Lyric

They told me stories

With perfect timing

Midnight miracles

Right on cue

But no one said

What happens before

The waiting, the silence

The almost-you

Cinderella stayed home that night

Didn’t ride the pumpkin, didn’t shine

The clock was loud, the world was cold

She wasn’t ready to believe the sign

Fairy tales never show

The parts where you break

They skip the nights

You barely stay awake

This is not the ending

It’s just the heavy part

The page where everything hurts

Before it starts

If you quit right now

You’ll never know why

The story didn’t save you yet

But it hasn’t said goodbye

Peter never learned how to fly

That first time he fell

Sleeping Beauty didn’t wake

For a long, long spell

They don’t talk about

The days in between

Where hope feels stupid

And pain feels real

Every “happily ever after”

Starts with a chapter

No one wants to read

You’re not behind

You’re just early

The ending’s waiting

You’re still breathing

This is not the ending

It’s just the darkest frame

The part where you almost quit

Before the name

If you give up here

You’ll never see

Why all this hurt

Was shaping what you’d be

Maybe the carriage never came

Maybe the glass never fit

But that doesn’t mean

You missed your chance

It just means

The story’s still

Being written

By your hands

This is not the ending

I swear it’s not too late

The happy ending isn’t gone

It’s just running late

So stay

Even if today hurts bad

Fairy tales don’t end

In the middle of the sad

The book is still open

The night isn’t done

And the happiest ending

Always starts

When you thought you were done