Taking Up Space

The Cavedogs

Her in the mirror you seem to fear her now

She's takin' up the space that once made her so proud

Beauty is passion you've seen it rationed out

Remember what you had was in but soon in doubt



It's drilled into your head

You live it till you're dead



Sally doesn't sleep a lot at night

Sometimes she wished she could

But the preparation must begin with the light

To look is to be good



The stranger inside her sees what's confined her fade

Taking what you want and hiding it away

The Model you follow seems is too hollow to need

Whatever is inside starts pushing at your seams



It's drilled into your head

It's the only thing you're fed



Sally doesn't dream a lot at night

The days just seem too full

Be contented with the world her mother said

You are too beautiful



Her in the mirror you seem to fear her now

She's taking up the space that once made her so proud

Beauty is passion you've seen it rationed out

Remember what you had was in but soon in doubt



It's drilled into your head

You'll live it till you're dead



Sally doesn't sleep a lot at all

She never really could

It's so late and straight and all along

She never understood

So she throws the curtains open the whiten streetlights

Fill the empty room

But they're just passin' by no one can see

That she is beautiful