My walls, they all fall down, and I don't know what to say,
When I find myself in tears at the end of every day.
I try so very hard to keep my makeup in place
It's my only way to keep my feelings off my face
So
"Come on girl," I tell myself
"Put the makeup on, right where it belongs,"
"Put the feelings on the shelf."
Everything about all this feels so wrong.
Makeup was written during a time in my life where I hated everything about myself. My best friend and I had a talk about how sometimes we have to hide our feelings. We decided to call it "Makeup" as we aren't letting out true selves show through. Makeup is about how sometimes makeup can be more than just making yourself look pretty, but also how the guilt eats away at you, because you are hiding things from the people you care about.
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