Pretty Things

You're pretty like the moon

No one can get to you

That's lonely, but its true

You're pretty like the moon

Folk songs and cigarettes

You're such a perfect mess

You seem so unimpressed

You smile when you're depressed

But darlin', let me see the scars

You're hidin' underneath your makeup

Show me what it is that you're afraid of

Why you hide behind your pretty things

And don't you know that even roses die

And nothing's really made to last forever?

Even beauty fades, you can't always rely

On pretty things

Red wine and vanity

Your fashion fantasies

That smile can't hide your tears

No, that boy can't hide your fear

It's better when it hurts

It shows you what it's worth

So cue the masquerade

'Cause inside, you're still afraid

So darlin', show me all the scars

You're hidin' underneath your makeup

Show me what it is that you're afraid of

Why you hide behind your pretty things

Yeah, don't you know that even roses die

And nothing's really made to last forever?

Even beauty fades, you can't always rely

On pretty things

What goes up

Must come down

You fly too high

Oh, you're gonna hit the ground

Too many words

They don't explain

So we hide behind

The pretty things

Oh, behind the laughter

And behind the smiles

I've got my scars

That I'm hidin' too

Oh, darlin'

Show me what you're hidin'

And I'll show you what I'm hidin'

Behind the lie

Pretty things