alli h - mannequin

Take off my skin and put it on a mannequin
I'd be just as valuable and beautiful to them
Separate my body from my mind and from my soul
Make me sit pretty between the new and the old
Summer's almost over
And I'm hanging by a thread
My friends all stopped calling since
I dropped out for my bed
By 27 I'll certainly be dead
It's 21 now they said
It's 21 now they said
My shelf life is ending
I'm already spent
I'll put on some makeup
And a tight little dress
I can be pretty in this city
In these Hollywood lights
I can gentle I can be quiet
I can be yours for the night
It's like my skin is too tight
And I can't find the light
And it's swallowing me slowly
Sleepless night after night
It's alright
It's alright
It's alright
It's alright
Take off my skin and put it on a mannequin
I'll fulfill my purpose when I'm fuckable and thin
By 8 years old I knew what I was meant to do
To perform to be pretty to be valuable to you
I don't think I was built for falling in love
I only know what i look like under your thumb
I'm obsessed with the thought of being alone
I'm young and I'm ripe and the perfect clone
Of your type
Of this night
Do I look alright
In this light?
The plastic mold
It fits just right
As long as I'm
in your sight
And I'm just fine
I'm just fine
I'm just fine
I'm just fine
It's alright
It's alright
It's alright
It's alright

Written by:
AARON JOSEPH HOFFMAN

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