Slow motion
Double doors swing wide
Hallway hush
As I slice that stride
Contacts in
Short skirt sky-high steel
Heels click-code
On the checkered field
Wind in my hair like a scene they'd stream
Lip-gloss shine
On a teenage dream
Locker slams
But I don't flinch once
Crown in my bag
Heart in the front
I spot Axel
Lean on locker three
Laugh half-crooked
Like it's just for me
Used to play pretty pretty princess plastic ring on my hand
He'd say You're the prettiest princess
Even when I didn't win the game
I'm your prettiest princess
With a cracked-up crown
Mascara armor
I don't back down
Been falling for Axel
Since a cardboard throne
Now I'm walking like royalty
Through a war zone
Prettiest princess
Yeah I claim that name
But I'm bleeding through glitter
In this hallway game
First day senior year
This is it
Last chance
Gotta make it hit
He scans me
Head to toe real slow
Eyebrows lift
And my pulse just blows
Operation Too Hot
To Handle success
This wasn't a drill
This is live this is yes
Every step sparks
Every breath feels new
I don't just look good
I look noticed too
But I'm not falling now
I fell ages ago
On his basement floor
Cross-legged in a row
Tiara sideways
Gum in my hair
He still bowed still smiled
Like I owned that chair
I'm your prettiest princess
With a cracked-up crown
Mascara armor
I don't back down
Been falling for Axel
Since a cardboard throne
Now I'm walking like royalty
Through a war zone
Prettiest princess
Yeah I claim that name
But I'm bleeding through glitter
In this hallway game
Then a foot hooks mine
From the jealous side (hey)
Nemesis grins
As I start to slide
Sky spins books fly
Crowd goes hush
My knees kiss tile
In a crimson blush
I'm falling
But not for him that's done
I fell for him ages ago
That's one
This fall's for every girl
Told sit still
Who sharpens her heartbreak
Into will
I'm your prettiest princess
Face down on the floor
Screw high school
Screw high school