Movie Screens
Unveiling Self-Worth: Decoding 'Movie Screens' by Rosalie Jeanne
Lyrics
Everyday they get the tape
Everyday they review the recorded material
And try to measure my worth
They attempt to evaluate my value or significance
Hem the sleeves, take in the waist
Adjusting the clothing, altering the fit
Was I not good enough before
Questioning if I wasn't adequate in the past
Do they want us side by side
Do they desire us to be together
All in uniform
Everyone in the same outfit
Look straight ahead, don't blink twice
Maintain focus, don't show any hesitation
Puppets made to perform
Being controlled like puppets, designed to entertain
Maybe I've had enough
Expressing dissatisfaction or weariness
I'm not going nowhere this week
Not willing to go anywhere in the current time frame
I know that I am not
Acknowledging one's true self
I'm not made of movie screens
Not being an illusion created for the movies
Your promises are lakes of blue
Your assurances are like beautiful but temporary scenes
Until they take my breath away
Until they overwhelm or astonish me
I'll always be too much for you
Always being too much for someone
But not enough to make you stay
Yet, not enough to make them stay
I don't want to be like her
Rejecting the idea of resembling someone else
I don't want to be the same
Refusing to be identical
Plastic dolls all in a row
Row of artificial figures causing embarrassment
Made to make me ashamed
Created to induce feelings of shame in me
Maybe I've had enough
Expressing dissatisfaction or weariness (repeated)
I'm not going nowhere this week
Not willing to go anywhere in the current time frame (repeated)
I know that I am not
Acknowledging one's true self (repeated)
I'm not made of movie screens
Not being an illusion created for the movies (repeated)
So just let me be
Requesting to be allowed to exist
Who I want to be
To be the person one desires to be
Just let me breath
Asking for the freedom to breathe
Just let me be
Requesting the space to be oneself
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