"prince charming" - original song

How many times have I've watched (500) Days of Summer?
Not enough times. Not enough times at all.
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Lyrics:
It was beyond a fairy tale,
Her smile seized my heart forever.
No word of caution ever fooled me.
It seemed so perfect in the movies.
I'd let persistence tip the scales,
By swaying fate, we'd fall together.
The hope alone had me addicted,
Still, no such tale ever existed.
Produced in what-ifs, endless maybes,
And the wish to see a day she plays the role I've crafted for our happy end.
Perhaps a party, when we're older,
Where she pulls me to a corner,
Asking for a chance to start our hearts again.
And thus, the decades feel like hours,
While the wait, in turn, devours
Any care to play a fool for someone else.
All denial's dismissed as bravery,
Trusting no one else to save me,
But the truth is, I'm just lying to myself.
Some prince charming I am,
Some pathetic human.
The yearning whispers through my head,
For all it knows, she's just not ready.
The lie's too lavish to forget her.
My pride's too precious to surrender.
Dream up the words she left unsaid.
Assume she'll never find another.
Still, every heartbreak's only proven
My mind's been sitting on delusions.
Produced in what-ifs, endless maybes,
And the wish to see a day she plays the role I've crafted for our happy end.
Perhaps a party, when we're older,
Where she pulls me to a corner,
Asking for a chance to start our hearts again.
And thus, the decades feel like hours,
While the wait, in turn, devours
Any care to play a fool for someone else.
All denial's dismissed as bravery,
Trusting no one else to save me,
But the truth is, I'm just lying to myself.
Some prince charming I am,
Some pathetic human.
Some prince charming I am,
Some pathetic human.

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This is so soft and devestating and beautiful.