Perfectly Flawed
by Otep

Album: The Acension (2007)
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  • If you do this
    If you do this you'll never have a chance to try again
    If you do this you'll never have a chance to try

    It's the same sound
    Same sting
    The same collapse
    Of every thing

    It's the same size,
    Same blade,
    The same lie

    My way
    My face
    My heart
    My race
    I'm a mistake

    My way
    My face
    My heart
    My race
    I'm such a disgrace

    [Chorus]
    You're perfectly flawed
    You're perfectly incomplete
    Like cracks in the glass
    And flames full of grass

    You're perfectly flawed
    You're perfectly incomplete
    Let them come near when
    Perfection's the key you need

    Let the... Loose, just try again
    Let the... Loose, just try again

    Its the same doubt,
    The same dream
    It's the same sabotage
    'Cause I'm the enemy

    It's the same night
    Same day
    It's the same parasite,
    Feeding on the betrayal

    My way
    My face
    My heart
    My race

    I'm such a disgrace

    [Chorus]

    You're perfectly flawed
    You're perfectly incomplete
    A work in progress
    Perfection is killing me

    A disguise of self-deception
    Hides my secrets perfectly
    I'm injecting my reflection
    'Cause I hate the way it judges me

    Don't you do it
    You're not healing you, yeah
    Don't you do it
    You're not healing you, yeah

    [Chorus]

    You're perfectly flawed
    You're perfectly incomplete
    A work in progress
    Perfection is killing me... Writer/s: Henry Gorman, Jackie James, Jennie Cruise
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Mike from Evansville, InThis song is exactly what suicidal people need to listen to...
  • Angel from Bath, MeI think most girls can relate to this song, we all have moments in life when we don't like who we are and how we look.
  • Filthee from Crackville, CoThis is a very amazing song.
  • Ana from Monroe, AfghanistanThis song is really awesome
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