And Now For a Slight Departure

She awoke to the acrid smoke
A stringent sting in her throat
As she shed the stupor of sleep
Through the trees, she could see
The caustic embers stroke the sky

She turned to the king
Who observed everything
She discerned his countenance
To have been evident
Of every thought he’d ever hide

The trees, adorned in the dress
They couldn’t think to contest
Succumbed to turning to dust
The cinders swallowed them up

From them, undressed of the fire
She fashioned castle walls and spires
And hid herself in the halls
From the world and its faults

Waiting in your tower for your prince to come
Anyone to save you from
Every thought you’ve ever thought
All endeavors entertained

Why play the damsel if you can save yourself?
There’s a world outside I know you’re dying to see
(It never stops, never stops, ’til you take a
Stand for what you believe in.)

She awoke to the static skies
A scene she sought to excise
From the hollows of her head
And assign in its stead
An anesthetic vacancy

Had he forgotten her face
Outside the flawless little frames?
Had she remembered the forest
The ash, or the flames?

Waiting in your castle for your king to come
But he never does

Why play the damsel if you can save yourself?
There’s a world outside I know you’re dying to see
(It never stops, never stops, ’til you take a
Stand for what you believe in)

And if you wanted something more
All you had to do was ask
And now I’ll never know, if I’ll see you again
And if you wanted something more
All you had to do was ask
But now I’ll never know

If you burn the forest down
’Cause no one seems to care
Do we make a sound
If the forest isn’t there?

Why play the damsel if you can save yourself?
There’s a world outside I know you’re dying to see
(It never stops, never stops, ’til you take a
Stand for what you believe in)