Scars To Your Beautiful – English Lyrics

• By: Alessia Cara
• Album: Know-It-All

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Alessia Cara's empowering anthem, "Scars To Your Beautiful," a heartfelt pop song that champions self-love and challenges conventional beauty standards. This track is perfect for language learners as its clear, direct lyrics offer a rich vocabulary related to emotions, self-perception, and societal pressures, making it an engaging way to connect with English through a powerful, universal message of acceptance.

[English]

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's shining

Deeper than the eyes can find it, maybe we have made her blind

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

'Cause cover girls don't cry after their face is made

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

...

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

She has dreams to be an envy

So she's starving, you know, cover girls 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 that beauty goes deeper than the surface, oh, oh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
beautiful /ˈbjuːtəfəl/ A2	adjective - pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically
scar /skɑːr/ B2	noun - a mark left on the skin after a wound heals
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a bright point of light in the night sky noun - a famous or prominent performer or athlete
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical suffering or discomfort noun - emotional distress or suffering
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - something that makes things visible or affords illumination adjective - not heavy or serious; gentle
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts or images during sleep or a strongly desired goal verb - to experience dreams while sleeping; to imagine something desired
envy /ˈɛnvi/ B2	noun - a feeling of jealousy towards someone's possessions or qualities verb - to feel jealousy towards someone
cover /ˈkʌvər/ B1	verb - to put something upon or over, as for protection or concealment noun - a thing that covers something, like a lid or protection
painful /ˈpeɪnfl/ B1	adjective - causing pain or distress
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause pain or injury adjective - feeling pain
shine /ʃaɪn/ B1	verb - to emit light; to glow noun - the quality of emitting light
face /feɪs/ A1	noun - the front part of the head verb - to confront or deal with a situation
hope /hoʊp/ B1	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen verb - to want something to happen or be true
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth and all life on it
limit /ˈlɪmɪt/ B2	noun - a point or level beyond which something does not extend verb - to set bounds or restrict

Key Grammar Structures

• She just wants to be beautiful

  ➔ just

  ➔ This is an adverb used to emphasize the desire to be beautiful.

• She goes unnoticed, she knows no limits

  ➔ goes unnoticed

  ➔ This is a passive construction indicating that she is not noticed.

• She craves attention, she praises an image

  ➔ craves attention

  ➔ This is a verb phrase expressing a strong desire for attention.

• She prays to be sculpted by the sculptor

  ➔ prays to be sculpted

  ➔ This is a metaphorical expression of her desire to be transformed.

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

  ➔ There's a hope

  ➔ This is a simple sentence expressing the existence of hope.

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

  ➔ should know

  ➔ This is a conditional construction encouraging self-acceptance.

• And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart

  ➔ don't have to change

  ➔ This is a negative construction indicating that no change is required.

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

  ➔ No scars

  ➔ This is a negative construction emphasizing beauty without scars.

• Oh, oh

  ➔ Oh

  ➔ Interjection expressing surprise or emotion.