Birth of A Star
Embracing the Painful Beauty of Life: Birth of A Star by The Punk Service
Lyrics
Place me in front of everyone the world
Desire to be prominently positioned in the world's view.
Think your evil thoughts the dirty ones the nasty mean ones
Acknowledgment of negative, dirty, and mean thoughts.
Your prejudice remarks, mark me
Feeling marked and affected by prejudiced remarks.
Labeled by your judgement on me since the moment
Being judged since birth, labeled by others' opinions.
The moment I came out of my mother's body!
Reflection on the impact of judgment from birth.
You know what she said?
Introduction to mother's perspective on the pain of beauty.
Pretty hurts but living kills
Reiteration of the theme that beauty is painful, but life is even more so.
Pretty hurts but living kills
-I was ten years old when I realized
Realization at the age of ten about limitations in life.
There are things I can't have in life
Acceptance of fate and the metaphorical creation of a "knife" to navigate life's challenges.
So I excepted my fate and I made me my knife
Reiteration of the theme that beauty is painful, and life can be deadly.
Pretty hurts but living kills
-I want more
Expressing a desire for more in life.
Hand me my bills
Association of desires with the burden of financial responsibilities.
Pretty hurts but living kills
Reiteration of the theme, combining the pain of beauty with the uncertainty of luck.
I turn my lucky wheel
-Do you believe in Jesus Christ?
Raising a spiritual question about belief in Jesus Christ.
I sat him down and gave him a light
Symbolic interaction with Jesus, but finding nothing pure enough for survival.
But nothing is pure enough to keep me alive
Expressing suffering for others' benefit, implying sacrifice for societal expectations.
You make me suffer so you can have your line!
Highlighting the personal toll of meeting societal standards.
Pretty hurts but living kills
Reiteration of the theme that beauty is painful, and a renewed desire for more in life.
I want more
-Hand me my bills
Connecting desires with financial obligations.
Pretty hurts but living kills
Final reiteration of the theme, tying luck to the ongoing struggle of living.
I turn my lucky wheel
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