Lyrics Golden - Christina Li

I run through grass-catching fireflies
I watch tadpoles skip away
But I need no escape from shelter

Pink light casts on me
Like a hand, sculpting clay
Like a mirror would say
Whisper tinted words

Golden girl, living in a rosy world
Shine so bright, with nothing but gilded pools

On the brink, I hear crashing waves
They scream and drown
Buried in rubble

I yearn to jump
But the unforeseen taunts
For I know nothing
Or I'm grateful for nothing

I stand tall, I smile bright, when I rise
I listen, I love, and I care
But I crave words
Thrown mindlessly through a screen
All but my own
I can only pretend, oh so much

Golden girl, living in a rosy world
Icy lakes or crashing waves
Do I stand or dive? (Do I stand or dive?)
Golden girl, living in a rosy world (Rosy, rosy)
Oh, I want to learn, but I'm never quite enough

Wipe these lenses clean
And I wonder to myself
Who am I? Why am I?
And where do I go from here?

Golden girl, living in a rosy world
Golden girl, living in a gilded world
Golden girl, living in a wretched world
I see for what it is
But just how can I give?