VERSE
How can it be
you must be flawless to be celebrity
How can it be
In perfect people, buyers expect humanity
In the industry
talent takes a backseat to beauty
How can it be
gorgeous, airbrushed, skinny is the most perfect girl I could be
BRIDGE
All these things into our brains impacted
How could we let ourselves get so distracted
The reason we're here is our love and happiness
But now we think our purpose is to buy ourselves (the best)
CHORUS
I can laugh and smile without your pair of jeans
And I don't need that lipstick to feel good, it seems
Hey, I don't need your skin to draw outside the lines
Cuz I can see now
I can see now
I can see now - what is, a symptom of our times
VERSE
How can it be
The media owns our minds and they control our view
How can it be
You hate yourself so much because of what they show you
How can it be
Your gifts, your mind can now be of no value
How can it be
That all the words I'm saying are true
VERSE
How can it be
We keep allowing this to happen, and destroy our integrity
How can it be
We can't find our voices to shout back in ferocity!
I think, maybe
You shouldn't let the ads tell you what music you like, cuz see --
How can it be
You like the song I'm playing but I don't look like Britney
BRIDGE
All these things into our brains so impacted
How did we let ourselves get so distracted
We're on this earth for laughter and inspiration
But we don't have to buy that from a corporation
CHORUS (repeat once)
CHORUS 2
And I can live my life without what you're selling me
I can fulfill myself without buying a whole new me
I can be my own, and that is not a crime
Cuz I can see now
I can see now
I can see now -- what is, a sick plauge to our times
(Improvised vocals over music, until end)