Perfect Is a Lie

They told you how to smile, how to walk, how to breathe,

How to be everything that the world wants to see…

They want a flawless face, no lines, no pain,

Always strong, never tired, never complain,

Perfect body, perfect heart, perfect role,

Be a lover, be a mother, be a woman, be whole.

You gotta cook, you gotta care, you gotta build a home,

Be soft and be wild but never lose control,

Work twice as hard just to stand in the same place,

Run a marathon daily in a beauty pageant race.

They say “be kind, be sexy, be smart, be sweet,”

But don’t be too loud, don’t be too much, stay neat,

Carry the world but don’t let it show,

Smile through the weight, through the fear, through the load.

They want you perfect, perfect all the time,

But perfection is a cage and perfection is a lie,

You’re enough when you’re broken, enough when you’re strong,

You’re enough when you feel like you don’t belong.

They expect you to heal while you’re bleeding inside,

Be the peace in the chaos, be the calm in the fight,

Give love without limits, give more than you get,

Carry dreams that were never even yours yet.

You’re a queen in the office, a nurse at home,

A therapist, chef, and a heart made of gold,

They clap when you fall but they don’t see the climb,

Don’t see the invisible labor, the tears, the time.

You fight silent battles, you win silent wars,

You hold broken pieces while they ask for more,

You’re tired but standing, you’re hurting but brave,

You’re building a future while saving the day.

(Choir & strings)

You don’t have to shine to be light,

You don’t have to win every fight,

You don’t have to be perfect to be worthy of love,

You don’t have to be strong to be enough.

If you feel small, if you feel weak,

If you feel lost, incomplete —

Listen close, this song is for you,

Every scar, every tear made you true.

You are good just the way you are,

Even when you feel you won’t go far,

You are strong even when you feel weak,

You are whole even when your heart feels incomplete.

You don’t owe the world perfection — you owe yourself truth,

You are powerful, you are rising, you are proof,

No one gets to define you, no one gets to decide,

You are fire, you are freedom, you are life.

Final Line (full power):

You are enough. You are strong. You are unstoppable — just as you are.