pretty box

When I was a little kid
Didn't want any race cars
Superheroes or to set something on fire

I wanted a pretty box
To put my memories inside
Mother said I always had a big heart

But lately it's been closing up
I feel like it's time to go back

To that innocence
That smile
All that energy
It was never enough

So when I'm feeling sad
And nothing's working out
Not what I wanted it to be
I'll open that pretty box
Hope it cheers me up

Writing stories in my mind
Putting titles on the papers
Little did I know
How much I would be changing

What if all my effort is just simply not enough
I should open up my window see what it's become

And I've been thinking way too much
I feel like it's time to go back

To that innocence
That smile
All that energy
It was never enough

So when I'm feeling sad
And nothing's working out
Not what I wanted it to be
I'll open that pretty box
Hope it cheers me up

Sometimes I wish I were the same
But I guess people always change
No matter how pink's their sky

Unless I'm honest to myself
I'll never reach that happiness
I'll never be that little kid, again

Innocence
That smile
All that energy
It will never be enough

So when I'm feeling sad
And nothing's working out
It ain't what I wanted it to be
I'll open that pretty box
Hope it cheers me up