Fairytale (writing for two book characters)

Verse one

I grew up believing in magic
 In endings tied up with a bow
 Thought love was just timing and wishing
 Guess I didn’t know

You said you weren’t ready for something
 I heard maybe someday, maybe soon
 I built castles out of your maybes
 They all fell through

Pre chorus

I held onto every word you said

Like it meant more than it did

I was waiting for you to choose me

You never did

Chorus

I really wished that I could’ve been your fairytale
 The kind you keep, the kind you never tell
 If only you had too
 I’d still be standing right next to you

I really wished that I could’ve been the one you chose
 The happy ending everybody knows
 Guess wishes don’t come true
 But I really wished that you had too

Verse two

You looked at me like I was something
 Just not the thing you’d keep
 I played the role of almost
 While you fell asleep

I watched you chase a different story
 While I stayed stuck on the same page
 Guess I was never meant
 For the part where you stay

Pre chorus

I memorized the way you smiled

Like it was mine to lose

I was hoping you’d wake up one day

And finally choose

Chorus

I really wished that I could’ve been your fairytale
 The kind you keep, the kind you never tell
 If only you had too
 I’d still be standing right next to you

I really wished that I could’ve been the one you chose
 The happy ending everybody knows
 Guess wishes don’t come true
 But I really wished that you had too

Bridge

Maybe love’s not magic
 Maybe I was naïve
 Thinking wanting you was enough
 To make you want me

I was writing “us” in the margins
 You were already gone
 Guess fairytales only work
 If you believe in them too

Final chorus

I really wished that I could’ve been your fairytale

But I was just a wish you never held

If only you had too

This wouldn’t hurt the way it do—

Outro

Guess I’ll stop wishing now

But I really wished that you had too