

(shh!) Cardboard walls, taped-up seams
Holding all
of our quiet dreams
First a ship
on a carpet sea
Now a shield for you and me
It's a hiding place,
a paper fort
A secret vessel
leaving port
Folded edges, secret space
Moving quick from
place to place (aha!)
In the attic, gathering dust
Now a carriage we can trust
Through the garden, past the gate
Moving fast, it can't be late
(shh, look out!)
Underneath the searchlight beam
Silent as a passing dream
No one guesses what's inside
Where the legendary heroes hide
It's a hiding place,
a paper fort
A secret vessel leaving port
Folded edges, secret space
Moving quick from place to place (we made it!)
Just a cardboard box on a silent floor (bang!)