Beyonce is a Pageant Girl in 'Pretty Hurts' Music Video

My uber fave track from Beyonce’s latest work of art/album is the very moving and very powerful single ‘Pretty Hurts’.  The anthemic song gave such beautiful and awakening message from Queen Bey. With lines like ‘Perfection is the Disease of the Nation…’ and ‘…tryna fix something that you can't fix, what you can't see, is the soul that need the surgery…’ Beyonce really made a classic in this one; my fave line from the song is ‘Just another Stage, Pageant the Pain Away…’  Sia Furler co-wrote the album and I’ve learned that Sia is really a great songwriter, every time that her name is on the song; it is going to be a sure classic. No doubt, ‘Pretty Hurts’ will go down the history as one of Beyonce’s best song ever. I also love the music video, Bey is her other alter ego (aside from Sasha Fierce) Miss 3rd Ward. Bey tackles the reality in pageantry and how beauty and perfection is the important in the glitz and glamorous world of beauty pageants. I can so truly relate to this song, I recently joined a beauty pageant I can say that ‘Pretty Hurts’ is a perfect anthem for me now, LOL! But seriously, Beyonce really hit the mark with ‘Pretty Hurts’, so my question to you now is, ‘What is your aspiration in life?’ Beyonce's new visual album entitled, 'Beyonce' is now available for download in Itunes.

LYRICS:

Mama said, you're a pretty girl

what's in your head, it doesn't matter

brush your hair, fix your teeth

what you wear is all that matters

Just another stage

pageant, the pain away

this time i'm gonna take the crown

without falling down, down, down

Pretty hurts

and shine the light on whatever's worth

perfection is a disease of a nation

pretty hurts, pretty hurts

Pretty hurts

and shine the light on whatever's worth

and tryna fix something that you can't fix

what you can't see, is the soul that need the surgery

Blonder hair, flat chest

TV says bigger is better

soft beach, sugar free

vogue says thinner is better

Just another stage

pageant, the pain away

this time i'm gonna take the crown

without falling down, down, down

Pretty hurts

and shine the light on whatever's worth

perfection is a disease of a nation

pretty hurts, pretty hurts

Pretty hurts

and shine the light on whatever's worth

and tryna fix something that you can't fix

what you can't see, is the soul that need the surgery

Ain't got no doctor or therapeutic that can take the pain away

The pain's inside

And nobody frees you from your body

It's the soul that needs surgery

It's my soul that needs surgery

Plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far

And you break when the paper signs need you in the dark

You left a shattered mirror

And the shards of a beautiful girl

Pretty hurts

and shine the light on whatever's worth

perfection is a disease of a nation

pretty hurts, pretty hurts

Pretty hurts

and shine the light on whatever's worth

and tryna fix something that you can't fix

what you can't see, is the soul that need the surgery

When you'r alone all by yourself

And you're lying in your bed

Reflection stares right into you

Are you happy with yourself

It's just a way to masquerade

The illusion has been shed

Are you happy with yourself

Are you happy with yourself

Yes...

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