I wish I could tie you up in my shoes
Make you feel unpretty too
I was told I was beautiful
But what does that mean to you
Look into the mirror who's inside there
The one with the long hair
Same old me again today
My outsides are cool
My insides are blue
Everytime I think I'm through
It's because of you
I've tried different ways
But it's all the same
At the end of the day
I have myself to blame
I'm just trippin'
You can buy your hair if it won't grow
You can fix your nose if he says so
You can buy all the make-up that mac can make
But if you can't look inside you
Find out who am I to
Be in a position to make me feel so damn unpretty
I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
I feel pretty and witty and bright
Never insecure until I met you
Now I'm being stupid
I used to be so cute to me
Just a little bit skinny
Why do I look to all these things
To keep you happy
Maybe get rid of you
And then I'll get back to me (hey) [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/g/glee/i_feel_pretty_unpretty.html ]
My outsides look cool
My insides are blue
Everytime I think I'm through
It's because of you
I've tried different ways
But it's all the same
At the end of the day
I have myself to blame
Keep on trippin'
You can buy your hair if it won't grow
You can fix your nose if he says so
You can buy all the make-up that mac can make
But if you can't look inside you
Find out who am I to
Be in a position to make me feel so damn unpretty
I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
I feel pretty and witty and bright
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me tonight
I feel pretty (You can buy your hair if it won't grow)
Oh so pretty (You can fix your nose if he says so)
I feel pretty and witty and bright (You can buy all the make-up that mac can make)
But if you can't look inside you
Find out who am I to
Be in a position to make me feel so damn unpretty
I love this song because it's about what's inside you rather than what you look like.
Also, in glee, rachel and quinn do this duet and i love it because it shows that they are both insecure sometimes, but i think they both love themselves deep down.
by Unregistered on May 3rd 2012 11:06 pm
Beautiful song, everyone is perfect in their own way, great message here
by Unregistered on Apr 24th 2012 8:19 pm
I think that it's about how girls always criticize their looks in order to improve themselves to impress someone. It is also saying that everyone is beautiful, inside and out. I know, i criticize myself too. -abby:)
by Unregistered on Apr 13th 2012 6:44 pm
It says that if you don't like how you look you can change curl your hair coulor it, whatever you wish but all the makeup and hair straighners can't change who you are. People can make you feel ugly but just think to yourself how pretty you really are. So what if there hair is a better colour, going and dying your hair won't make your insides any better or worse. :) i love glee and santana i love her!
by Unregistered on Mar 31st 2012 10:45 am
I think this song means that you are beautiful in every aspect.
by Unregistered on Mar 9th 2012 6:33 pm
I think this song means that everyone has those things that they don't like about themselves, but only you can see the true beauty that you contain. And someday a special someone will see it too, only if you don't change yourself. -aly
by Unregistered on Jan 28th 2012 1:12 am
Your beautiful in your own way. Everyone is beautiful.
by Unregistered on Dec 28th 2011 5:54 pm
I am the biggest glee fan thats how i know how people think there unpritty its not right evry one of u are beautiful
by Unregistered on Dec 28th 2011 5:52 pm
Dont worry if u think ur ugly cause ur not if people tell u that dont listen to them really they are jellus of u ur beautiful the way u are
by Unregistered on Dec 21st 2011 7:46 am
It's about feeling beautiful in your own skin. And even the "prettiest" people feel insecure and "unpretty" sometimes. You can change the things you don't like by surgery or other means, but if you just stopped bringing yourself down then you'd have more confidence in your self. No one should base how they feel about themselves by other people's looks.
In the show, rachel thinks quinn is really pretty and wants to look more like her. But quinn used to be "fat" and she had a nose job. You can kind of see in the episode that quinn reflects on what she had to do to make herself feel/look beautiful. And singing this song with rachel showed that even she feels unpretty sometimes and rachel shouldn't have to go through the means she did to feel pretty. Everyone is beautiful in their own way. Quinn praises another heavier girl in the glee club for having the confidence that she never had.