[Verse 1] You used to live Between my homework and the dark Paper crowns On the floor of my heart Every closed eye Was a doorway Was a spark I could breathe you Like the air in the park [Chorus] But wonderland is dead I said it softly in my head Like a secret I should never have confessed All the castles made of sleep Melted down into my sheets Now the colors fade and never come back fresh Wonderland is dead And I can’t dream it back [Verse 2] I walk past The swing set of my mind Rust on chains Where we used to unwind Your voice once Every shadow Every sign Now it’s quiet Just the echo saying “mine” [Chorus] ‘Cause wonderland is dead I lay the stories in their bed Fold the corners of the pages one last time All the wishes in the well Only ripple as they fell Not a single one remembered how to shine Wonderland is dead And it slipped out of mine [Bridge] Did I grow up Or did you fall? Were you ever there At all? I touch the wall Where the doorway used to be [Soft vocal harmony rises] Nothing opens Nothing answers me [Chorus] So wonderland is dead Say the eulogy instead For the hopes I couldn’t carry through the years But I keep a little space Where your ghost still has a place If you ever find a way back through my tears Wonderland is dead (still I’m waiting here)
