Oh To Be A Girl Lyrics

Why won't somebody use me

Push me up against a wall

Leave me in ruin

Do the things I don't want to want

I'm wrapped in the conflict

Of objectification

I know it's toxic

But it's more than what I've got

A boy kissed me and I'm growing

Going from not being wanted to being a prize

I can't rid that gnawing feeling

I'm only ever seen by guys I don't like

Oh to be a girl

Is to settle for less

For some validation

Oh to be a girl

Is to cry in the bathroom

And laugh off a compliment

That shouldn't have been said

Maybe I'm hopeless

Tried it all but can't banish

Inherent desires

To give into their wishes

Not that they deserve us and what we give them

Our bodies, our hearts, our thoughts

Trying to reach internal equilibrium

Cause I can't help who I'm not

A boy kissed me and I'm growing

Going from not being wanted to being a prize

I'm guilty for the glory

When I scrutinise the moment through someone else's eyes

Oh to be a girl

Is to settle for less

For some validation

Oh to be a girl

Is to cry in the bathroom

And laugh off a compliment

That shouldn't have been said

I want it not to matter

I don't want to see my best friend broken

When she's not chosen

I want it not to matter

When the wasted passion leaves me sober

And to tell my sister

That you're more than the boys that like you and the boys that don't

You'll do more than just being kissed on the dance floor

But I know that it's hard cause you want someone to hold

Self love and sustaining only lasts so long

Oh to be a girl

Is to settle for less

For some validation

Oh to be a girl

Is to cry in the bathroom

And laugh off a compliment

That shouldn't have been said