Once upon a time there was a girl
who lived in a fairly perfect world.
Fairytales came true for good little girls like her.

Then he came and broke her heart.
He tore her everything apart
before she could even get a start.

She says no, she says she's fine,
she's not fine, she's such a liar,
she's so wild now, a deadly fire.

Her soul is crying, inside it's dying
and there's nothing anyone can do.
No one can help her pull through.
And the sad thing is,
she used to be
so free spirited,
everybody loved her.
But now she is losing her sight,
yeah, she is blind now
and I just can't believe how
much that little girl has changed, oh,

She wore the perfect, golden halo
but now she's fading away and
the saddest thing I've ever seen
is when a songbird clips her own wings.

Her voice used to bring us to our knees,
with every note, our hearts were pleased but
now only empty walls hear her sing.

Back then, she'd made a lifelong pact
and though she truly wants it back
she feels that it's too far gone for that.

She says no, she says she's fine,
She is fine? No, she's such a liar,
she's so wild now, a deadly fire.

Her soul is crying, inside it's dying
and there's no one anyone can do,
no one can help her pull through.
And the sad thing is,
she used to be
so free spirited,
everybody loved her.
But now she is losing her sight,
yeah, she is blind now
and I just can't believe how
much that little girl has changed, oh,

She wore the perfect, golden halo
but now she's fading away and
the saddest thing I've ever seen
is when a songbird clips her own wings.

That girl, the one I used to know,
how could she let herself go?
Where did we go wrong?
This can't be happening to
the songbird that once freely flew,
how did she fall from her pedestal?

I know that I might be
a little bit naive
but even I'm not that bitter anymore....
I just can't understand
how you slipped through our hands....

And it's a sad, sad day
when an angel clips her own wings.