Ever After

Intro

Mm

Tick tick tick

Mm

Verse 1

Glass on the staircase

Blood on the lace

Smile for the portrait

Powder your face

Clock in the hallway choking on twelve

Funny how rescue can look like a cell

Verse 2

Sugar on apples

A blade out of sight

Pretty little warnings dressed up as life

Lay her down softly

Tell her she's blessed

Nobody asks if she wanted the rest

Pre-Chorus

Paint the doorway gold

Hide the key away

Tell her she's lucky

Till she learns what not to say

Chorus

Not every ever after lasts

Some pretty stories rot too fast

Some crowns come lined with little teeth

Some wishes take more than they let you keep

Some castles glow while doors stay shut

Some roses bloom from something corrupt

They kiss

They cheer

They fade to black

But not every ever after lasts

Post-Chorus

Sugar in the teacup

Teeth beneath the lace

Everybody smiling with a crack across their face

Pretty little kingdom

Pretty little trap

Close the book quickly before the girl talks back

Verse 3

She traded her voice for a beautiful ache

Salt in her throat with each word she can't say

Walked toward the shoreline

Dressed for the part

Left something of herself where the deep water starts

Pre-Chorus

Call it devotion

Paint it gold again

Maybe a cage gets prettier

With time

Chorus

Not every ever after lasts

Some pretty stories rot too fast

Some crowns come lined with little teeth

Some wishes take more than they let you keep

Some castles glow while doors stay shut

Some roses bloom from something corrupt

They kiss

They cheer

They fade to black

But not every ever after lasts

Bridge

Be sweet

Be small

Be easy to adore

Be brave

Be still

Don't ask for anything more

Lose your voice

Lose your sleep

Lose a little piece each week

Take the crown

Wear the dress

Call the damage happiness

Breakdown

Let the clock choke

Let the mirror split

Let the perfect little picture lose its grip

Let the tower shake

Let the ocean rise

Let her keep every ugly little thing they tried to hide

Final Chorus

Not every ever after lasts

Some pretty stories bite right back

Some crowns belong inside the flames

Some girls survive when endings change

Some castles fall and let in light

Some monsters disappear in daylight

They kiss

They cheer

They fade to black

But she keeps breathing after that

Not every ever after lasts

Not every dream deserves to last

Not every girl who wears the crown

Has to let it weigh her down

Outro

Slipper by the doorway

Apple on the floor

Gold around the mirror

No lock upon the door

Let them keep the kingdom

Let them keep the mask

She can write what happens next

Mm

Not every ever after lasts