Bought a bunch of makeup Tryna' cover up my face I started to skip lunch Stopped eating cake on birthdays Bought a new prescription To try and stay calm 'Cause there's always something missing There's always something in the mirror that I think looks wrong
When pretty isn't enough What do you do? And everybody's keeping it up So you think it's you I could change up my body and change up my face I could try every lipstick in every shade But I'd always feel the same 'Cause pretty isn't pretty enough anyways
You can win the battle But you'll never win the war Fix the things you hat5d And you'd still feel so insecure
And I try to ignore it, but it's 5verything I see It's on the posters on the wall, it's in the shitty magazines It's in my phone, it's in my head, it's in the boys I bring to bed It's all around, it's all the time and I don't know why I even try
When pretty isn't enough What do you do? And everybody's keeping it up So you think it's you I could change up my body and change up my face I could try every lipstick in every shade But I'd always feel the same 'Cause pretty isn't pretty enough
And I bought all the clothes that they told me to buy I chased some dumb ideal my whole fucking life And none of it matters and none of it ends You just feel like shit over and over again
No, it'll never change Pretty isn't pretty enough Everybody's keeping it up Pretty isn't pretty enough Pretty isn't