Intro
N.A
Mr. third world, your first question
N.C.
What is your aspiration in life?
N.C.
Oh, my aspiration in life
N.C.
Would be to be happy
G# D# Fm C#
[Verse]
G# D#
Mama said, you're a pretty girl
Fm C#
What's in your head, it doesn't matter
G# D#
Brush your hair, fix your teeth
Fm C#
What you wear is all that matters
G# D# Fm C#
Just another stage, pageant the pain away
G# D#
This time I'm gonna take the crown
Fm C#
Without falling down, down
[Chorus]
G# D# Fm C#
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
G# D# Fm C#
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
G# D# Fm C#
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
G# D# Fm
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
C#
It's the soul that needs the surgery
[Verse]
G# D#
Blonder hair, flat chest
Fm C#
TV says bigger is better
G# D#
South beach, sugar free
Fm C#
Vogue says thinner is better
G# D#
Just another stage
Fm C#
Pageant the pain away
G# D#
This time I'm gonna take the crown
Fm C#
Without falling down, down
[Chorus]
G# D# Fm C#
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
G# D# Fm C#
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
G# D# Fm C#
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
G# D# Fm
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
C#
It's the soul that needs the surgery
[Bridge]
D#
Ain't got no doctor or pill that can take the pain away
Fm
The pain's inside and nobody frees you from your body
C#
It's the soul, it's the soul that needs surgery
D#
It's my soul that needs surgery
D#
Plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far
Fm
Then you break when the fake facade leaves you in the dark
C# C#
You left a shattered mirror and the shards of a beautiful girl
[Chorus]
G# D# Fm C#
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
G# D# Fm C#
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
G# D# Fm C#
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
G# D# Fm
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
N.C.
It's the soul that needs the surgery
[Outro]
G# D#
When you're alone all by yourself
Fm C#
And you're lying in your bed
G# D#
Reflection stares right into you
Fm C#
Are you happy with yourself
G# D#
You stripped away the masquerade
Fm C#
The illusion has been shed
G# D#
Are you happy with yourself?
Fm C#
Are you happy with yourself?, yes