🌙 * ― 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐒 ( sentence starters from nathan sharp’s album sandcastle kingdoms. feel free to change pronouns & wording as needed. )
❛ I’m hearin’ voices in my head. ❜
❛ I’ve got a burning in my heart, it’s tearing me apart. ❜
❛ I think I’m losin’ my mind now. ❜
❛ I take and don’t know how to give. ❜
❛ You know I never mean well, I can’t help but help myself. ❜
❛ The mirror shows somebody else. ❜
❛ We’re in a special kind of hell. ❜
❛ Any day I think I’m gonna break now. ❜
❛ Learning how to sink before I take the dive to swim. ❜
❛ A map that only shows me where I am, not where I’ve been. ❜
❛ Having trouble findin’ a way out. ❜
❛ They don’t take you very far. ❜
❛ Day and night, my mind is running. ❜
❛ Reaching out ‘cause I want something more that I’ve never had before. ❜
❛ I’m scared to chase what I’ve been dreaming. ❜
❛ Push me by surprise, so I can take the dive. ❜
❛ My god, I’m the bait and the predator’s my mind. ❜
❛ It eats at me all the time. ❜
❛ Can we stop and rewind? ❜
❛ When’d I become my own enemy? ❜
❛ I don’t understand what you see in me, ‘cause I’m just another story that’s not worth reading. ❜
❛ Why aren’t you afraid that I’ll take a fall? ❜
❛ In this world of white noise, you’re my favourite sound. ❜
❛ There’s more that came before me. ❜
𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎.
❛ I’m down but you know I’m not out, I’ve got another round. ❜
❛ Can’t break me, I’m not givin’ up. ❜
❛ I gotta prove them wrong. ❜
❛ Take your time ‘cause I’m not taking mine. ❜
❛ Voice in my head said to keep going on. ❜
❛ Don’t let ‘em see you bleed, don’t want your weakness showing. ❜
❛ If you could just believe me. ❜
❛ Tell me it’ll all be fine, that’s a lie. ❜
❛ Need you to see me and know what it’s like to be me. ❜
❛ My whole world was crumbling down but I’ll still mend. ❜
❛ What doesn’t kill you’s bound to come back for another. ❜
❛ I’ve found a way to tame my own monster inside. ❜
𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇.
❛ The saturation fades and turns to grey, it’s overcast with envy. ❜
❛ So follow me to the ends of the earth. ❜
❛ Now take a minute and revel in it. ❜
❛ See how much you’re worth. ❜
❛ I’ll fight and defend, I’ll see this out till the end. ❜
❛ I’ll see this out till the end. ❜
❛ I’m making room for something. ❜
❛ I’ll build it up out of nothing. ❜
❛ I feel it giving beneath my weight. ❜
❛ But I’ll survive the fight so stay by my side. ❜
❛ We’ll own the night and the sun will still rise. ❜
❛ The rain starts to cease and I can see clearly. ❜
❛ Pull all the stops, I got a way that we can get in. ❜
❛ Just say the word, I’ll kick it up to eleven. ❜
❛ Don’t break it up, break it down. ❜
❛ We’ll kill the night and we’ll never see the sun. ❜
❛ And I’ll call the sorts, don’t you tell me when I’m done. ❜
❛ Won’t you meet me in the middle? ❜
❛ Don’t need to show no mercy. ❜
❛ Now listen up, I’m gonna give you a rundown. ❜
❛ This life was meant for me. ❜
❛ Step to the plate, you gotta show me what you got. ❜
❛ ‘cause heroes never die. ❜
❛ Live it up, this life is amazing. ❜
❛ I’m running out of time. ❜
❛ I’m tired of everything that I called mine. ❜
❛ I’m sick of trying to find a word that works. ❜
❛ A million strangers walking past and stare. ❜
❛ I swear I’m running fast but go nowhere. ❜
❛ I’ll wake you up and let you know it’s done. ❜
❛ You can hide but you know you can’t run. ❜
❛ Time and time again we fall in line. ❜
❛ Everything is perfect by design. ❜
❛ Patiently awaiting something new. ❜
❛ Something that won’t remind me of you. ❜
❛ Open up the door, I’m leaving soon. ❜
𝐈❜𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔.
❛ Directions leads you to who knows where. ❜
❛ Say you’re doing fine but no one asked and nobody cares. ❜
❛ Hear all the outcries but no one will lend a hand. ❜
❛ They’re setting up and you’re the punchline. ❜
❛ You’re on your own, such a damn shame. ❜
❛ I’d have to break it to you, you’re all alone. ❜
❛ You oughta just stay quiet. You can’t do that, can you? ❜
❛ Parading around like you own the place. ❜
❛ Give it time, we’ll all forget your face. ❜
❛ No one’s ever coming for you. ❜
❛ Staring at the sky, you dream to one day become that star. ❜
❛ The journey’s do or die but you’re not willing to go that far. ❜
❛ You’re on the decline and now you’re falling way too fast. ❜
❛ And it’s so typical of me to be so cynical of you. ❜
❛ I just keep running ‘round in circles. ❜
❛ And I don’t know why but I’m mesmerized by your broken eyes. ❜
❛ But I can’t complain when I go insane as I call your name. ❜
❛ And all I see is you next to me, a ghost of you tangled up in my sheets. ❜
❛ I know I’ll drown yet I’m begging for more. ❜
❛ I could wear this heart out on my sleeve. ❜
❛ You could break my bones and watch me bleed, I would do it all again. ❜
❛ I can hear it in the way you speak. ❜
❛ And that’s what I want, not what I need. ❜
❛ A shadow of you that’s been haunting my dreams. ❜
❛ It’s on the tip of my tongue and won’t leave my mouth. ❜
❛ Am I a monster or worse, just a man? ❜
❛ In the end, we’re all the same. ❜
❛ To the grave, we only take our name. ❜
❛ There’s an ocean made of dreams but the current strands you out at sea. ❜
❛ I wake up to find the passing of time made my mirror show someone I don’t know. ❜
❛ But all kingdoms drown as tides bring them down. ❜
❛ The subjects stay loyal but don’t wait their turn. ❜
❛ Now blindly they follow their king to the fray. ❜
❛ In the end, we’re bound to change. ❜
❛ We’re made for more than all of these numbers and names. ❜
❛ We could all go down in flames. ❜
❛ Maybe one day you’ll find humanity. ❜
❛ Until then don’t you dare say that we are the same. ❜
❛ She found a way out of this place, it’s a permanent escape. ❜
❛ And all the while you had your say. ❜
❛ You ventured off, no turning back, you’ve gone astray. ❜
❛ Don’t look before you take a fall. ❜
❛ Who knows when you could lose it all. ❜
❛ You’re just a kid who lost their own way. ❜
❛ You’re not a shadow, you won’t fade. ❜
❛ You’ve got to stand and defend, they’ll push but you can never bend. ❜
❛ You got a shot so don’t be a fool. ❜
❛ I see your doubt about your route, don’t give it up. ❜
❛ Ignite the spark, illuminate the dark and light your way. ❜
❛ You pray and hope for better days. ❜