Glass Slippers

Once upon a time… (upon a time…)

I learned how to lie to survive

Rag doll trapped in a colorless room

Ironed dress, pain in bloom (in bloom…)

Sour milk and expired dreams

Half-swallowed fairy tale schemes (fairy tales…)

Bleeding fingers, scrubbing the floor (scrub, scrub…)

Cold tiles teaching me how to be small

She says, “be sweet, learn how to serve” (yes, ma’am…)

But all I learned was how to run (run… run…)

They sell love inside crystal cages (pretty cages…)

Promise heaven, deliver stages

If a happy ending wants me on my knees

I’d rather be wild, broken, and free (set me free…)

I broke my glass slippers in the sink (crack, crack…)

Watched my tiny kingdom shrink (falling down…)

No more glitter on my broken wings

I wanna feel everything (feel it all…)

I smashed my fairytale on the floor (on the floor…)

Blood on lace, I can’t play this role

If freedom hurts, then let it sting (let it sting…)

At least I chose everything (I chose… I chose…)

Ghostly ballroom, pulse-less clocks (tick-tock…)

Paper crowns and sugar locks

Princes built from dust and glue (fake boys…)

Empty kisses, fake “I love you”

Invitations in fading ink (fading…)

I don’t want this borrowed dream (not mine…)

I won’t trade chains for a diamond veil

Or a golden prison fairytale (golden cage…)

Broken doll, glass in my eyes (mirror, mirror…)

Twisted world, pretty lies

Ripping dresses, spitting fate (rip it up…)

Fallen angel, bad escape (fly away…)

Slippers shatter, slice the ground (shatter…)

Every piece screams, “run right now” (run, run…)

I don’t fit in happy ends

I’m the monster they pretend (so pretend…)

If I’m a sin… (a sin…)

Then I’ll taste myself

I broke my glass slippers, let them bleed (let them bleed…)

Pretty pain is all they feed

I don’t need a plastic dream (no more dreams…)

I need to feel obscene

No prince, no crown, no fake divine (fake divine…)

This dirty soul is only mine

I run, I rot, I grow, I rise (I rise…)

From broken glass and lullabies (lullabies…)

Once upon a time… (once upon a time…)

a girl chose to live.