Library Card

At the tender age of seven

I begged my parents to buy me my own library card

I wanted books that'd keep me up all night

And they became my kryptonite

Instead of people, 'cause talking was hard

I'd bring my books with me to lunch

So that I didn't have to run

'Cause the pages built a temporary shield

From the forces that rejected me

Those who'd never protected me

And for a while it all just seemed so real

Yеah, things were great

Things wеre fine

But the magic had to run out sometime

So here I am at twenty-one

My life has finally begun

I can't seem to find my way to the next chapter

I'll accept these parts of me

Paper cuts along these jagged sheets

With no happily ever after now

(Ever after now)

So when the time came up for me to finally fall in love

I set my expectations way too high

Turns out I was no protagonist

Boys weren't a fan of this

And so I slowly learned that I should hide

From the reality consuming me

That I'd never be like the girls that they'd write

So here I am at twenty-one

Life has finally begun

I can't seem to find my way to the next chapter

I'll accept this part of me

Phoning in the hope of fantasy

With no happily ever after now

(Now)

Happy endings overrated

I'm more used to getting hurt

Forgive me if I'd rather stay in my own little universe

Happy endings overrated

I'm more used to getting hurt

Forgive me if I'd rather stay in my own little universe

The dreams all gone, the wishes faded

I knew this could never work

Forgive me if I'd rather stay in my own little universe

The dreams all gone, the wishes faded

I knew this could never work

Forgive me if I'd rather stay in my own little universe

So here I am at 21

Life has finally begun

Then why do I still feel like such a damn disaster

I'll accept this part of me

Poorly adapted literary freak

With no happily ever after now

(Now, n-now)

No ever after now

(N-now)

No ever after now

(N-now)

I don't even know what the book's about