Scars to Your Beautiful (Alessia Cara song)

“Scars To Your Beautiful“ is a song by Alessia Cara which serves as the third single from her debut album *Know-It-All*.

Cara first performed the song at TEDxTeen 2015, and later released it as part of Know-It-All. On July 26, 2016, the song was serviced to Top 40 radio.

In an interview with Idolator, Cara explained the meaning behind the track.

*“Basically, that song is about body image. It’s directed at women, but I think men can relate to it as well. It’s just a song about these things that certain women go through on a daily basis in order to feel loved or in order to love themselves. I think that’s such a thing that goes on in today’s world. These weird things are instilled in us. You know? That tell us that we’re not good enough or that there’s only one kind of beauty. This song basically is contradicting that idea. It’s saying, “Well, if the world doesn’t like how you look then they should change. They should change their perspective. You don’t have to change yourself.” I mean, I thought that that was important, you know, just to put out next. Especially because I think that’s kind of the direction we’re going in, you know, with* Here*“*

In an interview with Idolator, Alessia explained the song’s meaning:

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

She just wants to be beautiful

She goes unnoticed, she knows no limits

She craves attention, she praises an image

She prays to be sculpted by the sculptor

Oh, she don't see the light that shining

Deeper than the eyes can find it

Maybe we have to find her blind

So she tries to cover up her pain and cut her woes away

Cause covergirls don't cry after their face is made

[Chorus]

But there's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark

You should know you're beautiful just the way you are

And you don't have to change a thing

The world could change its heart

No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

Oh, oh, oh

Oh-oh, oh, oh

And you don't have to change a thing

The world could change its heart

No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

[Verse 2]

She has dreams to be an envy, so she's starving

You know, covergirls eat nothing

She says "beauty is pain and there's beauty in everything"

"What's a little bit of hunger?"

"I can go a little while longer," she fades away

She don't see her perfect, she don't understand she's worth it

Or the beauty goes deeper than the surface, oh, oh

So to all the girls that's hurting, let me be your mirror

Help me see a little bit clearer the light that shines within

[Chorus]

There's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark

You should know you're beautiful just the way you are

And you don't have to change a thing

The world could change its heart

No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

Oh, oh, oh

Oh-oh, oh, oh

And you don't have to change a thing

The world could change its heart

No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

[Bridge]

No better you than the you that you are

*No better you than the you that you are*

No better life than the life we're living

*No better life than the life we're living*

No better time for your shine, you're a star

*No better time for your shine, you're a star*

Oh, you're beautiful, oh, you're beautiful

[Chorus]

And there's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark

You should know you're beautiful just the way you are

And you don't have to change a thing

The world could change its heart

No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

Oh, oh, oh

Oh-oh, oh, oh

And you don't have to change a thing

The world could change its heart

No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

## Trivia

* Maybe the song she performed the Know-it-All album.