Glossy Books

There's nothing that I could say

To make her change the way she thinks

Page one is all she wants to be

It wasn't a phase to her

It wasn't a part of growing up

Don't compare yourself

To some 13-year-old who needs help

The girl inside you tried to hide

Is all you needed to be

It's only looks, you can't compare

Yourself to all those glossy books

I know you know what's right

You need to see a reason why you can't pretend

You'll never be satisfied

You'll never be quite the way you want

Don't try to hide it

Of course, you're so pretty now

And you did everything they said to do

You can be happy now

You're beautiful and beautifully dead

The girl inside you tried to hide

Is all you needed to be

It's only looks, you can't compare

Yourself to all those glossy books

I know you know what's right

You need to see a reason why you can't pretend

I know you know what's right

You need to see a reason why you can't pretend

And time unfolds the reasons

They don't come

And life reveals the seasons

They don't come, yeah

Time unfolds the reasons

The girl inside you tried to hide

Is all you needed to be

It's only looks, you can't compare

Yourself to all those glossy books

Time heals sometimes

Time heals sometimes

Then you know what's right