Wonderland Woke Up

(ah!) Clock slows

Sunlight

Grass warm

Blue sky

Was it a dream?

Was it enough?

Wonderland faded

But I woke

up

Opened my eyes by the river side Book on the grass and

the clouds still white Sister still reading like no time died

But I got thunder tucked behind my eyes Dress still soft but

my heart felt new Shoes still muddy from the strange world too

I touched my face just to see what was true

And heard a clock tick somewhere blue

No red Queen, no cards in line No Cat grin floating in

the pine

But every shadow had a crooked shine Like Wonderland left fingerprints behind

I was small, I was tall I was lost through it all

I fell deep, I stood up

Maybe that was growing up

Wonderland woke up in me Strange little heart,

wild little dream I came back from the underneath With moonlight still

between my teeth Wonderland woke up in me Not who I was,

not who they see I survived the make-believe Now the real world

bends with me

Wake up, wake up

Still strange, still enough

Wake up, wake up

Wonderland woke up

I used to think fear had a crown

Used to shrink when the room got loud

Used to chase what could not be found

Now I plant both feet on the ground Maybe madness was a

mirror frame

Maybe every riddle knew my name

Maybe I had to lose the game

Just to come back with a brighter flame Rabbit in the wind,

Hatter in the rain Caterpillar smoke in the back of my brain

Jabberwock teeth in a fading stain

Queen’s red roses in my veins

If I dream it,

was it real?

If I wake, do I heal?

If the strange world disappears Why do I still feel it here?

Maybe home is not the same

After you have changed your name

Maybe waking is not the end Maybe dreams become your friends Wonderland

woke up in me

Strange little heart, wild little dream

I came back from the underneath With moonlight still between my teeth

Wonderland woke up in me

Not who I was,

not who they see

I survived the make-believe

Now the real world bends with me

Clock slows Page turns Sun glows Heart burns Was it a dream?

Was it enough? Wonderland faded But I woke up