Miss America
Miss America's Illusion: A Tale of Broken Beauty
Lyrics
It's a basic human need
It emphasizes the fundamental human desire
Feeling beautiful
Desiring to feel beautiful
But you coat your broken body
Despite physical and emotional damage
So subliminal
Concealed in a subtle and indirect manner
(So subliminal)
Reinforces the subtle nature of the concealment
And the colors that you wear
Colors worn hide a hidden wrongdoing
Hide a criminal
Suggests a hidden criminality behind appearances
You devour classic beauty
Consuming traditional beauty but causing destruction
You destroy it all
Actively ruining beauty and positivity
There's no easy way to say this
Acknowledges difficulty in expressing the following message
Miss America
Referring to a symbolic figure, possibly critiquing societal ideals
Is a slave from the waist down
Implies a lack of personal freedom and control
Stealing the whole town's love
Stealing affection and admiration from the entire community
And good little girls
Suggests innocence won't keep away from this influence
Won't stay away
Continuation of the idea that innocence is drawn to the negative force
It's amazing how quickly
Highlighting the rapid loss of innocence
They shed their youth
The speed at which individuals lose their youthful qualities
As you capture everyone
Attracting everyone with a distorted version of reality
With your distorted truth
Distorted truth captivates and influences others
Your words and your ways
Emphasizes the authority and certainty in words and actions
Are absolute
Actions are considered as ultimate and unquestionable
As you rob them of potential
Depriving others of their potential to be themselves
To be just like you
Robbing individuals of the chance to be authentic
There's no easy way to say this
Reiteration of the difficulty in conveying the message
There's no pretty way to say this
Underlines the lack of an aesthetically pleasing way to say the message
Miss America
Reiteration of the symbolic figure's constrained existence
Is a slave from the waist down
Continuation of the theme of limited personal freedom
Stealing the whole town's love
Continued influence, affecting the entire community's love
And good little girls
Reinforces the idea that innocence is unable to resist the influence
Won't stay away
Reiteration of the persistent attraction despite negative influence
(Stay, stay, stay)
Commanding to keep a distance
Stay away
Reiteration of the command to stay away
(Stay, stay, stay)
Repeated emphasis on staying away
Stay away
-(Stay, stay, stay)
-Stay away
-(Stay, stay, stay)
-Stay away
-Miss America
Reiteration of the constrained existence of Miss America
Is a slave from the waist down
Continuation of the depiction of limited personal freedom
Stealing the whole town's love
Reiterating the impact on the entire community's love
And good little girls
Reinforces the idea that innocence is drawn to the negative influence
Won't stay away
Reiteration of the persistent attraction despite negative influence
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