The Mad Hatter's Child

[Verse 1] Come in, come on, the game's begun Pick a door or pick the one With no keyhole, no lock, no sign Don't worry, darling, you'll be fine I only came to kill some time Chase a rabbit, steal a rhyme A little world behind a screen A little strange, but hardly means He for two and two for one [Verse 2] No map, no quest, no promised end No extra heart for every friend Collect the stars, unlock the gate Hurry now, you're almost late A paper bird flies through my hand A crooked clock forgets to stand A smiling cat says, don't look back So naturally, I check the track The rooms get tall, the hallways bend The beginning starts to meet the end I find a key beneath my bed I don't remember leaving it there Isn't that funny? Isn't that fair? Things you forget still know that you're there [Chorus] Run, little player, run The level's only just begun Kill the beast and claim your prize Don't ask what's behind its eyes No map, no quest, no promised end No extra heart when your life bar bends If you lose, just start again T for two and two for one [Verse 3] The archivist comes dressed in thread With borrowed faces stitched in red A porcelain child hums my name A paper moth eats yesterday The rabbit says, you're late again I ask him, late for what? He grins He says, you'll know when you forget A photograph begins to breathe A little hand reaches out to me I hear a voice I used to know Why didn't you come back? I never Don't you hate When the game remembers better than you? The score goes blank, the lights go red The things I buried leave their beds I swing my sword, but every blow Turns into somewhere I once called home You're very good at fighting things That have your fingerprints [Chorus] Run, little player, run You thought you knew what must be done Break the lock and beat the beast Take the crown and call it peace But every monster wears my face Every wound remembers its place And every road I thought I'd won T for two and two for one [Verse 4] Welcome to the final room You're the boss, oh, darling, I've been waiting for you Then fight me, why? Because that's what happens now according to who? The rules, who made them? I did Did you? You didn't choose the board You didn't choose the pieces You didn't choose the hand that dealt you all your cards And yet You kept playing [Outro] No extra life No second chance No final boss No victory dance I came to win I came to run I came to find out what I'd become The stars don't know my name tonight The dead don't care who won the fight The universe will carry on When every little game is done T for two and two for one Then none of this mattered No Then it mattered No I don't understand Of course you don't That's why it's beautiful The universe won't miss my face The stars won't mark my resting place No cosmic hand will write my name No heaven keeps a score of fame Let someone laughed because I stayed Someone healed because I helped Someone still carries something small I never knew I gave away I was a stranger I was a scar I was a moment passing through I was a door somebody opened I was changed by someone too You don't have to matter to the sky I only have to matter where I am Now you're learning No map, no quest, no promised end No extra heart for every friend No choice in one, no sacred plan Just little eyes that touch then pass I wasn't the hero I wasn't the prize I wasn't the center of anybody's sky I was here, you were here, we were here T for two and two for one T for two and two for one T for two and two for one To become one when the game is done