Scars to Your Beautiful

by Alessia Cara

She just wants to be beautiful
She goes unnoticed; she knows no limits
She craves attention; she praises an image
She prays to be sculpted by the sculptor
Oh, she don’t see the light that’s shining
Deeper than the eyes can find it
Maybe we have made her blind
So she tries to cover up her pain
And cut her woes away
‘Cause covergirls don’t cry
After their face is made

But there’s a hope that’s waiting for you in the dark
You should know you’re beautiful just the way you are
And you don’t have to change a thing
The world could change it’s heart
No scars to your beautiful
We’re stars and we’re beautiful
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

And you don’t have to change a thing
The world could change it’s heart
No scars to your beautiful
We’re stars and we’re beautiful

Now she has dreams to be an envy, so she’s starving
You know, “covergirls eat nothing”
She says “beauty is pain and there’s beauty in everything”
“What’s a little bit of hunger?”
“I could go a little while longer”, she fades away
And she don’t see her perfect, she don’t understand she’s worth it
Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface
Ah oh, ah ah oh
So to every girl that’s hurting
Let me be your mirror, help you see a little bit clearer
The light that shines within

And you don’t have to change a thing
The world could change it’s heart
No scars to your beautiful
We’re stars and we’re beautiful

[Repeat after me, ready]
No better you than the you that you are
(No better you than the you that you are)
No better life than the life we’re living
(No better life than the life we’re living)
No better time for your shine, you’re a star
(No better time for your shine, you’re a star)
Oh, you’re beautiful, oh, you’re beautiful

There’s a hope that’s waiting for you in the dark
You should know you’re beautiful just the way you are
And you don’t have to change a thing
The world could change it’s heart
No scars to your beautiful
We’re stars and we’re beautiful
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
You don’t have to change a thing
The world could change it’s heart
No scars to your beautiful
We’re stars and we’re beautiful

Vocabulary:

unnoticed: without anyone seeing her
craves: really wants and needs
attention: other people looking at her
praises: admires, says good things about
image: a picture (of her perfect self)
prays: asks God
sculpted: formed, changed
sculptor: plastic surgeon (doctor who changes your body)
deeper: more inside the body
cover up: hide
woes: sad feelings, troubles
’cause: because
covergirls: beautiful women whose pictures are in magazines
made: created by makeup
heart: feelings
scars: permanent marks on the body where there’s been a cut
envy: someone people want to look like
starving: not eating much
pain: something that hurts
fades away: gets smaller and smaller
worth it: deserves a good life