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Pretty

from Will Flower by Auntie G

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I cinch my form in
shapes and colors like all the others
who've come before.
Told to be sexy, but to be pure
But I don't want to be either
I want to be more
than what you'd make of me,
accepted as I paint myself
in the dreams that I'm afraid to be
Because you may not like my way.

CHORUS
But I want to be naked and feel at peace
every line and crease is meaningful  
A road map of stories of where I've been
every inch of me is beautiful
From inside true beauty shines
Like stars in pools of oil in the city
It's messy and wild and it'll blow your mind
that beautiful isn't always pretty.


You map uncharted waters
across my skin when I begin
to let you in
Truth is harder to know
than you realize
when I believe my own lies
that hurt me inside
the stories change around
to make me out as hero and villain combined
At war with all I feel
that no one can see but me.

CHORUS
But I want to be naked and feel at peace
for every line and crease is meaningful         
A road map of stories of where I've been
Every inch of me is beautiful.
from inside is where true beauty shines
Like stars in pools of oil in the city
It's messy and wild and it'll blow your mind
cuz beautiful isn't always pretty.


What if who we are
is more than skin and the sins
that make us seem the same
What if we dare to be different
to speak our minds
but do it with kindness
and a will to be free-
Dom comes when we take a hold
Of the only thing we can control
And make ourselves who we want to be
Can you see what I see?

So I'm done with blame,
with victim shame
With pointless fronts
and opinion games
These walls dictate
that I should hate you
to make myself feel
strong and safe but
All I see
is you're just like me
We're made of stars
in a shining sea
Under all the muck
of who we're told to be
Don't you see that there’s more?

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh

CHORUS
So let’s all live naked and feel at peace
every line and crease is meaningful           
A road map of stories of where we’ve been
Every inch of us is beautiful.
from inside true beauty shines
Like stars in pools of oil in the city
It's messy and wild and it'll blow your mind
cuz beautiful isn't always pretty.

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from Will Flower, released June 18, 2019

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