Tag Archives: Childhood

Dawn

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Looking at you now I don’t know who you are
I never ever thought you would go this far
You could kiss every guy I have ever met
Cause if he’s not a frog I haven’t met him yet
I pick myself up and no ones there to catch me
And I will survive without you just watch me
You could take the spotlight from right under my feet
But my time will come so why don’t you have a seat

I’m always coming second best to first born
Left wandering the halls in the hours before dawn
I tried to keep up but you left me behind
You said you could change but did you even try

After all this time can you feel your crown slipping
I’ve finally seen all those lies you’ve been spinning
You took away my voice and made me feel small
But to everyone else you’re the belle of the ball
Who would want resting bitch face when they can have you
You’re easier to talk to and easier to screw
Everything’s broken now and you can’t fix it
But you were the one who did nothing but risk it

I’m always coming second best to first born
Left wandering the halls in the hours before dawn
I tried to keep up but you left me behind
You said you could change but did you even try

I can tell that you don’t know what you’ve done to me
So some day some how I’ll just have to make you see
I can see that you don’t know how deep you’ve cut me
Some day somehow I’ll just have to make you see

I’m always coming second best to first born
Left wandering the halls in the hours before dawn
I tried to keep up but you left me behind
You said you could change but did you even try

Love
Roxanne

Child Like Themes

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Simon Says is about a girl who was lured in by a man and taken advantage of. She saw him as happy and friendly and she wanted that too.

Despite the childlike themes, it’s not age specific. Its meant to show her as being innocent, naive. Even the way I explained it in the above paragraph, she’s a girl, not a matured women. He is a man, who is mature and knows what he is doing.

That being said, she could also be a child. I didn’t want to specify that, but lead you to read the lyrics as you interpret them.

She was just an innocent girl who trusted this man, looked to him for guidance, and he betrayed that trust in the worst way. I can imagine being the type of person who would do that, but it happens. Hopefully not to any of you. Or to anyone else.

Love
Roxanne

Simon Says

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Her heart starts racing
He starts counting down
She needs to go hide
So she won’t be found
Bit of hide and seek
It’s a game they play
She hears him laughing
He’s headed her way
Running ’round the house
She almost has fun
Now he stands over her
So I guess he won

Game Over

Now it’s time for Simon Says
What Simon wants, Simon gets
Simon says make me your king
Simon says don’t be a tease
Simon says here have a drink
Simon says get on your knees

Life’s a game to him
Nothing’s serious
He looked happy
She was curious
That’s how it started
She heard his laughter
Wanted to play too
She found out after
The games he played
Were dark and twisted
She wanted it to end
So much, she wished it

Now it’s time for Simon Says
What Simon wants, Simon gets
Simon says make me your king
Simon says don’t be a tease
Simon says here have a drink
Simon says get on your knees

He starts counting down
She covers her ears
She knows what comes next
She screams as he nears
Almost at zero
He stands over her
He takes off his belt
The rest is a blur

Now it’s time for Simon Says
What Simon wants, Simon gets
Simon says make me your king
Simon says don’t be a tease
Simon says here have a drink
Simon says get on your knees

Love
Roxanne

Happily Ever After

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Paper Crown was written about how when you’re a kid life seems happy and good. But it’s not always. You get told you can be anything you want, do anything you want, but at the time when I was writing it, I didn’t feel so hopeful.

There are always things trying to put you down, obstacles you must face, and sometimes it overwhelms me. Sometimes I feel like I can’t overcome any of it. I just want to go back to when I was a kid and things were simpler.

But all children must grow up and discover that the world isn’t always good. They can be hurt, trampled on and kicked while they’re down, even killed.

But in the end you must have hope that one day your dreams will come true, that you will have that happily ever after you wished for as a kid. We need hope. Without it, what’s the point in living, of life in general.

I have hope. Do you?

Love
Roxanne

Paper Crown

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We’re told when we’re young
That we can be anything
The sky is the limit
But don’t believe a thing
You could wish on a star
You could do all things right
But every star dies
Even those that burn bright
And when you step outside
You might not come home
The evil in this world
Could take you before you’ve grown

There was a young princess
Wearing a pink dress
With a paper crown
To match her pretty gown
She had a little tea party
With all her hopes and dreams
Too bad her paper crown
Will get torn somehow
And all those hopes and dreams
Won’t make it through tea

When did life get so dark
We used to have dreams
But then we grew up and
Life was not what it seemed
What happened to those days
The ones on the playground
Where everyone was friendly
And no evil to be found
Let’s go back to those days
The ones filled with laughter
When we truly believed
In happy ever after

There was a young princess
Wearing a pink dress
With a paper crown
To match her pretty gown
She had a little tea party
With all her hopes and dreams
Too bad her paper crown
Will get torn somehow
And all those hopes and dreams
Won’t make it through tea

Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Make a wish you will go far
But then when you grow old
And see the lies you were told
It leaves you feeling cold

There was a young princess
Wearing a pink dress
With a paper crown
To match her pretty gown
She had a little tea party
With all her hopes and dreams
Maybe her paper crown
Won’t get torn somehow
And all those hopes and dreams
Will make it through tea

Love
Roxanne