Julissa Neely

Jul 17, 20152 min

The Beauty Club

Updated: Jan 23, 2021

The nations of the world unite at Sephora tonight
 
The Champs Elysees sets the stage
 
The pretty boys, the glamorous girls
 
Everybody wants a new lipstick shade
 
The international chic and the bourgeoisie

We sing with one voice our silent prayer
 

If you are beautiful, you are never lonely
 
If you are beautiful, you can hold me
 
If you are beautiful, you will never die
 
If you are beautiful, you will never cry

Practiced in the art of illusion
 

 
Sleight of hand brings a fusion of sight and sound
 
Feels like solid ground
 
The beauty club takes a secret oath
 
Never say die, live forever inside these walls
 
Pulled uptight, eyelids bright, wrinkle-free

Back in the garden naked was gold
 
Never got cold, never got old, never needed a jacket or a new dress to hack it
 
No shame, no guilt, and no need for admission
 
Just beautiful days with sunlight drenching down our skin
 
Never told a lie, never needed to hide
 
Those were the days before we were slaves

We sing with one voice our silent prayer
 

 
If you are beautiful, you are never lonely
 
If you are beautiful, you can hold me
 
If you are beautiful, you will never die
 
If you are beautiful, you will never cry

So here we are under artificial light searching for the lost Eden
 

 
Me, the old guard, and the new bohemian
 
Even though I know it’s just smoke and mirrors
 
Oz is just an average guy behind velvet ropes and drawn curtains
 
I buy the quest hook line and sinker
 
Study the pages, find out what the rage is

Got to have it, grab it When I look in the mirror I see the slave is me, in modern chains

so fashionably
 

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