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in this culture I am just the meat for vultures to pick /
Until my beauty shows for your glossy covers /
And in classy circles smother /
Have I nothing more to give /
And I would rather starve than lose this body. I would rather starve than lose your acceptance
I need you love, I just need someone's approval . To put me back again /
Is this skin all you want, are aesthetics all you need /
Is this where I stand /
My eyes will always show my empty soul /
As you divert your eyes to my body /
(It's nothing to you, but it matters to me) /
I'm nothing to you but this shell that you see /
Rotting flesh for your eyes Wilting beauty for every goddamned girl to compare to /
Dear God why can't I be /
Dear God why can't I be more like him, more like her More or less like you
Until my beauty shows for your glossy covers /
And in classy circles smother /
Have I nothing more to give /
And I would rather starve than lose this body. I would rather starve than lose your acceptance
I need you love, I just need someone's approval . To put me back again /
Is this skin all you want, are aesthetics all you need /
Is this where I stand /
My eyes will always show my empty soul /
As you divert your eyes to my body /
(It's nothing to you, but it matters to me) /
I'm nothing to you but this shell that you see /
Rotting flesh for your eyes Wilting beauty for every goddamned girl to compare to /
Dear God why can't I be /
Dear God why can't I be more like him, more like her More or less like you
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Submitted by
dragonflower44 On Dec 18, 2001
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being mocked by the so called "normal" people who are "perfect" and how they with they were so much more like them, but aren't and take the abuse of them.
It's a song for all the girls (or boys) that want acceptance in this world of fake beauty.
I think it goes a little deeper than the above. The subject of the song battles anorexia "i would rather starve than lose this body/your acceptance" to keep up with the appearance that the others expect them to have. "rotting flesh" and "wilting beauty" point at this as well, as the human body will deterioate with lack of food. The song pretty much describes the plight of many young people who develop eating disorders trying to live up to the high standard of beauty in today's society.