the Beast made pain look deep
like broken hearts was meant to keep

I was raised on stories
that don’t feel the same
now I’m waking up
from a borrowed frame

[Verse 2]
They ain’t show the quiet
after “ever after”
they ain’t show the distance
right after the laughter

they ain’t show the work
when it don’t feel easy
they ain’t show the truth
when it’s hard to see it

so I built expectations
off a scripted design
thinking if I played along
it would all align

but love ain’t a scene
and it don’t replay
and it don’t come perfect
at the end of the day

[Hook]
Cinderella dreams in a midnight gown
thought love would come and slow me down
Beauty and the Beast made pain look deep
like broken hearts was meant to keep

I was raised on stories
that don’t feel the same
now I’m waking up
from a borrowed frame

[Verse 3]
Now I move different
I don’t wait to be chosen
I don’t hold onto things
just because they feel close

I don’t lose my voice
just to keep a scene going
I don’t call it love
if it leave me broken

and I ain’t ungrateful
I just see it clear
those endings were pretty
but they stopped right there

[Bridge]
Living in a fairytale world like Peter Pan
I had to grow out of it
to understand

[Final Hook]
There ain’t no “ever after”
like they made it seem
I had to learn what love is
outside a dream

I don’t need a story
to tell me what it is
I just live it real
and let it be what it is

[Outro]
this ain’t a fairytale…
this me

female vocal, mid tempo, emotional R&B, poetic storytelling, soulful delivery, ambient textures, cinematic feel, studio