Broken Sleepers
from Ghost Rock
Glass slipper left cracked on the stair,
stepsisters still laughing, don't even care,
the clock struck twelve but she'd already won,
she ran toward dark before the dancing was done.
No prince came running, no rescue, no plan,
she just kept moving as fast as she can.
You write the happy ending, you know,
luck only loads the gun, you pull the trigger and go,
"happily ever after"? Come on,
nobody said it would be easy, nobody said it at all.
Pinocchio's still planting coins in the dirt,
swears that the tree made of gold's gonna work,
he choked out the cricket for telling the truth,
now Lampwick's pouring shots like they're bulletproof.
Geppetto's locked up in a whale full of salt,
waiting for somebody to fix his own fault.
You write the happy ending, you know,
luck only loads the gun, you pull the trigger and go,
"happily ever after"? Come on,
nobody said it would be easy, nobody said it at all.
Snow White's got a scar that jealousy made,
seven men's dishes, that's the price that she paid,
she hears what they whisper, she's heard it all year,
now she's sharpening something instead of a tear.
She's done playing dead for an apple, a bite,
she's learning the difference between dark and a knife.
You write the happy ending, you know,
luck only loads the gun, you pull the trigger and go,
"happily ever after"? Come on,
nobody said it would be easy, nobody said it at all.
Peter won't sleep on that island alone,
keeps stealing kids 'cause he can't stand his own,
Hook found a love that was real, it was Wendy,
and Tink flew off broke, lost, and ending it gently.
Nobody's flying just 'cause they got wings,
some of us crash before any bell rings.
So what's your story — the one they sold you,
or the one you're bleeding to build with your own hands?
Don't wait for midnight, don't wait for a prince,
the page is already yours, so stop asking permission!
You write the happy ending, you know,
luck only loads the gun, you pull the trigger and go,
"happily ever after"? Come on,
nobody said it would be easy, nobody said it at all,
nobody said it would be easy, nobody said it at all.
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stepsisters still laughing, don't even care,
the clock struck twelve but she'd already won,
she ran toward dark before the dancing was done.
No prince came running, no rescue, no plan,
she just kept moving as fast as she can.
You write the happy ending, you know,
luck only loads the gun, you pull the trigger and go,
"happily ever after"? Come on,
nobody said it would be easy, nobody said it at all.
Pinocchio's still planting coins in the dirt,
swears that the tree made of gold's gonna work,
he choked out the cricket for telling the truth,
now Lampwick's pouring shots like they're bulletproof.
Geppetto's locked up in a whale full of salt,
waiting for somebody to fix his own fault.
You write the happy ending, you know,
luck only loads the gun, you pull the trigger and go,
"happily ever after"? Come on,
nobody said it would be easy, nobody said it at all.
Snow White's got a scar that jealousy made,
seven men's dishes, that's the price that she paid,
she hears what they whisper, she's heard it all year,
now she's sharpening something instead of a tear.
She's done playing dead for an apple, a bite,
she's learning the difference between dark and a knife.
You write the happy ending, you know,
luck only loads the gun, you pull the trigger and go,
"happily ever after"? Come on,
nobody said it would be easy, nobody said it at all.
Peter won't sleep on that island alone,
keeps stealing kids 'cause he can't stand his own,
Hook found a love that was real, it was Wendy,
and Tink flew off broke, lost, and ending it gently.
Nobody's flying just 'cause they got wings,
some of us crash before any bell rings.
So what's your story — the one they sold you,
or the one you're bleeding to build with your own hands?
Don't wait for midnight, don't wait for a prince,
the page is already yours, so stop asking permission!
You write the happy ending, you know,
luck only loads the gun, you pull the trigger and go,
"happily ever after"? Come on,
nobody said it would be easy, nobody said it at all,
nobody said it would be easy, nobody said it at all.