FAWM: "Plastic Surgery"

Plastic Surgery

Liner Notes

Gary Sears and Jack Hastings offer up an #altpop #indie #altrock song about modern obsessions.

Lyrics

Cut me apart, stitch me back together
Shape me, make me, better than ever
I want a new face, a new butt, a new shape
I want a new life whatever it takes

I wanna be shiny, I wanna be smooth
Plastic, elastic, with a million views
I don’t wanna look basic, I don’t wanna look poor
I don’t wanna look anything like the girl next door

Hey, Dr. Giggles
Even though it tickles
Tease me with your silver knives
Fashion is so fickle
I don’t mind the pain or scars
As long as you can make me look like superstar

I know the real me is underneath the outside
Peel me, feel me, take me for a ride
Smooth as a peach, shiny as a pear
Sand me, tan me, just don’t mess my hair

Hey, Dr. Giggles
Even though it tickles
Tease me with your silver knives
Fashion is so fickle
I don’t mind the pain or scars
As long as you can make me look like superstar

At my first opportunity
I’ll go to the infirmary
To get that plastic surgery that makes me real
I will be so luminous
Radiant and ludicrous
Viral and unscrupulous, I wanna know how that feels

I know the real me is underneath the outside
Peel me, feel me, take me for a ride
Smooth as a peach, shiny as a pear
Sand me, tan me, just don’t mess my hair

Comments

@andybalham 3d

Great overall sound here. Clever lyrics too. I like the rhythm of the chorus and the overall dynamic to it. Ludicrous people indeed. Nice work.

@odilongreen 1w

I really like the classic 80s rock feel of this: clean and tuneful, vaguely sinister, commenting of fundamental questions of what is real and what is fake. I also like how disquieting some of the lines are, especially in the chorus; they're creepy without being over-the-top about it. I'm delighted to see from your artist page that this appears to be the start of a concept album on this theme, and indeed, the song has the feel of the start of something big and bold.