The Paper Girl Encased V2

Kilalhu : A Clockwork Doll's Heart https://suno.com/s/TGCgK7zZJlA1cqBC Merivel Eldritch: Paper girl https://suno.com/s/nOpevSjZv0TAYOzd [Intro] [Music box motif, ticking clock underneath, cello drone] Tick tock. Tick tock. [Verse 1] [Childlike vocal, sparse] Once there lived a paper girl inside a paper house, With paper curtains on the windows, paper flowers out. She folded herself a little more each time she caught his eye, Then wound herself a clockwork heart to keep the beat alive. She'd smooth her little paper dress and straighten every seam, Then stand behind the glass to be exactly what he'd dream. [Pre-Chorus] [Whispered, ticking underneath] And she'd whisper to the glass, As if it whispered back, The key you turn, it gives me life, Your gaze cuts deep like a silver knife. [Chorus] [Sad, grand swell] To the stranger in the mirror, Who watches from outside the case, The face that's so familiar, The clockwork in my chest you made. You wind me up, I dance for you, The parts I try to hide — I turn away to tear myself apart Just to keep you satisfied. [Verse 2] They told the paper girl she was pretty, so she tried to play along, But every turn she made for him, she heard another song. She took a little pencil to draw herself anew, Erased a line, redrew a curve, until the page wore through. Round she'd twirl in ghostly grace, forever in that case, And every time she changed her shape, she lost a little face. [Refrain] [Music box and cello] "Just one more fold, just one more turn, One little change and I'll finally earn..." [Childlike choir echo] Hush now, paper girl, don't you cry. Close the curtains, turn off the light. Fold the edges, wind the key. Make yourself what he wants to see. [Verse 3] [Sparse, stripped back] The paper house grew smaller as she folded walls within. She made the glass case narrower so no one else got in. She stopped inviting people round, she said she liked it there, But every night the clock wound down, she'd start the same old prayer: Jekyll and Hyde, The ugly side I hide, I want to turn away, But I always come back, Face to face, Again with you. [Harsh, angry whisper — voice rising] "You're too wide." "You're too strange." "Why can't you always stay the same?" "You were prettier yesterday." "Tick tock — why won't you stay that way?" [Bridge] [Frantic, building tension] She took the blade, the mirror took the lead, To fix every error her shadow decreed. She folded her edges, she pulled at her skin, Wound herself tighter than she'd ever been. Erase every shadow, rub out every line, Clockwork and paper — she tried to redefine. She pressed down too hard, and the spring wore thin, Until there was nothing left to wind within. [Chorus] [Full orchestra swell, dark climax] To the stranger in the mirror Who watched the canvas break: There's nothing left to fold away, No more mistakes to make. The pencil wore down to the wood, The last gear ticked its last — In trying to be everything for you, There's nothing left to last. [Outro] [Music box only, ticking slows, quiet dark lullaby] Hush now, paper girl, don't make a sound. There's nothing of you left to be found. Folded too small, wound too tight within... You gave him every piece — there's no one left within. Hush now, paper girl, close your eyes. The clock has stopped. You've reached your perfect size. [Whispered fade] Folded away... Nothing left to tear... Looked in the case... But no one was there. [Fade Out] [End]