No More Happily Ever After

Meg Braun

Silence falls, one last look
An open window, a closed book
Before she locks her past behind
She walks the floor one final time

A dusty mantel with empty frames
Lingering ashes are all that remain
Nothing left for her to save
Not even anyone for her to blame

Chorus:
All the echoes of before, all the tears and laughter
She sweeps them all behind the door
No more happily ever after

No dirty dishes in the sink,
All the shelves are wiped clean
No voices ringing down the hall
This house is an empty shell that’s all (to chorus)

Bridge:
What happens now?
The past is past
They all are gone
She is the last

(to chorus)

Pack the car, pull down the drive
An open road means you’re alive
And this is only one good-bye
This is only one good-bye