[Verse 1]
Met you in that parking lot
August heat on busted tar
Purple streaks in tangled hair
Sharpie crown drawn on your arm
You said
“Call me Princess
Kid”
Plastic ring and chipped blue paint
I believed your every word
Like some half-remembered saint
[Chorus]
Princess with the purple hair
Broke my chest
You left it there
Threw your empty promises
On my bedroom floor like threads
Yeah
I gave you all my best
You just carved it from my ribs
Princess with the purple hair
You don’t rule my heart again (oh no)
[Verse 2]
Photos on my bedroom wall
Thumbtack halos round your face
Every joke a land mine now
Every song a hidden place
You were sparks and cigarettes
I was standing in the rain
You said love was “just a game”
Guess I never learned to play
[Chorus]
Princess with the purple hair
Broke my chest
You left it there
Threw your empty promises
On my bedroom floor like threads
Yeah
I gave you all my best
You just carved it from my ribs
Princess with the purple hair
You don’t rule my heart again
[Bridge]
Sixteen on that dead-end street
You swore you would stay right here
Now it’s just your ghost in jeans
Laughing in my rearview mirror (hey)
[Chorus]
Princess with the purple hair
Broke my chest
You left it there
Threw your empty promises
On my bedroom floor like threads
Yeah
I gave you all my best
You just carved it from my ribs
Princess with the purple hair
Sing your crownless songs in vain
Princess with the purple hair
You don’t rule my heart again (no more)