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Dominoes by Ren Ariah felt she could never be loved

She started cutting her wrists and hiding her MARKS / scars with gloves
Oh, you build us like dominoes, dominoes, dominoes falling At 16, an anorexic beauty queen, she collapses in a puddle of her tears and blood
Oh, you build us like dominoes, dominoes, dominoes falling 'CAUSE / SO she never felt enough
You build us up just to knock us back down She never felt enough
Funny, how you act surprised when we hit the ground
We're like domino, dominoes, dominoes falling You SELL / TELL us all this lie that we must buy to keep in touch
But we can never buy enough, never buy enough
So _ _ _ _ _ me of all my self-belief All the MONEY / RICHES in the world can't buy a sense of self love
My smile shows all my insecuri-teeth Funny how you act surprised when depression levels rise
In a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of photoshopped kings and queens When you force feed inadequacy straight into our HEARTS / EYES
We'll never feel happy with ourselves Television shows that praise the beautiful people
But _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sells And talent competitions that ONLY / JUST laugh at the feeble

Dominoes, dominoes, dominoes falling… Billboards, magazines, people turned to plasticine


Moulded like a factory, we're growing up to fear feeling ugly
I hide my head under the _ _ _ _ _ _ It's lunacy
'Cause how can I face a world that ridicules the weak? A knife in the community, 'cause insecurity BREEDS / BRINGS judgment
Where _ _ _ _ _ _ is sold on the shelves Judgment breeds hate, not unity
Forbid that we find it in ourselves And hierarchy based upon aesthetics is what makes a KID / CHILD in school get
And, and now I'm broke, it don't come _ _ _ _ _ bullied for genetics
And I felt so ugly growing up
Oh, you build us like dominoes, dominoes, dominoes falling… The way that I looked OFTEN / SOMETIMES got me beaten up
I mean what the fuck?
Ariah was the most beautiful girl in this world
She shined like diamonds and rubies and GEMS / PEARLS Sort of culture do we live in
But then as soon as she turned 13 When we're defined by the SHAPE / FORM of our face
She forgot just how bright that it was that she GLEAMED / BEAMED When we're ashamed by the size of our waist
Stuck in a material world of magazines When we're imprisoned by the form that we HAVE / TAKE
That glamourize the FAKE / FALSE and photoshopped beauty queens And so we keep buyin' and spendin'
Top ten beauty tips making her feel inadequate That's just how this story GOES / UNFOLDS
For the first time in her life she felt BADLY / UGLY You build us up just to knock us back down
And we just keep falling
So Ariah stopped eating to lose weight Like dominoes
She spent her dinner money on some make up for her FACE / SELF
But no matter how much she'd lost FIND A WORD THAT MEANS…
Or how much she BOUGHT / FOUGHT  a small pool of liquid, especially from rain
She was never good enough  shaped, formed
Or THUS / SO she thought  to express admiration or approval
 weak
Dominoes by Ren Ariah felt she could never be loved
She started cutting her wrists and hiding her scars with gloves
Oh, you build us like dominoes, dominoes, dominoes falling At 16, an anorexic beauty queen, she collapses in a puddle of her tears and blood
Oh, you build us like dominoes, dominoes, dominoes falling 'Cause she never felt enough
You build us up just to knock us back down She never felt enough
Funny, how you act surprised when we hit the ground
We're like domino, dominoes, dominoes falling You sell us all this lie that we must buy to keep in touch
But we can never buy enough, never buy enough
So bleed me of all my self-belief All the riches in the world can't buy a sense of self love
My smile shows all my insecuri-teeth Funny how you act surprised when depression levels rise
In a kingdom of photoshopped kings and queens When you force feed inadequacy straight into our eyes
We'll never feel happy with ourselves Television shows that praise the beautiful people
But insecurity sells And talent competitions that just laugh at the feeble

Dominoes, dominoes, dominoes falling… Billboards, magazines, people turned to plasticine


Moulded like a factory, we're growing up to fear feeling ugly
I hide my head under the sheets It's lunacy
'Cause how can I face a world that ridicules the weak? A knife in the community, 'cause insecurity breeds judgment
Where beauty is sold on the shelves Judgment breeds hate, not unity
Forbid that we find it in ourselves And hierarchy based upon aesthetics is what makes a kid in school get bullied for
And, and now I'm broke, it don't come cheap genetics
And I felt so ugly growing up
Oh, you build us like dominoes, dominoes, dominoes falling… The way that I looked sometimes got me beaten up
I mean what the fuck?
Ariah was the most beautiful girl in this world
She shined like diamonds and rubies and pearls Sort of culture do we live in
But then as soon as she turned 13 When we're defined by the shape of our face
She forgot just how bright that it was that she gleamed When we're ashamed by the size of our waist
Stuck in a material world of magazines When we're imprisoned by the form that we take
That glamourize the fake and photoshopped beauty queens And so we keep buyin' and spendin'
Top ten beauty tips making her feel inadequate That's just how this story goes
For the first time in her life she felt ugly You build us up just to knock us back down
And we just keep falling
So Ariah stopped eating to lose weight Like dominoes
She spent her dinner money on some make up for her face
But no matter how much she'd lost
Or how much she bought
She was never good enough
Or so she thought

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