Not perfect (set during Special Education)
Rachel dramatically slammed the wooden door of Ms. Pillsbury's office, leaving a stunned yet angry Finn behind. She couldn't deal with him or anything else anymore. She was at her breaking point. Warm tears streaming down her cheeks she ran to her safe haven; the theater. There she would be able to express her exact feelings. Climbing onto the stage her stood in the center and started singing.
"Deep down all along I knew you weren't perfect
But maybe I was just in denial, not wanting to know the truth.
I gave you my everything wanting to believe you were perfect,
Each hit surprised me, each felt as painful and harsh as the last.
But I was in denial,
Desperate not to be alone,
So I put on my rose-tinted glasses on so I can see you as perfect again.
I let you use me, break me, hurt and abuse me,
Until I was nothing but yet I stayed
You lied, I cried,
It's always just the same"
Then she came to the chorus and put her soul into it, belting it out.
"It's funny how this vicious cycle kept going for so long,
And I kept telling myself that it was the best I was going to get,
So in my mind I made you seem perfect,
But I finally realized what I knew all along,
That you weren't perfect
That you're not perfect
No, not even close.
To be perfect
For me"
That's when Rachel realized she didn't need Finn, and possible didn't want him anymore.
END
* Song lyrics by Stephanie Samara LeBlanc*