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Impossible Society, Impossible Me

You tell me to be shorter But then you mock me for my height You tell me to be darker Because I shouldn't be "too white" My nose needs to be straighter And I've got tangles in my hair My eyes need to be brighter And my glasses shouldn't glare My stomach must be thinner And my thighs should never touch And I'd be better, You assure If I just had a smaller butt The more I try to please You The less I please myself  But I keep trying til I'm black and blue 'Cause You taught "beauty" over health Yeah, and it's crazy when I wonder Just who I'm talking to  Because I never can discover Am I still me, or you? Is this my thought or is it yours? I don't know anymore One voice whispers "ugly beast" Another, "pretty girl" The voices pull me one way now But then yank me all around My head is always spinning I scream but there's no sound It's craz...