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Thank God I'm pretty
The occasional free drink
I never asked for
The occasional admission
To a seedy little bar
Invitation to a strangers car
I'm blessed
With the ability to rend
A grown man toung-tied
Which only means
That when its dark outside
I have to run and hide
Can't look behind me
Thank God I'm pretty
Thank God I'm pretty
Evey skill I ever have
Will be in question
Every ill that I must suffer
Clearly brought on by myself
Though the cops would come
For someone else
I'm blessed
I'm truly privaleged
To look this good
Without clothes on
Which only means
That when I sing
Your jerking off
And when I'm gone
You won't remember
Thank God I'm pretty
Thank you God
Oh Lord
Thank you God
Oh oh
and when a gaggle of faces
Appears around me
I'ts lucky I hate
To be taken seriosly
I think my ego would fall
Right through the cracks
In the floor
If I couldn't count on men
To slap my ass anymore
I know my destiny such
That I'm all stocking and curl
So everybody thinks
That I'm a fucking suicide girl
Ohho
thank God I'm pretty
The occasional champane
I never asked for
The occasional admission
To a seedy little bar
Invitation to a strangers car
I'm blessed
With the ability to rend
A grown man tongue-tied
Which only means
That when it's dark outside
I have to run and hide
Can't look behind me
Thank God I'm pretty
Thank God
Thank God
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you God
The occasional free drink
I never asked for
The occasional admission
To a seedy little bar
Invitation to a strangers car
I'm blessed
With the ability to rend
A grown man toung-tied
Which only means
That when its dark outside
I have to run and hide
Can't look behind me
Thank God I'm pretty
Thank God I'm pretty
Evey skill I ever have
Will be in question
Every ill that I must suffer
Clearly brought on by myself
Though the cops would come
For someone else
I'm blessed
I'm truly privaleged
To look this good
Without clothes on
Which only means
That when I sing
Your jerking off
And when I'm gone
You won't remember
Thank God I'm pretty
Thank you God
Oh Lord
Thank you God
Oh oh
and when a gaggle of faces
Appears around me
I'ts lucky I hate
To be taken seriosly
I think my ego would fall
Right through the cracks
In the floor
If I couldn't count on men
To slap my ass anymore
I know my destiny such
That I'm all stocking and curl
So everybody thinks
That I'm a fucking suicide girl
Ohho
thank God I'm pretty
The occasional champane
I never asked for
The occasional admission
To a seedy little bar
Invitation to a strangers car
I'm blessed
With the ability to rend
A grown man tongue-tied
Which only means
That when it's dark outside
I have to run and hide
Can't look behind me
Thank God I'm pretty
Thank God
Thank God
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you God
Lyrics submitted by MaritheGreat, edited by jimmy_page, moonfawn
Track duration: 04:01
"Thank God I'm Pretty" as written by Emilie Autumn
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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The awful part is that women are pushed to wear make-up, diet, etc to make themselves look like society's version of pretty and then they find the few that actually manage it and degrade them for it.
However, what is the problem with believing oneself is pretty? If more girls thought they were pretty, maybe there would be a lower rate of dieting, eating disorders or plastic surgery. I believe that their is nothing wrong with saying "I'm gorgeous." Because really, everyone is to someone. Why ignore it?
Anyway, this is one of my favorite songs by Emilie Autumn and I love the sarcasm and wit she put into the lyrics.
At the start she's saying how it's good to be pretty because of all the admirers you gain and attention you receive. Later on though, she goes on to mention how as she may have once enjoyed the attention, but in the end, the way she acted ended up getting her raped.
At first she's saying how it's great to be beautiful because you can get what you want, and towards the end she's saying how she wishes she wasn't god looking, because it's brought more pain than pleasure.
This song is so sarcastic, it makes me smile :') "it's lucky I hate to be taken seriously", as an example of her sarcasm.
After all, a lot of this crap women put up with regardless of how relatively "pretty" they are.
"Pretty" is just usually the "compliment" given along with it, usually in a condescending manner.
But as for what I think about the concept of what she's saying... I think it's a little difficult to feel too bad for this type of "pretty woman" she's talking about. This woman clearly chooses to go to places where she would be offered a drink, dealing with these types of men. She chooses to go out alone when it's dark, etc. And why does she need other people's opinions about her to validate herself? If her ego can stand men not slapping her ass, then surely her ego can stand these same seedy men's opinions about her skills. This is why it seems a bit off. That and the fact that Emilie dresses to impress, and she chose to be a performer, so she should accept that people will be interested in the way a performer visually presents themselves, whether they're female or male (maybe she isn't exactly talking about herself in the song, but I think it's pretty clear she sympathizes with this sort of woman).
And honestly, does she think men would be more interested in her abilities and depth if she were ugly? If these men aren't bothering to see depth, it means they are only motivated to care about the surface. If she were ugly, they wouldn't even give her the time of day -- whether we're talking about her looks or her abilities. They would be jacking off to some other pretty face. She wouldn't be getting any attention from them -at all-.
It seems arrogant, as well, for her to assume that she's getting these things because she's pretty, and not just simply because she's a woman. Unattractive and attractive women alike are sexually abused, occasionally get free drinks, admission to seedy little bars and invitations to a stranger's car. Actually, that's usually what unattractive women get, isn't it? Attractive women are usually offered better.
More than that... as much as the overload of attention bothers her, at least it doesn't damage her self-esteem and cause her to lose confidence in herself. That's what happens to less attractive girls when no one pays attention to them. (Looks are so crucial to women's self-value, even if they don't want to think so.) Then they sometimes lose their self-esteem and fall into depression, not having the confidence to succeed in other aspects of their lives. True, being pretty might mean it could be difficult to tell if someone is just infatuated with your looks or actually likes you for who you are, but at least you are getting some attention and social interaction for the time. And even prettiness won't keep someone around you for long if they don't like what's inside you, so then you'll know. (Or they stick around because they're faux-friends who think a pretty person can open doors for them... but in that case, you choose to put up with those people and associate with them don't you?) An uglier woman might not get the dreaded slap on the ass, but she's probably not getting any other recognition from such people either -- good riddance, really, but sadly still damaging to the self-esteem.
"I know my destiny's such, that I'm all stocking and curl"
On one hand, this could be meant that the hooker has her life planned out for her, and that she must wear revealing clothes and curl her hair - basically she has to keep her image up for her job.
On the other hand, Emilie wears stockings and curls, and this is sarcastically stating that people think she is just someone who constantly obsesses over her image.
"Which only means that when I sing you're jerking off
And when I'm gone you won't remember"
With my other shoes idea, "when im gone you wont remember" is like, you just hire a good looking hooker for the night, they please you, you *enjoy*, and then when she leaves you just forget about it, she was never an influence on your life whatsoever.
This means that however hard Emilie tries with her singing, men are not listening to her talent, and are just looking at her pretty face, and as if she is just a girl in a porn magazine - you see the girl, blah, and dont care who it is. Shes hot.
I think thats enough now xD