The little voice in the back of my head

Keeps telling me that I'm not good enough

Not strong enough

The little girl somewhere in my mind

Under the covers

Cause she's too scared of everything

To try anything



She talks all that trash

Tellin' me I should just give up

I look in the mirror, put on my mascara

And tell her to just shut up



[Chorus:]

Cause life's too short

To hate yourself

To try to be someone else

So quit wasting your time

The days go by way too fast

To let anything hold you back

So don't cry anymore

Cause life's too short

To hate yourself



Every cover of every magazine

Makes you feel like you're not thin enough

Not pretty enough

You let a stupid pair of old blue jeans

That don't quite fit ruin your day

And you beat yourself up

You beat yourself up



But blue jeans ain't nothin'

But fabric and buttons

They don't mean a thing

They can't make you beautiful

Baby, you're beautiful

So throw 'em away



[Chorus:]

Cause life's too short

To hate yourself

To try to be someone else

So quit wasting your time

The days go by way too fast

To let anything hold you back

So don't cry anymore

Cause life's too short

To hate yourself



God doesn't make mistakes

Just look at this beautiful day



[Chorus:]

Cause life's too short

To hate yourself

To try to be someone else

So quit wasting your time

The days go by way too fast

To let anything hold you back

So don't cry anymore

Cause life's too short

To hate yourself

To hate yourself

To hate yourself