Lyric

I learned the ending before the play began

A quiet truth I couldn’t understand

The sky was blue, the days went on

While I was holding the ticking dawn

No sirens cried, no warnings fell

Just normal days, a fragile spell

I smiled back, I played my part

With a breaking world inside my heart

They don’t see the cracks in the sky

They don’t hear tomorrow goodbye

If knowing hurts, then let it hurt me—

I’ll keep the secret, let them be

Paper stars hanging in July

Written dreams reaching way too high

Even if the world burns out tonight

I won’t let their wishes die

The end is close, I know it’s true

But hope is still a thing we choose

If I can’t save the world we’re in

I’ll save the dreams you’re writing in

“I wanna fly”, “I wanna be brave”

“I want tomorrow, please let it stay.”

Simple words on colored strings

Too heavy for such fragile things

They laugh like time is infinite

Like every wish will surely fit

And I’m the only one who knows

How fast the final curtain closes

Fate won’t bend, I know it won’t

But still my hands are reaching out

If this is all that I can do

Then let me lie to protect you

Paper stars shining in the dark