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At the tender age of seven I begged my parents to buy me my own library card I wanted books that'd keep me up all night And they became my Kryptonite Instead of people, 'cause talking was hard I'd bring my books with me to lunch, so that I didn't have to run 'Cause the pages built a temporary shield From the forces that rejected me Those who'd never protected me And for a while, it all just seemed so real Yeah, things were grеat Things were fine But the magic had to run out sometime So here I am at twenty-one My life has finally begun I can't seem to find my way to the next chapter I'll accept these parts of me Paper cuts along these jagged sheets With no happily ever after now (Ever after now) And so when the time came up for me to finally fall in love I set my expectations way too high It turned out I was no protagonist Boys weren't a fan of this And so I slowly learned that I should hide From the reality consuming me That I'd never be like the girls that they'd write So here I am at twenty-one Life has finally begun I can't seem to find my way to the next chapter I'll accept this part of me Phoning in the hope of fantasy With no happily ever after now (Ever after now) Happy ending's overrated I'm more used to getting hurt Forgive me if I'd rather stay in my own little universe Happy ending's overrated I'm more used to getting hurt Forgive me if I'd rather stay in my own little universe The dreams all gone, the wishes faded I knew this could never work Forgive me if I'd rather stay in my own little universe The dreams all gone, the wishes faded I knew this could never work Forgive me if I'd rather stay in my own little universe So here I am at twenty-one Life has finally begun Then why do I still feel like such a damn disaster? I'll accept this part of me Poorly adapted literary freak With no happily ever after now Now, n-n-n-now No ever after now N-n-n-now No ever after now N-n-n-now I don't even know what the book's about