Perfection:
The condition state or quality of being free of all flaws
Or defects
I think the actual definition should be:
A ten letter work describing something that doesn't exist or
Prison
Maybe straight-jacket
See perfection, is a virus
A tumor, a growth, it
Infects the mind of who attaches itself to
Until it eventually, destroys the host
I hate the very word perfection
It has driven me crazy for years guided by fear
I was constantly comparing my self to my peers
Stressing and striving to reach some idea that only existed
In here
Oh, you thought perfection was real?
Well, I disagree
I mean, have you ever seen a perfect tree?
In real life have you ever gone into a forest and seen a perfect tree?
Nah see they all got a little something going on
Some lean this way some lean that way
Some have a little too much loss
And some got a whole bunch of bark that's been ripped off.
But somehow, they are all beautiful
But when it comes to people we don't seem to see that we
Are all beautiful, in all of our expression
So we dissect ourselves into pieces
Judging each other thinking perfection is something we can achieve, which leads us to feeling depleted and defeated but Salvador Dali's said it best:
"Have no fear of perfection because, you never reach it"
Ladies and gentleman, there are two doors in life
Door number one: be perfect and be admired
Or door number two: be real, and be loved
I say choose number two
And choose it quick
Because life's too short to try to live up to something that doesn't even exist, it makes no sense
So please create your own unique expression
Color outside the lines
Be the pretzel that refuses to not
Be the marbel that doesn't quit roll right
Do the dance that nobody's ever seen before
And don't worry if people stop and stare
I mean if the leaning tower of Pisa was straight
Nobody would care
See when mistakes are made beauty is birthed
You know why they call it the Model T?
Because that's how many letters it took for Henry Ford to get the darn car to work
So don't worry about always being first and getting it right
I mean Sony's very first product they ever made
It cooked rice
So embrace your mistakes, they are to be savored, failure is the condiment that gives success it's flavor, and true success is being yourself in a world that's constantly trying to make you someone else
You know I was reading the other day, about a Japanese tradition called Kinsugi
What they do is, if an object breaks they fill the cracks with pure gold because they believe that when something suffers damage and has a history, it is all the more beautiful
So I say love your cracks. You may call it brokenness but it is the way your light will shine through
And if you have no one in your corner
Then consider me your supporter and we will smile together
As society tries to diagnose our gifts, as disorders
You don't need to be a perfect person with perfect make up
Perfect skills or perfect build
Cause the truth is real people aren't perfect
And perfect people aren't real
Source: https://songtexte.co/en/prince-ea-the-prison-of-perfection-lyrics-46bf54
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