Pretty Hurts

Written by：Joshua Coleman/Sia Furler/Beyoncé Knowles

Mr third world your first question

What is your aspiration in life

Oh my aspiration in life

Would be to be happy

Mama said you're a pretty girl

What's in your head it doesn't matter

Brush your hair fix your teeth

What you wear is all that matters

Just another stage pageant the pain away

This time I'm gonna take the crown

Without falling down down

Pretty hurts shine the light on whatever's worse

Perfection is a disease of a nation pretty hurts pretty hurts

Pretty hurts shine the light on whatever's worse

Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see

It's the soul that needs the surgery

Blonder hair flat chest

TV says bigger is better

South beach sugar free

Vogue says thinner is better

Just another stage

Pageant the pain away

This time I'm gonna take the crown

Without falling down down down

Pretty hurts shine the light on whatever's worse

Perfection is a disease of a nation pretty hurts pretty hurts Pretty hurts

Pretty hurts pretty hurts shine the light on whatever's worse

Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see

It's the soul that needs the surgery

Ain't got no doctor no computer can take the pain away

The pain's inside and nobody frees you from your body

It's the soul it's the soul that needs surgery

It's my soul that needs surgery

Plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far

And you break when the paper sign leaves you in the dark

You left a shattered mirror and the shards of a beautiful girl

Pretty hurts shine the light on whatever's worse pretty hurts

Perfection is a disease of a nation pretty hurts pretty hurts

Pretty hurts shine the light on whatever's worse

Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see

It's the soul that needs the surgery

When you're alone all by yourself

And you're lying in your bed

Reflection stares right into you

Are you happy with yourself

It's just a way to masquerade

The illusion that's been shed

Are you happy with yourself

Are you happy with yourself yes