I wish my looks were worthy of envy
And my voice could turn heads
I wish my thoughts weren't so scary
But that's just who I am
I'm only sort of pretty
When you glance the right way
When the lightings off and my mask is on
Which doesn't happen everyday
My singing, can't you hear it
You start to cry at the sound
Not because it's unbelievable
But because it's terrible and loud
My mind, I'm not sure I could fix it
It's been this way since I was nine
Lost on my own in a world of shadows and hate
Forced to lie and say I'm fine
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Your looks are worthy of envy
Because I do it everyday
Your voice does turn heads
Because it's strong and knows what to say
So what if your thoughts are scary
That's okay with me
Because you're still the greatest person
Someone could ever meet
And you're not just only pretty
You're beautiful to me too
And you don't have to only look the right way
To see that it's true
When you sing I don't cry at the sound
It's not terrible, it's unbelievable
And just being honest here it is sort of loud
But you're my sister so don't even frown
And so what if your mind is different
It's been that way since you were nine
And no one has asked you to change it
So don't even try
Feb 17, 2014
Feb 17, 2014 at 12:08 PM UTC
I wish my looks were worthy of envy
And my voice could turn heads
I wish my thoughts weren't so scary
But that's just who I am
I'm only sort of pretty
When you glance the right way
When the lightings off and my mask is on
Which doesn't happen everyday
My singing, can't you hear it
You start to cry at the sound
Not because it's unbelievable
But because it's terrible and loud
My mind, I'm not sure I could fix it
It's been this way since I was nine
Lost on my own in a world of shadows and hate
Forced to lie and say I'm fine
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Your looks are worthy of envy
Because I do it everyday
Your voice does turn heads
Because it's strong and knows what to say
So what if your thoughts are scary
That's okay with me
Because you're still the greatest person
Someone could ever meet
And you're not just only pretty
You're beautiful to me too
And you don't have to only look the right way
To see that it's true
When you sing I don't cry at the sound
It's not terrible, it's unbelievable
And just being honest here it is sort of loud
But you're my sister so don't even frown
And so what if your mind is different
It's been that way since you were nine
And no one has asked you to change it
So don't even try
First one is a song I wrote myself, and the second one is what my 14 year old sister wrote in response to seeing my lyrics. I just found them last night when I was cleaning my room. I started tearing up, just because of all the sweetness in it. I love you Sara <3
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