[Intro] [Verse 1: Snow White & Cinderella] The apple rots, the skin turns grey, There is no prince to save the day. The glass is shattered on the floor, Her bleeding feet can dance no more. She scrubs the ash, she breathes the dust, Her carriage is a cage of rust. A fever dream to hide the pain, While scrubbing blood beneath the rain. [Pre-Chorus] Close your eyes and make believe. It’s just a trick, a grand deceive. [Chorus] Oh, the castle is a padded cell! A painted heaven in a living hell! There is no magic in the wishing well, Just broken girls with lies to tell! They smile and sing while slowly dying, The fairy tale is only lying! [Verse 2: Belle & Rapunzel] The beast is just a violent man, She hides in books because she can. The roses wither in the cold, A tragic story, bought and sold. The tower stands, the girl is bald, Clawing at the stones she walled. No golden hair to pull him near, Just isolation, dark and clear. [Pre-Chorus] Close your eyes and make believe. The fairy tales were meant to thieve. [Chorus] Oh, the castle is a padded cell! A painted heaven in a living hell! There is no magic in the wishing well, Just broken girls with lies to tell! They smile and sing while slowly dying, The fairy tale is only lying! [Bridge: Ariel & Aurora] (Dreamy boyish voice shifts to a cold confrontation) The mermaid drowns beneath the wave, The sleeping beauty in her grave. The poison sleep, the midnight stroke, It’s all a mirror, all a joke! No talking mice, no ocean kings, Just pulling on the puppet strings! [Instrumental Solo] [Chorus] Oh, the castle is a padded cell! A painted heaven in a living hell! There is no magic in the wishing well, Just broken girls with lies to tell! [Outro] The crown is heavy, made of lead. The princesses are in your head. It's in your head... Wake up. (One final, violent slap bass pop)
