When the Hunchback of Notre Dame was told

No one talked about his backaches when he got old

And we know The Little Mermaid lived happily

But the truth is, that’s only in the western story

Another older version she turned into bubbles

She killed herself cause she couldn’t handle her troubles

The endings were remodified

The fables are beautified

Grow up like these characters with lots of pride

And if Humpty Dumpty really fell off a wall

The police would only laugh at his sprawl

Cinderella had small and dainty feet

Even though she did chores till she was beat

Did Robin Hood really share all that he stole
Did he do it for the poor or for his own soul

Just why are the heroines always beautiful

The protagonists’ intentions always noble

I guess the real world is something kids can’t handle

Who has read To Kill a Mocking Bird fifty times

But still doesn’t understand a god damn line

Why should we care what the hell Shakespeare means

Romeo and Juliet inspires suicidal teens

The principle’s office is no big deal
As you get in trouble for the cap you didn’t steal

You sit and don’t even try to argue

Your friend didn’t tell them even though she knew

And the next day she still hugs you in the girl’s loo

Every morning your guts hurt as you walk in the door
You wish they wouldn’t spread the rumour anymore
Catch him in the eye as he passes by

Both look down, uncomfortable, as the whispers fly

Years later you look back and you still can’t tell

Why the fuck you didn’t say hi by the stairwell

When you graduate you’re happy, and you lose control
You scream and laugh not cause you’ve reached your goal
But because you’ll never have to come back to this hellhole

In college you share answers with this guy
The ones he gave you were all wrong though you did yours all night

It’s about time you went and got a part-time job

But it seems every manager is such a snob

You forget how funny your girlfriend can be
As you accuse each other with sarcasm and glee

In her face you tear up a poem she wrote for you

Though she made every letter with glitter and glue

You can’t see her through your tears as she says “we’re through”

And you finally know why we have to daydream
As you grab the needle to inject another dose of morphine

Your breathing is ragged and you hear yourself cry

In your sobs you see Peter Pan loop in the sky
You want to follow so bad you’d willingly die

You inch closer to the edge as the cars zoom by

It’d be so easy to leave this life of an entire lie

Your freedom to go is one thing they can’t deny

You leap in front of the truck as you laugh goodbye