Past the Skin
by
Nathanael Smith

She sat on the sidewalk
Ratings in hand
Measuring the people around her
And losing her line in the sand
Oh, why don't you wake up and see past the skin?
Why don't you rise up and let life within?

She sat on the sidewalk
Distorted mirror in to see
She likes the way she looks
But hates the looks of me
Oh, why don't you wake up and see past the skin?
Why don't you rise up and let life within?

She sits on the step of the chapel
Crying out tears agonized
Sometime she woke up and saw
Theres more to beauty than she realized
Oh, why don't you wake up and see past the skin?
Why don't you rise up and let life within?

Now she's kneeling alone at the alter
Twisted face set in happiness
Totally changed is the way she looks
But she claims that she's blessed...
With beauty
Oh, now that you've woken, you see past the skin
The face is just passing, true beauty's within.