Artificial products on the shelf
Designed to make us feel better about ourselves
For real
Yet we never heal
Chemicals to eliminate the flaws we came with
Procedures to help us deny our aging
And we believe what we're told
Yet we still get old
And so I wonder why
We lie
Wasting time
With tears we cry
We sit back and deny
And constantly try
To push the imperfect human aside
Defects we want to hide
Working so hard to be deemed a suitable mate
Constantly maintaining that picture perfect face
Forgetting that eventually they'll see beyond the frame
To me it just seems like a pointless game
So why do we play?
Flaws are beautiful anyway
Dyes to kill our natural colour
Powders and creams to make up a desirable lover
And we're told that it's 'worth it'
Yet we bleed under the surface
Food plans to help us weigh less
Hungry for acceptance so we starve ourselves to death
But perfection is deceiving
Because it is our souls we end up eating
Yet still, we continue living on this way
No one stops for a second to think that it's not okay
So we keep on putting our lies on display
Throwing this world into even more disarray
Leaving our true selves behind
Slowly losing our minds
All because we think it's fine
To be the lying kind
And we wonder why truth is so hard to find?
What more can you expect in a world full of disguise?
Where raw beauty nearly dies
When people are taught to keep deception alive
Very few are wise
To the lies
Everyone is determined to live in a make believe land
Caught up in the illusion of fame and failing to understand
That avoidance tactics won't make reality stop
It will hit you one day whether you like it or not
You can spend your life trying to alter your appearance
But in the end it's not gonna make your tears less
Because even though you've got everybody fooled
You know deep down it doesn't change the real you
And it's never going to
Which is why it's easier to just be true
And pay no mind to those who
Won't accept you for being you
Faking your way through
Is just a pointless thing to do
