Pretty Ghost/Lasting Beauty

When you put your makeup on,
Is it to celebrate what you got goin on?
When you put your makeup on,
Is it to cover up what you feel is wrong?
You can paint over you pain but your pain isn’t gone
You can paint over your shame but your shame still comes along
For the ride
Cuz no amount of makeup
Could every change
How ugly I felt inside

You can paint your house real pretty
But that don’t mean it’s a loving home
You can paint your house real pretty
But that don’t mean it’s a loving home

You walked through the door
But you never arrived
I know you’re alive
But you feel dead inside

You walked through the door
But you never arrived
I know you’re alive
But you feel dead inside

She’s a pretty ghost
Vacant of perspectives she could call her own
She’s a mile beneath the surface of herself
So when she speaks it’s like no one else can hear her

Are you building lasting beauty?
Continuing to learn
Proud of what you know?
Are you building lasting beauty?
Taking care of your inner home.
Step out into the rain
Stand under the light of the sun
Watch your garden grow
Simplicity is a woman you want to know

She knew she had to really feel herself
So she travelled to the bottom of her well
And found the parts that really needed her to listen

Yes she used to be a pretty ghost
Now she’s grateful for perspectives she can call her own
She’s a lion at the surface of herself
So when she speaks they all lean in to listen.

This visual cocaine is driving me insane
Everyone you’ve ever known
A few clicks away
Don’t wanna be another pretty girl on instagram
With something profound to say
I barely absorb any of her written words
because I’m too distracted by her face
I’m held captive by a contrived capture of her beauty
A doll sitting nice inside of a dollhouse she made
out of her instagram page
It has been said that life is your stage
But now it seems like all of life is staged
Yes you do have a fantastic booty
But I know there’s far more to your beauty