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 The 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 The reason why you can't pretend I know you know what's right You need to see The 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