This year, we have a very special song to share for NEDAW. The song is called 'House of Mirrors' and was written and performed especially for Realize Your Beauty by Singer/Songwriter Gretchen Witt. This song reflects the feelings and experiences of many women, young and old, caught in the conflicting demands of today's complex world.
Lyrics
HOUSE OF MIRRORS
Words and Music written by Gretchen Witt
Standing in the check-out aisle / I look left and right
The covers of the magazines / Scream out in grotesque fright
The registers ring / The lights blink red
A labyrinth is laid / Between who's fat or thin
Concave are the bellies / Convex are the breasts
All my fears are confirmed / My body is vexed
The registers ring / The lights blink red
A labyrinth is laid / Am I fat and or thin?
I am lost in a house of mirrors --------------------------
Being chased by a villain / Who steals self-respect
She is slashing and burning my beauty ----------------
She expects me to be / Nothing less than perfect
The food is bagged, the bill is paid / I head towards the door
As I pass, the windows reflect / My image, a prisoner of war
The doors revolve / The shopping carts collide
This carnival of fear / tours nationwide
I am lost in a house of mirrors -------------------------------
Being chased by a villain / Who steals self-respect
She is slashing and burning my beauty ----------------------
She expects me to be / Nothing less than perfect
Are you buying food, are you there too / In that check-out line?
Well I think it's time, to put a stop to this crime / And that perfect be redefined
(c) 2014 Gretchen Witt