Fables - Basia Bulat

All fables fail you when you’re older

And still the mirror on your wall keeps you from staring into the darkness

And visions keeping you awake

In fairytales, you try to stay

They echo back at you like a chorus

And you’re still too young to know

When you’re living for a ghost

Spinning fables when the brightest colour’s fading

Stories fail you when you’re grown

Can’t hide us from the fall

But my love for you is bold

Take it all

I found my old friends back at home

And for my father, I had all the answers

Paid a price for pretending

Heroes and villains I had made

They’re all I have left of my day

In one more page of unwritten endings

Am I still too young to know

I’ve been living for a ghost?

In my mind, the brightest colours are unfaded

Stories fail you when you’re grown

Don’t believe them anymore

My love for you is bold but it can’t save you

My love for you is bold but it won’t change you

My love for you is bold

Take it all

How long can I be golden?

If stories I’ve told can’t save my love

How do I be

How do I be bold?

How do I be bold?

Stories all been told

Can’t save you from it all