[Verse 1]
Used to sleep in paper castles
Kept my crown in plastic drawers
Every wish on every candle
Melted wax across the floor
I was praying to a story
Silver ink and golden seals
Every monster turned to glory
If I said the magic spell was real
[Chorus]
But I don't want a fairytale ending
I want teeth
I want truth
I want scars that are mine
All the pages that I burned
I’m defending
Every crack in my voice
Every runaway line
I was begging for a happily ever after
Now I’m laughing through the ashes of that chapter
[Verse 2]
I collapsed in Sunday silence
Halo crooked on the bed
Every thought a small collision
Every breath a thread of lead
All the glass inside me shattering
Every scream a broken prayer
But the shaking and the shattering
Woke a wild thing down there (oh)
[Chorus]
I don't want a fairytale ending
I want teeth
I want truth
I want scars that are mine
All the pages that I burned
I’m defending
Every crack in my voice
Every runaway line
I was begging for a happily ever after
Now I’m laughing through the ashes of that chapter
[Bridge]
Let the black dress drag through rain
Crown of thorns around my name
Paint my eyes in midnight flame
I’m still here
I’m still here
Every breakdown
Every bruise
Built a throne from all I lose
If I’m cursed
I get to choose
How I rise
How I rise (yeah)
[Chorus]
I don't want a fairytale ending
I want teeth
I want truth
I want scars that are mine
All the pages that I burned
I’m defending
Every crack in my voice
Every runaway line
I was begging for a happily ever after
Now I’m dancing in the dark of my own chapter