A somewhat darker version of the Cinderella story.

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The fairytale, of course. :)
In a slightly different light.

another day to paint in
monochrome and aching
another battle raging
between realities and dreams
another mountain to climb
another shackle to unwind
another scar beneath her skin
another hole to fill in

and her imagination
she swallowed deep inside her
because they told her it was
dangerous to dream
but now she cuts it open
peers inside to breathe it in
she finds herself surrounded
by all the ghosts she's been

this is not my story
this is not the end
cos everyone is always
happy in the end, aren't they?
this is not my story
this is not the end
cos everyone is always
happy in the end

aren't they?

as her defences fall down
around her fractured portraits
where shadowed thoughts become her
hated demons, taunting,
whispering on street corners
- don't stop now - keep running -
the blood keeps pounding in her ears
a city blurring in her tears

her defiance tells her
the biggest lie it ever told her
"I am not afraid!"
"No I am not afraid!"
but she's afraid of every
second she must face alone
her severed self bleeding
from a thousand stars she wished upon

this is not my story
this is not the end
cos everyone is always
happy in the end, aren't they?
this is not my story
this is not the end
cos everyone is always
happy in the end

I know I'm meant to be loved
I know I'm meant to be loved
(etc. etc. etc......)

this is not my story
this is not my story
(etc. etc. etc......)
and I don't want to be alone

this is not my story
this is not my story
everyone is always
happy in the end

aren't they?