the smell of a candle

freshly blown out

the light of the clock

shines on my skin

like a sickly green moonlight

on a pale white day’s decay

i try to wipe you from my memory

but your face won’t fade away

another boy kissed me today

i laughed in his mouth

it’s not funny that i’m not kissing you

i’m not laughing because we fell through

it’s the stories they told us when we were younger about life and love

how our happiness lies in the hands of another

who’d fly in on the wings of a dove

chorus

well that’s the way the fairy tale goes

boy meets girl and they wed with roses

but that’s not the way it seems to be

and i’m pissed that they lied to me

cuz boy meets boy and boy runs away

or girl meets girl and she’s afraid to stay

we end up home alone watching court tv

not living ever after happily

you’re right

you are prince charming

onto the next princess when he’s bored with the last

he’s the hero of every story

he’s got his chapter in every girl’s book

he walks away with all the honor and glory

but i wonder what else he took

goodbye, prince charming

and drown sleeping beauty

shove cinderella’s slipper where the sun don’t shine

toss the little mermaid back out to sea

cuz the fairy godmother had to perform another abortion today

and the seven dwarves live in the forest, of course, cuz they were driven away

but this part of the story could spark a cultural rage

so at the sound of the tone we just turn the page

chorus

outro

starting today

we’ll tell the story my way

the king of imperfection

takes back the prince of mistakes