Paper Crowns (Remix)

Verse 1 Whispers in the hallway, I learned to disappear Laughing like a soundtrack ringing in my ears Smiles sharp as diamonds, dressed up like a game They wore their pretty cruelty like it wasn’t pain I wore my silence like a second skin Tried to lose myself so they could win Pre-Chorus If I could reach back through the years Through all those nights and all those tears I’d hold her face, I’d make it clear Chorus Don’t let them write your story wrong Your quiet strength was there all along You’re not too much, you’re not too small One day you’ll rise above it all And if my little girl feels this someday I’ll be the voice that lights her way No more shadows, no more doubt We don’t dim just to fit in now Post Chorus I was never what they said I was power mis-read Built from scars, born a star This is who we really are Verse 2 Funny how the years can shift the view All that hate says more ’bout them than you Little queens on paper thrones Building crowns from breaking bones I see it now with open eyes Their loudest words were their disguise But scars can turn to armour bright And broken girls grow into light Pre-Chorus If I could stand beside her then Before she learned to just pretend I’d whisper close, I’d tell her Chorus Don’t let them write your story wrong Your quiet strength was there all along You’re not too much, you’re not too small One day you’ll rise above it all And if my little girl feels this someday I’ll be the voice that lights her way No more shadows, no more doubt We don’t dim just to fit in now Bridge Pain stops here, it don’t pass down No more queens with paper crowns She’ll grow wild, she’ll grow loud Never begging to be allowed I forgive the girl who couldn’t fight She survived the longest nights Now I stand where she once fell Turned her wounds into rebel yell Final Chorus Don’t let them write your story wrong Your quiet strength was there all along You’re not too much, you’re not too small Look at you, you rose through it all And if my little girl feels this someday I’ll be the voice that lights her way No more shadows, no more doubt We don’t dim, we’re burning out Built from scars Born a star Cycle ends Right here, right now