She finds it hard to breathe The reflection that she sees Is not the girl she wants to be And so She's making up her face She's trying to replace The tears with the smile that she is famous for And now Surrounded by the lights Everything's alright She laughs and they're lining up to see it Yeah she'll do anything For her invisible soul to be seen And we all fall for the dream Playing larger than life on our tv screen We can't see Nothing can be So perfect And we all want to be loved To be somebody everyone's thinking of Can't you see No one can be So perfect Now me I'm taking out the trash I'm scraping up the cash It's killing me I'm not the girl I want to be And so I practice my escape I pray for better days I'm tired But I'm damned if I'll be here forever Now I'm searching for the lights Where everything's alright And it's me They'll be lining up to see Yeah I'll do anything My invisible soul to be seen And we all fall for the dream Playing larger than life on our tv screen We can't see Nothing can be So perfect And we all want to be loved To be somebody everyone's thinking of Can't you see No one can be So perfect When finally We reveal reality Illusions come crashing down It's insanity That we could be a novelty Just to feel We're not alone... And we all fall for the dream Playing larger than life on our tv screen We can't see Nothing can be So perfect And we all want to be loved To be somebody everyone's thinking of Can't you see No one can be So perfect Nothing can be so perfect I'll never be so perfect