One day I woke up, a fairy tale to tell
Stuck somewhere between heaven and hell
Found the down so long I couldn't look up
Lost like the grinds floating in my coffee cup
And I realized…
I must've loved myself once upon a time…
Somewhere… some place long ago
So where did I go?
And why the hell don't I know?
All I know is, its time to go
Time to wake me from this place
A place I comfortably know
Move onto a place somewhere far from here…
Where daylight does not greet me with another futile tear
Where my nights are no longer stolen with images creeping near
And I say it's gonna be alright, no matter what they say
Just leave’em all… and take yourself back
Take it right back….
Cause it's not love… no…it's been about what they lack
And the love they sold you, was a solitary lie…
Meant to teach you and I…
That we're not worthy of the good they try to imply
Convinced that the bad they dish out are part of this fairy tale lie
So say goodbye to Sleeping Beauty tales and Cinderella woes
Your life is what you make it and you decide which way it goes
You don't need someone else to validate your love and self-worth
The message, no doubt, you've been told
since the incarnation of your birth
Leave it before your youth becomes scattered like falling flies
And your dreams become trapped beneath more fairy tale lies
And love yourself the way I love you
Knowing one day you'll be loved the way you're supposed to
And I say it's gonna be alright, no matter what they say
You wait and see… emotionally free…
Just leave’em all…and take yourself back
Take it right back….
So, say goodbye to those fairy tale dreams you thought you'd see
And realize that if it isn't now, it was never meant to be
Because of them, not because of you or me
And that you can live happily devoid of the misery you live
Embracing all the beauty that life has to offer and give
Worthy of the good for which you secretly stand
Without a mock love biting the only loving hand
So open up your eyes, feel the love that your inner child must see
The difference between this love and the type you yearn for secretly
For real love gives unconditionally…. shored up like cement
It does not demand, insult, and control with a threatening comment
It just needs a recipient… to give in order to live
And I say it's gonna be alright, no matter what they say
You wait and see… emotionally free…
Just leave’em all… and take yourself back
Take it right back….
Take back what is yours and yours alone
Finally facing the truth which was once unknown
And it's gonna be alright….
One day I woke up, a fairy tale to tell
Stuck somewhere between heaven and hell…
