Lyrics
[Intro]
Mm
Mm-hmm
Oh-oh
[Verse 1]
The garden gate is never locked
I know which stone won't creak
My slippers scuff the gravel path
Moonlight spills across the creek
[Pre-Chorus]
They gave me pearls
They gave me a throne
And a hundred names I answer to
But I answer to his voice alone
[Chorus]
Down here I'm nobody's crown
Down here I'm just a girl in the dark
Down here the roses don't bow to me
They lean in close
They listen close
And I tell them all about him
[Verse 2]
I count the hedges like a map
One turn past the fountain's spray
He waits where ivy hides the wall
And the night forgives what the daylight won't say
[Pre-Chorus]
My father's guards
Walk the parapet
They watch for thieves and foreign ships
They never watch for me yet
[Chorus]
Down here I'm nobody's crown
Down here I'm just a girl in the dark
Down here the roses don't bow to me
They lean in close
They listen close
And I tell them all about him
[Bridge]
A princess loves a boy who sells the bread
A scandal whispered soft and slow
And I would trade the silver of my name
For one more hour of not letting go
[Chorus]
Down here I'm nobody's crown
Down here I'm just a girl in the dark
Down here the roses don't bow to me
They lean in close
They listen close
And I tell them all about him
[Outro]
Mm
Mm-hmm
Don't tell the roses
They already know