Despite a broken heart I cradle in my hands
Or wilted flowers hung to dry up on the wall
I find myself a dreamer who will never comprehend
Why I get up on my feet, simply so I can fall?
I find a fairytale in heartbreak so I can survive
The realities of both as they tend to let me down
A happy-ever-after love chooses to deprive
Sometimes pulls me from the pain that surrounds
In the midst of make-believe, I crave something real
To let me know it exists other than in my mind
It'd be such a nice change to actually feel
The things I spend so much time dreaming I'll find.
I pray for it each night, and hope for it each day.
But everyone says it comes when you least expect.
Still, I've never been one to waste time away
Waiting to see what might possibly happen next.
So I march on in this journey, filled with turns
Telling my heart, experience is worth the pain
I realize if you play with fire you'll get burned
But I am so entranced by it's flickering flames.
