Pretty Thing
Unveiling Liberation: Pretty Thing by Charlotte Martin's Powerful Reflection
Lyrics
Am I treading in your flow well maybe I don't want to know that
Questioning if the speaker is disrupting the natural course, expressing a potential disinterest in knowing the answer.
We are gone before we go and you are upside down
Highlighting the ephemeral nature of the relationship, with a sense of imbalance and confusion.
Waiting in the sweet debris to shock you into loving me
Waiting in the aftermath of a situation, hoping to elicit love through a shock or revelation.
I'm not the way I used to be and I am still alive and I am still alive
Acknowledging personal transformation while affirming vitality and survival.
I am not your pretty thing
Rejecting the role of being a mere object of beauty or attraction, asserting independence and identity.
I am not your pretty thing
-I am not your pretty thing
-Your seventeen your prom queen anymore
Rejecting societal expectations related to age and traditional standards of beauty.
I might be too good for you
Claiming self-worth and possibly hinting at a perception of superiority.
Maybe you can get a clue
Suggesting the need for the other person to gain understanding or insight.
I'll never let you salt my wounds
Asserting personal boundaries and unwillingness to allow emotional harm.
So tell me who's pretty now
Challenging the perception of beauty and questioning who holds that status now.
I don't know how a creep can sleep
Expressing confusion or disbelief regarding morally questionable behavior.
And why your talk is always cheap
Criticizing insincerity and the lack of substance in communication.
And what you're sowing you will reap
Introducing the concept of karma, implying consequences for one's actions.
And you sure get around
Commenting on the person's promiscuous behavior and wide social circle.
You sure get around
-I am not your pretty thing
Reiterating the rejection of being objectified as a pretty thing.
I am not your pretty thing
-I am not your pretty thing
-Your seventeen your prom queen
Reaffirming the dismissal of traditional beauty standards associated with age.
And you can't have the sun as the same time as rain
Highlighting the impossibility of having contradictory elements simultaneously.
Can't be wild and then be tame
Exploring the tension between wildness and restraint in a person's character.
Cause I just found out you were caught being nasty
Discovering unappealing qualities in the person, possibly related to dishonesty or betrayal.
With a whole lot to say a whole lot to say
-That's insane that's insane that's insane
-I am not your pretty thing
Reiterating the rejection of being seen solely as a pretty thing.
I am not your pretty thing
-I am not your pretty thing
-Your seventeen or prom queen anymore
Emphasizing the continued rejection of societal expectations regarding beauty and age.
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