Flipping through the latest fashion magazine
I wonder to myself if this can actually be real
Pictures of these fake role models staring at me
These too skinny girls with their perfect hair
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Caught between gunfire in a field painted red
Bullets and shells falling upon you like rain
There is no escape from it, trapped
Explosions and shrill cries
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A thousand emotions wash over my body
I want to scream, I want to laugh, I need to cry
I do nothing, nothing but sit and wait
It starts getting colder but I barely notice
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Dreams are just silly fantasies
That helps us keep our faith in the world
Give us something pleasant to think about
They are anything but real
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My fears begin as the light slowly fades away
Those tormenting thoughts take over my mind
I try not to think, not to listen, to go numb
My body won’t give into the silence that surrounds
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Magazine Role Models
Flipping through the latest fashion magazine
I wonder to myself if this can actually be real
Pictures of these fake role models staring at me
These too skinny girls with their perfect hair
Who would do anything it took to keep it that way
They influence young girls, tell them what to be
That they need to look like them in order to fit in
Even though they may send messages “to be yourself”
All that can be heard is wear all the latest fashions
Do whatever it takes to be exactly like us
It gets to the point that young girls get desperate
To be stylish, to be perfect, and way too thin
Some go on crash diets while other will starve
Ignoring their needs, their health, desperate and wasting away
Doing whatever it takes to be like their magazine role models
Magazine role models stand for all the wrong things
They represent unreasonable perfection that doesn’t exist
Sending messages of insecurity to already insecure girls
With their air-brushed bodies and fake permanent smiles
Unhappy girls being influenced by even unhappier models
So as I flip through this latest fashion magazine
I wonder to myself if it all could be changed
If magazine girls could turn into real role models
Sending positive messages of healthy bodies and minds
Influencing girls to be themselves and love who they are