Imperfect perfection
What would a world be that had no war?
What if every day the sun could shine brightly?
What would it be if pain ceased to exist?
What would life be if all dreams came true?
Perfect is just a word
an illusion, a fictional ideal
They wanted a son who'd become a doctor
a daughter to be a beauty queen
She wanted a knight in a shiny car
He wanted to dance with a suburban dream
Let reality disappoint your fairytale
Your kid is a wannabe rockstar
Your angel has no wings to fly
And that cute boy drives his father’s car
* I am sorry
but I'm blowing up our fantasy
In the real world nothing is as it seems
Perfect only heaven can be
’Cause perfect is just a word
an illusion, a fictional ideal
I will never be perfect
I can only be me
I don’t know how you wished I would be
If someone better filled your picture of me
Maybe a saint that never got mad
or a hero from a movie scene
You hoped for the captain of the team
I was thinking of a girl whose eyes were green
I wanted you to always smile
This is the way in our heads it’s been
* I am sorry
but I'm blowing up our fantasy
In the real world nothing is as it seems
Perfect only heaven can be
’Cause perfect is just a word
an illusion, a fictional ideal
I will never be perfect
I can only be me
You can never change me
What you see is what you get
This is me and nothing more
Take it or leave while my cheeks are still wet
I am who I was made to be
A hard-headed, stubborn me
Perfect is not what I am
Perfect is what you must choose me to be
*I am sorry
but I’m blowing up our fantasy
In the real world nothing is as it seems
Perfect only heaven can been
’Cause perfect is just a word
an illusion, a fictional ideal
I will never be perfect
I can only be me
The world will always be infected by hate
Clouds will sometimes block the sun
Hospitals are filled with brokenness
Dreams seldom come true
But with me and you
who we are
what we were meant to be
we could make it something
a decision beyond fantasy
to say that what we have
is all we ever need.
Nothing can be perfect
Imperfection is complete.
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