Cinderella

(verse 1)
Glass slippers don't fit like they used to
Prince charming feels like make-believe
All these fairy tales they told me
Left me broken, hard to breathe
Maybe happy endings aren't for girls like me

(Chorus)
After the ball, after the dance
After you've had your fairy tale romance
I'm just a girl with dirty hands
Trying to understand
Why love feels like quicksand
After the ball

(Verse 2)
Raised on stories of better days
When mother sang me lullabies
Now I'm counting all the ways
I've learned to swallow my goodbyes
Maybe there's no prince at all
Maybe there's no grand escape
Maybe I'm too small
To change my fate

(Chorus)
After the ball, after the dance
After you've had your fairy tale romance
I'm just a girl with dirty hands
Trying to understand
Why love feels like quicksand
After the ball

(Bridge)
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Shows a girl who's lost her way
In this house that's not a home at all
I'm disappearing day by day

(Chorus)
After the ball, after the dance
After you've had your fairy tale romance
I'm just a girl with dirty hands
Trying to understand
Why love feels like quicksand
After the ball

(Outro)
I'm made of cinder and bone
Ashes to ashes, I'm still alone
Waiting for someone to take me home

Soft and sweet, pop, female vocals, sad