Version of Perfect Lyrics

She needs to be perfect, don't let a flaw show

Can't see that she's hurt'n, can't let anyone know

How much that she'd wanted, to just be her own

Version of perfect, but it doesn't exist

She can't be too awkward, and can't be quiet

They talk over her words, she's interrupted

And it's no wonder, why she's silent, but her

Version of perfect, it doesn't exist

She only gets applause when she puts on a performance

She only gets attention when they know that it's awarded

She re-writes every word to appeal to all the masses

She steps out of their way cause they have a higher status

Why does the light feel colder

When they stare over your shoulder

And incite double-standards

Look at you for the answers

They say to just be yourself

But when it comes to anyone else

You should be a carbon copy

Anyone but not me

She hates that they're perfect, they don't have to hide

They don't feel unwanted, like rain on fourth of July

Intimidated, she hates herself inside

Her version of perfect, it will never exist

They say to be herself, but it's not good enough

They ask if she needs help, when clearly nothing wrong

But when she's someone else, they all get along, cause her

Version of perfect, it doesn't exist

She only gets applause when she puts on a performance

She only gets attention when they know that it's awarded

She re-writes every word to appeal to all the masses

She steps out of their way cause they have a higher status

Why does the light feel colder

When they stare over your shoulder

And incite double-standards

Look at you for the answers

They say to just be yourself

But when it comes to anyone else

You should be a carbon copy

Anyone but not me

She steps on the world's stage and faces the audience

She hurries through her song cause she's an inconvenience

She sees how all of the rest, have a lower standard

She's acing all their tests, they say she doesn't know the answers

Why does the light feel colder

When they stare over your shoulder

And incite double-standards

Look at you for the answers

They say to just be yourself

But when it comes to anyone else

You should be a carbon copy

Anyone but not me

Her version of perfect, it doesn't exist