XiE - "Told To Be" Feat. Hatsune Miku [Vocaloid Original]

It's not perfect yet. All it takes is a few minutes a day to reevaluate your values and the reasons behind them, even if you believe all your values are good and meaningful. Look again. Double check. I wrote this song for my ethics class independent project on the social injustice of gender norms. The whole thing was made in within a two week timeframe and DURING EXAM TIME NO LESS. Shows what I'm actually capable of. Also fun fact. This is the first time I have ever featured a Vocaloid in the music video, lets see if that will change how often it gets viewed? Ooh and experiment! Lyrics "Let's try it again" "First she starts and then" Cover up and be the mask "Hey now!" "You're better than this" "Just restart" and "Be the doll you are" -Beep beep beep- 4:00 Eyes mouth lined with the nose in the middle Must be the picture's perfect What else did you expect? The clean white smile of enamel stripped teeth The layers of paint confining skin underneath The hourglass body with the corset crushed waist All the while I'm going to waste I'm so sick All these expectations dictate my every breath This is who I'm Told To Be But Even with this perfect face The doll remains voided as before The ones before were worse off in many ways Worked to the bone every single day Tied to the pain by the norms of the day That is what they were Told To Be But it's changed since, made better than before They were finally heard clawing at the door Is there any reason I should do what they say Is it true? Can I be free? All these expectations dictate my every breath This is what I'm Told To Be But I have always had a choice No more dolls From now on I am me I am free All these expectations Now mean nothing to me This is who I Chose To Be OH! Now I finally can breathe The masks shed I'm happy now I'm me Dolls gone now I'm free