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'The Fairest of Them All'

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Mirror, mirror, on the wall
who's the fairest of them all?
That it’s not me I plainly see
but show me what I aspire to be.
Show me the radiant beauty of night,
long dark hair and eyes so bright,
perfect skin and perfect clothes,
oh, such beauty is a sight to behold.

Show me this so I’ll have a reason
to starve myself season after season.
To spend hours in front of this mirror
as the reflection gets clearer and clearer.

Show me this image for all time
of the body I long to be mine.
The way I want to be.
The creature I wish was me.
I know it will work if I want it enough
and keep on trying though it’s tough.

To be beautiful and the outside is to win
for no one takes the time to look within
to see the secret thoughts and fears
that often bring me to tears.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall
show me this picture I call
up from my dreams of a perfect life
for beauty ends all strife.
Everyone’s looking and so many seem to find
that perfection that haunts my mind.
Beauty gained no matter the cost
though many things may be lost.

To feel the eyes watching me
and finally approving of what they see.
To not want to hide.
To feel boundless pride
in all that I have become,
in the battle I won.

Not shut up in a dark place
ashamed to show my face.
To bask in the bright sunlight
and glide silently through the night.

Put me under a wonderful spell
to save me from self imposed hell.
I don’t want to be like everyone else.
I want to be better than them, yet still myself.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
and inside my beauty standing tall,
take pity and let me
switch places with thee,
to be the one when they call
“She’s the fairest of them all!”
....
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AmbrMerlinus's avatar
Duuuuude... Fuckin' awesome. I love how "Mirror mirror on the wall" is echoed throughout it, and there's a whole Snow White/fairy tale theme in there too and it's grand. And now the song is singing itself in my head. I don't know the tune but it's stuck in there. It's that fantastic. So yeah. *hums* It just all flows together so very nicely, such fantastic rhythm and rhyme.