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Perfect by nature
Icons of self indulgence
Just what we all need
More lies about a world that
Never was and never will be
Have you no shame don't you see me
You know you've got everybody fooled
Look here she comes now
Bow down and stare in wonder
Oh how we love you
No flaws when you're pretending
But now I know she
Never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled
Without the mask where will you hide
Can't find yourself lost in your lie
I know the truth now
I know who you are
And I don't love you anymore
Never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you have everybody fooled
It never was and never will be
You're not real and you can't save me
Somehow now you're everybody's fool
Icons of self indulgence
Just what we all need
More lies about a world that
Never was and never will be
Have you no shame don't you see me
You know you've got everybody fooled
Look here she comes now
Bow down and stare in wonder
Oh how we love you
No flaws when you're pretending
But now I know she
Never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled
Without the mask where will you hide
Can't find yourself lost in your lie
I know the truth now
I know who you are
And I don't love you anymore
Never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you have everybody fooled
It never was and never will be
You're not real and you can't save me
Somehow now you're everybody's fool
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I've listened to this song so many times not because it's her greatest song ever (even thought it's definitely up there) but it's the ultimate "tell a person off" song!
This is about a person that everyone sees as so perfect on the outside but by superficial nature this person is lost in fear and the uglyness is kept underneath a shell--a "flawless" facade.
And so while so many people like sheep "Bow down and stare in wonder" this person knows the truth of her.
Over and over I can relate to this and that's why I'm always going back to listening to this song. I'm a person who is empathic (able to detect other people's feelings -- kind of like psychic except on an emotional level) and so I see so much of the truth of others. Especially somebody I'm in a relationship with. And most of the time I can see how they appear so strong and beautiful, but inside they have internal conflicts and uglyness.
Everyone holds things inside of them to a certain degree. If it's not dealt with sometime in their life then it starts to fester and eat them alive. A person can only hide for so long.
"You don't know how you've betrayed me "
This person was hurt by this "perfect" person. And she sees just how ugly the person is.
I love the ending to this song. Because now the person will sooner or later be exposed and now she is "everybody's fool"
Uglyness can seriously be dealt with. I have taken a long journey inside of me to deal with past regrets, suffering, and aggression. From the time you're a child depending on who you are, you carry the pain within you and sometimes it never heals. Not until you deal with it. It takes time but it is so worth it.
Well more specifically, this song's about her(the singer) being the perfect person and hating her own fake self. She was hurt by the fact that everyone thinks she's perfect but she knows she isn't so she was betrayed by the perfect image of herself. "have you no shame don't you see me?" she wants everyone to see the real her and not her made up image. I guess you could interpret it either way but watch the music video to it on YouTube and you'll see where I'm coming from. It's actually one of my favorite music videos :]