Happy Ever After (And Other Such Lies)

About how sometimes as adults, we wish our lives could be simpler, akin to fairy tales

Where's the view we saw in childhood

In primary colours when we commanded the world

The kingdom of our dreams graced with light

All we wanted was sprawled before us

To be enjoyed and threw away

As we grow and chemistry stirs and thrives

Biology alters us and not for the better

Shadows appear, waiting behind the light

Thrown in too deep

Into the heartache of our daily lives

It was happily ever after

Until we saw the sequel

Snapped out from my memories

But I know the kingdom's gates are forever closed

I can't play the king, the prince

Or even the brave knight

I am not ever the servant 

Just an echo, and nothing else

All of the flowers condemned to wilt and die

Each of them my own adult mistakes

And I wish the kingdom could open it's gates

If only for a day

But maybe there's a new place for us all

To where the colours can shine

And there are no shadows

And where the gates are open

It was happily ever after

Until we saw the sequel