I thought life was Cinderella
And Snow White
Happily ever after
I didn’t count on death
I didn’t think about destruction

I thought love was binding
And healing
But the binds cut and bleed
And love hurts

I thought depression was just what happens
While you wait for the sun
I didn’t know that it darkens out the sun
Which was there all the time

I thought I’d live forever
And ride away on that white stallion
With Lancelot

I thought age was what other people did
The Cat Lady
And the Vagabond

I thought the sun would rise
I didn’t count on the sunset

You tell me I shouldn’t worry
And I know that you’re not okay
And I see you slipping further
And I don’t know what to say
And I’m asking the Lord to save you
And I’m asking Him to make you whole
And I’m looking for a little guidance
For the pain inside your soul

Sometimes you turn a cold shoulder
And then you are reaching out
And I don’t know how to embrace you
Or what this is all about
And I’m asking the Lord to save you
And I’m asking Him to make you whole
And I’m looking for a little guidance
For the pain inside your soul

Now she’s gone and done it
She’s the last one to arrive
And she wonders as they giggle
How she’ll manage to survive
And the future seems so distant
And the hope is all there is
And the periodic table that
She studies for the quiz

Her junior year in high school
Finds her still the bully’s taunt
She just happens to be different
And the mocking always haunts
She struggles for the strength
To get through another day
And she dreams of some grand future
When she’ll up and run away

If you saw me
Down the grocery aisle
Would you smile
Would you wonder where you’d seen me before
Would you know
It would shake me to the core

I imagined I passed you in the produce
And you caught me staring
And you smiled
That familiar smile
And I told you that you looked so much like someone
I once knew
Then I turned and walked away