Outernet

By Janet Devlin

Released on October 7, 2016

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[Verse 1]

See these magazines with

Pretty girls rockin'

Size 4 skinny jeans

And on my television screens there are

Endless beauty routines

Tellin' me how to look

And how I should be perceived


[Break]

And online you're not safe from thigh gaps and ideal weights

I think it's time, time that I took a break


[Verse 1 Reprise]

See these magazines with

Pretty girls rockin'

Size 4 skinny jeans

And on my television screens there are

Endless beauty routines

Brainwashing our teens

Just to ruin self-esteem


[Break]

And online you're not safe from thigh gaps and ideal weights

I think it's time, time that I took a break


[Verse 2]

You could dress me up like a paper doll

But it doesn't mean

I'll do what I'm told

And just because you know my name

From my 15 minutes of fame

Doesn't mean I'll never change

It's too hard to stay the same


[Break]

And online you're not safe from sly ads and anon hate

I think it's time, time that I took a break


[Chorus]

Some day we should venture to the Outernet

Some day we should venture to the Outernet


[Verse 3]

Too much time on the Internet

It's not hard to find what people said

"Why'd you change?" "where's your innocence!"

"Where's your blonde hair, why'd you dye it red?"


[Verse 4]

"When you sing you sound like a 10 year old"

"You're that ginger kid from a TV show?"

If you don't like what you hear then turn it off

It's not like I'm being played on the radio


[Break]

And online you're not safe from fake likes on a Facebook page

I think it's time, time that I took a break


[Chorus]

Some day we should venture to the Outernet

Some day we should venture to the Outernet


[Bridge]

There used to be a day where all I wanted to be

Was as pretty as the girls in the magazines

And it tore me up and tore me apart

I didn't see myself as a piece of art

We need to teach our kids how to love themselves

Not compared to what the media sells

'Cause in this world you can never win

Because loving yourself is so unacceptable


[Break]

And online you're not safe from fake likes on a Facebook page

I think it's time(think it's time), time that I took a break

Time that I took a break, time that I took a break(took a break)

Time that we took a break, time that I took a break(took a break)


[Chorus]

Some day we should venture to the Outernet

Some day we should venture to the Outernet

And I'll do anything for a like, anything for a share, anything for a re-tweet

To gain some followers

Anything for a like, anything for a share, anything for a re-tweet

Where's all my followers?