I am not the girl you had in mind

I've seen her,

How she walks in pride

The one who never dares to hide

And never forces herself to comply

Oh how she never has to shy

But I am not the girl you had in mind

I am not the girl you had in mind

I've heard her,

    A sweet smile, A true laugh

    She never has to measure her calf

    Her voice lights up the air

    She never worries about her hair

But I am not the girl you had in mind

I am not the girl you had in mind

I know her,

Oh I know her well,

    The small waist

    She never wants to be erased

    She can buy her clothes in a haste

    Never worried about distaste

But I am not the girl you had in mind

I am the other one

The one who feels displaced

The one who grasps her stomach

Fingers interlaced

The tired one, you know me

That other girl

    That can't look at herself in a mirror

    Oh how her fears are getting nearer

    She whispers in a quiet voice

    Afraid to make the wrong choice

    My love for myself which was never there

    My relationship with food I had to spare

    The one so caught up in the numbers

    She drives herself to despair

I am sorry for the lies you've been told

And I am sorry for allowing you to be scold

About how you look and act

For the ideas of us girls are so abstract

We are all lied to in fact

But in the end why do we care?

    Because they tell us if not we will be in despair

    Truth be told we will drive ourselves mad

    All for them to say we are not bad

    The numbers shouldnt matter

    So why do they cause us to scatter

    The world tells us so

    Why do they make us slow

    When they really should be praying for us to grow

You can ask that girl that that you know

For she can tell you how to slow

For none of us are really the girl you know

Those girls were lost long ago

Truth be told they say we have to be brave

When really we are societies slave

The confident girl you had in mind

Only exists in your head redesigned

When the world makes you want to flee

Do not look to me

I am not the girl you had in mind