Model Citizen

Trust us- we'll cut into your skin 

and then we'll play with what's within

all for the sake of appearances. 

And that's what this is for, no?

So the world can raise its standards?

So ugly kids like you and me can cease our twisted manners?

They say the world is pretty

well only after we're finished

demeaning girls and boys alike 

until everyone's diminished

And no one's really safe at all

all humanity is to blame. 

That cuts and kills and speaks false truths

and then eviscerates your name.

We take turns weighing scales 

and deciding who will win.

But the prettiest one we all revere

Is drowning in her skin.

Why magazines for bodies?

What happened to the mind?

Why do we all keep forgetting 

that we're alive inside?

We people like to judge

The weak and mighty, rich and poor

Like by casting lies and slander

we rise above what we abhor

I don't think "ugly" is what hurts us

And it's more than "what's inside"

See I think what really matters

are the actions bred from minds.

So don't take up your gavel. 

You are not the chosen one. 

You and me, we don't get to judge

when all is said and done.