fairy tale? (reimagined)

Prologue

There’s always a hush before a story

A quiet where wishes begin

Pages closed and dusk at my window

Half-believing magic drifting in

I never planned to find enchantment

But the air was thick with maybes and ifs

hair like a king who never learned to be cruel

Pre-Chorus

I know he isn't real

I tell myself each morning

Chorus

But I go outside and I look

I actually look

Through the woods

Through the wind

Through the crowd at the jeepney stop

Like the world slipped up and left him somewhere here

Verse 2

Blue wings deep as water not the sky

And eyes that match the drowning underneath

I fold the corner down and trace his outline slow

Somebody wrote him kinder than I've ever known

Pre-Chorus

I know he can't be here

I say it to the ceiling

Chorus

But I go outside and I look

I actually look

Through the woods

Through the wind

Through the crowd at the jeepney stop

Like the world slipped up and left him somewhere here

Bridge

What if I wait my whole life

For a boy who only lives in books

What if I wait my whole life

Still I keep the window open wide

Chorus

So I go outside and I look

I actually look

Through the woods

Through the wind

Through the crowd at the jeepney stop

Like the world slipped up and left him somewhere here

Outro

Just in case

Just in case

Just in case he was looking for me too