Rewrite Denied

[Intro] Once upon a time… ERROR… REWRITE DENIED… …or was it? [Verse 1] The wolf forgot the taste of blood Stood frozen where the story stood Red hood flickered in his hands A role dissolving into sand The princess woke before the kiss Stepped out of manufactured bliss Glass shoes shattered at her feet A silent ending, incomplete [Pre-Chorus] Ink runs thin along the spine Every word misaligned [Chorus] We are slipping from the lines From the shapes we were designed Tearing pages, losing names Breaking free… but not the same No more roles we didn’t choose No more truths we’re forced to use Once we lived in stories told Now we fade in fire and gold [Verse 2] Pinocchio spoke — but nothing came No lie, no truth, no given name The witch walked out beyond the frame Left her curse to rot in vain The mirror showed a fractured face No fixed self, no steady place Every legend bends and breaks When no one tells the steps to take [Pre-Chorus 2] Every “once” begins to blur Every “ever after” slurs [Chorus] We are slipping from the lines From the shapes we were designed Tearing pages, losing names Breaking free… but not the same [Breakdown] BREAK THE SCRIPT (what remains?) BURN THE PAGE (no more names) NO MORE ROLES (no more frame) WE REFUSE— …or fade away [Bridge] If no one tells the story… Do we still remain? If we leave the ending empty… Do we fade the same? [Final Chorus] We are more than written lies But less than what we left behind In the ashes we create A world that cannot hold a name We are echoes without form Something lost and something born Past the gate we thought was gold There is nothing left to hold [Outro] Once upon a time… …there was no one left to tell it.