So there's this boy {yeah} and a girl (go on) and he's a just a joker and she's pretending that she isn't splitting in two (three? five?)

But this is once-upon-a-time, and it's supposed to be perfect, dammit (but it's not)

And there's this war, see. (This war for humanity and Earth and every move is life-or-death) And they're kind of in the middle of it. And there's this program for special people (and doesn't everyone want to feel special?) that's riddled with ethical violations that get harder and harder to ignore.

But you're just the second-best soldier with resentment burning bright in those prettyblue eyes of yours, aren't you?

"Real fucking hero, aren't you, Carolina?"

And you see everyone, in their flawed and failing beauty. And you just can't stand their petty human weaknesses [your weaknesses], and who wants a broken champion?

(But he's the one with that crazy hero complex anyway)

And there was this man [the one who broke you], once upon a time, who loved and lost (and couldn't pretend that he never loved at all) who had 49 sacrificial lambs, and never thought that they might fight back.

{rise and rise again, until the lambs become lions}

Lambs become lions

Because they will. They'll fight, see? Fight for their lives, their minds, their bodies.

And then they do [surprise, bitches], and if they're all tried for insubordination, mutiny, well then they'll defy that too.

So march the heroes [traitors, turncoats] home, this day will live on in infamy.

Tell yourself those convenient lies [You're okay. It doesn't really hurt.] that shine like diamonds, whatever helps you sleep at night.

But you don't sleep, do you? You sit in the ruined remains of cities, listening to the voices in your poor shattered mind [remnants of the two things that destroyed you]. Try not to remember how you asked for it, wanted those two soso bad, and craved the power and the approval and the winning.

And then through the darkness, you hear of a ghost and a black suit of armor, and ruminate over revenge.

So there was once this boy {yeah} and a girl (go on) and he was just a joker (but he's dead now) and she tried to pretend she wasn't splitting in two (it didn't work).

A/N: Please let me know how you felt about this, what I can improve upon, etc.