Library Card

At the tender of age of seven, I begged my parents to buy me my own library card

I wanted books that'd keep me up all night, and they became my kryptonite

Instead of people, 'cause talking was hard

I'd bring my books with me to lunch, so that I didn't have to run

'Cause the pages built a temporary shield

From the forces that rejected me, those who'd never protected me

And for a while, it all just seemed so real

Yeah, things were great, things were fine

But the magic had to run out sometime

So here I am at twenty-one

My life has finally begun

I can't seem to find my way to the next chapter

I'll accept these parts of me

Papercuts along these jagged sheets

With no happily ever after now

(Ever after now)

And so when the time came up, for me to finally fall in love

I set my expectations way too high

It turned out I was no protagonist, boys weren't a fan of this

And so I slowly learned that I should hide

From the reality consuming me

That I'd never be like the girls that they'd write

So here I am at twenty-one

Life has finally begun

I can't seem to find my way to the next chapter

I'll accept this part of me

Phoning in the hope of fantasy

With no happily ever after now

(Ever after now)

Happy endings? Overrated

I'm more used to getting hurt

Forgive me if I'd rather stay in

My own little universe

Happy endings? Overrated

I'm more used to getting hurt

Forgive me if I'd rather stay in

My own little universe

The dreams are gone, the wishes faded

I knew this could never work

Forgive me if I'd rather stay in

My own little universe

The dreams are gone, the wishes faded

I knew this could never work

Forgive me if I'd rather stay in

My own little universe

So here I am at twenty-one

Life has finally begun

And why do I still feel like such a damn disaster?

I'll accept this part of me

Poorly adapted literary freak

With no happily ever after now

Now

No ever after now

No ever after now

I don't even know what the book's about