Underneath
Underneath
Verse 1:
When you look in the mirror
Do you like who you are?
Do you see your beauty?
Or do you see scars?
Do you buy designer clothes
So they’ll like how you look
Do you steal your morals
From characters in books?
Do you dress up for others,
But forget your own name?
Trust me when I say
“You don’t want to be the same”
Chorus:
Just be you, all dressed up
It’s how you feel about yourself
That decides who you are
When there’s nobody else
Shine bright as a sword
Released from its sheath
Just be who you are
Who you are underneath
Verse 2:
When you choose to trust others
Do you worry if you’ll break?
Do you shake like a leaf
Caught in a grate?
What if I told you
You don’t have to be afraid?
You’ll cram for their tests
But you’ll never make the grade
The only person to please
Is the one in the mirror
If you can’t see yourself
Do I need to be clearer?
Chorus:
Just be you, all dressed up
It’s how you feel about yourself
That decides who you are
When there’s nobody else
Shine bright as a sword
Released from its sheath
Just be who you are
Who you are underneath
Bridge:
You don’t have to like me
You don’t have to hear what I say
Opinions never defined me
So why start today?
Alternate Chorus:
I’m just me, all dressed up
I’m just fine with myself
I decide who I am
When there’s nobody else
I shine bright like a sword
Released from its sheath
I just show who I am,
Who I am underneath
Final Chorus:
So be you, all dressed up
It’s how you feel about yourself
That decides who you are
When there’s nobody else
Shine bright as a sword
Released from its sheath
I like you best when you are
Who you are underneath
Verse 1:
When you look in the mirror
Do you like who you are?
Do you see your beauty?
Or do you see scars?
Do you buy designer clothes
So they’ll like how you look
Do you steal your morals
From characters in books?
Do you dress up for others,
But forget your own name?
Trust me when I say
“You don’t want to be the same”
Chorus:
Just be you, all dressed up
It’s how you feel about yourself
That decides who you are
When there’s nobody else
Shine bright as a sword
Released from its sheath
Just be who you are
Who you are underneath
Verse 2:
When you choose to trust others
Do you worry if you’ll break?
Do you shake like a leaf
Caught in a grate?
What if I told you
You don’t have to be afraid?
You’ll cram for their tests
But you’ll never make the grade
The only person to please
Is the one in the mirror
If you can’t see yourself
Do I need to be clearer?
Chorus:
Just be you, all dressed up
It’s how you feel about yourself
That decides who you are
When there’s nobody else
Shine bright as a sword
Released from its sheath
Just be who you are
Who you are underneath
Bridge:
You don’t have to like me
You don’t have to hear what I say
Opinions never defined me
So why start today?
Alternate Chorus:
I’m just me, all dressed up
I’m just fine with myself
I decide who I am
When there’s nobody else
I shine bright like a sword
Released from its sheath
I just show who I am,
Who I am underneath
Final Chorus:
So be you, all dressed up
It’s how you feel about yourself
That decides who you are
When there’s nobody else
Shine bright as a sword
Released from its sheath
I like you best when you are
Who you are underneath
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I wrote this, because it's true. I had to realize it and it's been on my mind. You have to let yourself be happy, and if others can't accept that, then they don't deserve your time. I want to make time for everyone who is important to me, and that also includes myself. It's all part of growing up, because you have to be able to love yourself when no one else is around.