Fairy Tale Breakdown

They called you a princess from the day you were born

And you cried the day your fake veil got torn

Told you wouldn’t be complete until prince charming came to call

Daddy’s little girl but daddy wasn’t around

And when he was he only ever seemed to put Mommy down

So as soon as you could you found a pair of strong arms in which to fall

But what if it comes tumbling down,

Who are you now, who are you now

Break up and break down

These castle walls are crashing

Can you hear the sound

Of your childhood collapsing around

Relationships like a revolving door

Some would think that by now you’d be getting bored

But you hide the tears behind the pages of the latest bridal magazine

Independence is a dirty word

But you chase after any rumors heard

To put a face inside a suit inside an aisle inside a church inside your wildest dreams

But what if it comes tumbling down,

Who are you now, who are you now

Break up and break down

These castle walls are crashing

Can you hear the sound

Of your childhood collapsing

Or is it all drowned out

By those wedding bells still bashing down

All that you could be

If only you could see

You don’t need prince charming

He’ll give you every line

(I’ve used them myself)

He’ll take up all your time

(You’ll see nobody else)

It’s all inside your mind

(And you're losing yourself)

To this fairy-tale

This is how we’ve failed

All the little girls

By teaching them the lie that they need

A Prince to be King before they can succeed

And go from a Princess to a Queen

Or simply to be themselves and be free

So if you break up and break down

And these castle walls are crashing

And you hear the sound

Of your childhood collapsing

Don’t let life be drowned out

By those wedding bells still bashing down

All that you could be

When you break up and break down

Perhaps that’s exactly what you need right now