Paradise

Tell him this is the paradise he will never know

This is the garden covered in snow

Tell him I have every fleeting thing

That will make him alive, that will make him king 

I will give him all he could ever want or need

He is pulling hard on my strings that lead

To a frozen heart cast astray

Yet he feels a thumping of blood from 100 feet away

He knows everyone was wrong

My heart's not in decay

It's sealed with ice but not for good

The spring will come

And she will be understood

He pulls on the line till I'm a fish out of water

He says, "finally I caught her"

And wide-eyed he watched as my heart melt,

Bloody on the boat, the ground where he knelt

He saw me as me, stronger

Not just any man's daughter

He listened to every word as it poured out 

And heard every low whisper as a shout

Saw my soul in my words and my eyes

Caged butterflies

Kept where they couldn’t be hurt

But maybe that’s even worse

It's a curse

Keeping them locked in 

Under the ice and under the snow

I told him this is the paradise inside

He said I had to let it go

But isn't it better to be my own prisoner

Instead of my foe's?

And he said no

Be mine

Tied my heart back together with twine

And even though it's broken

It shines