[Verse 1] I'm so afraid Of mistakes that I've made Shaking every time that I awake I feel like a cardboard cut-out man [Hook] So build me a time When the characters rhyme And the story line is kind [Verse 2] I've aged and aged since the first page I've lived every line that you wrote Take me down, take me down From the shelf above your head [Hook] And build me a time When the characters rhyme And the story line is kind [Verse 3] I live where I'm left On the shelf like the rest And the epilogue reads like a sad song Please pick up your camera And use me again [Hook] And build me a time When the characters rhyme And the storyline is kind Yea