Paper Lantern Girl (Infernal Sisters Latin Remix)

[Verse 1] I met Hank in khaki With a badge and a crease Greatest generation hands Built on duty and grease Then came Lou in silence One of the lucky few He wanted a steady house And a supper that came through [Verse 3] Boomer boy, named Johnny (my johnny) Big dreams, bigger pride He loved a scoreboard kiss And he feared being second best He knew how to endure And how to make it worthwhile Never made a woman cry Never made a woman doubt [Verse 4] Gen X kid, Mark (oh, mark!) Lean grin, practical hands He could mend a flat tire And read a room’s demands He knew how to survive And how to keep it moving Never made a promise soft Unless he meant improving [Chorus] Paper lantern girl I kept on turning the page Paper lantern girl I loved them by the age Paper lantern girl Tell me what stays, what breaks I held their hands so long I learned their best mistakes [Verse 5] Then came Eli in a chatroom With a smile born online Millennial and mindful First to live inside the net Jared swiped in daylight Gen Z with a spark Social, sharp, and fearless He could sell a dream by noon [Bridge] Then the kids got stranger (oh boy) Gen Alpha, Beta too Raised by screens and mirrors With the whole world peeking through They talk to AI ghosts And play in borrowed skies Global in their pocket But their promises feel sized [Scatting] [Pre-Chorus] I kept on turning the page I loved them by the age Dancing Hank, shy Lou Loud Johnny, reckless Mark Chatroom Eli, selfie Jared Queer alpha, clueless beta Tell me what stays, what breaks [Dialogue] Now they say they’re this, they’re that Not man, not woman (not even shape) [Chorus] Paper lantern girl I kept on turning the page Paper lantern girl I loved them by the age Paper lantern girl Tell me what stays, what breaks I held their hands so long I learned their best mistakes [Scatting outro]