Less Than Perfect

Anyone who knows me knows this....
Music is like oxygen for me.  

Sure, I have a few TV shows that I enjoy but I enjoy them via the DVR and watch them when I feel like it. Many times I delete a bunch of stuff because I have not gotten around to watching it. TV really is a take it or leave it thing for me....aside from Glee. =)

Music though...I listen to it all the time. I listen to everything from Vivaldi to ACDC to Herbie Hancock and MercyMe.  

I enjoy listening to the different layers of the song. Kind of like eating a great lasagna. You taste the meatiness, the richness of the cheese, the sweetness of the vegetables. Layer upon layer. That's how music is to me....a really great lasagna with all its rich and gooey parts.  

Music may make me happy, grateful, convicted, restored or bring me to tears. It's also been known to make me drive around aimlessly radio blaring and Schotze's head out the window on a warm summers night as we both listen to 80's hair bands.

So when I heard the new song "Perfect" by P!nk the other day I was stopped in my tracks by it. I spent my first break at work on a search for the clean version of the song (LP version uses "F"...you can figure it out Sunshine!) so I could listen to the song again while at work. This song got to me......really got to me.

So here are the lyrics, as best as I've been able to come up with, to P!nk's song and a video has been included so you can listen. Hope you enjoy!

"Perfect" P!nk 

Made a wrong turn

Once or twice
Dug my way out
Blood and fire
Bad decisions
That’s alright
Welcome to my
Silly life 

Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood

Miss “No way it’s all good”

It didn’t slow me down
Mistaken
Always second guessing
Underestimated
Look, I’m still around 

Pretty, pretty please

Don’t you ever, ever feel
Like your less than
Less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please
If you ever, ever feel
Like your nothing
You are perfect to me 

You’re so mean

When you talk
About yourself
You are wrong
Change the voices
In your head
Make them like you instead 

So complicated

Look how big you’ll make it
Filled with so much hatred
Such a tired game
It’s enough
I’ve done all I can think of
Chased down all my demons
Let’s see you do the same 

Ooh, pretty, pretty please

Don’t you ever, ever feel
Like your less than

Less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please
If you ever, ever feel
Like your nothing
You are perfect to me 

The world stares so I swallow the fear

The only thing I should be drinking is an ice cold beer
So cool in line and we try, try, try
But we try too hard, it’s a waste of my time
Done looking for the critics, cuz they’re everywhere
They don’t like my jeans, they don’t get my hair
Strange ourselves and we do it all the time
Why do we do that?
Why do I do that?
Why do I do that? 

Yeah…..

Ooh, Oh, pretty, pretty, pretty 

Pretty, pretty please

Don’t you ever, ever feel
Like you’re less than
Less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please
If you ever, ever feel
Like you’re nothing
You are perfect to me
You’re perfect
You’re perfect to me
Pretty, pretty please
If you ever, ever feel
Like you’re nothing
You are perfect to me