Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. Nor do I own the lyrics Imperfection by Skillet. If I did do you really think I would be writing fan fiction?
Hermione Granger wants perfection. She wants the sweet satisfaction she thinks it
brings. All her life she has struggled to squash the inadequacy she has always felt. The sense that shes not quite good enough.
You're worth so much
It'll never be enough
To see what you have to give
Yet seem so far from everything
You're wanting to be
You're wanting to be
Tears falling down again
Tears falling down
You fall to your knees
You beg, you plead
Can I be somebody else
For all the times I hate myself?
Your failures devour your heart
In every hour, you're drowning
In your imperfection
In a quietly desperate act she drove herself to get the highest scores in class. Finding that it gave her some small measure of relief, she did it again. But all this served to do was gain her the label of an overachiever. Alienating her from anyone who could show her that all she was doing was putting a band aid on a gaping wound.
You mean so much
That heaven would touch
The face of humankind for you
How special you are
Revel in your day
You're fearfully and wonderfully made
You're wonderfully made
Tears falling down again
Come let the healing begin
The more she tried the more she seemed to struggle with her feelings of self-worth. Unable to get the same calming effect a simple A would usually bring her, she turned to more extreme solutions. She started going above and beyond the simple good work she was doing and began going for A pluses. When that no longer worked she began to tackle everything with the energy of a zealot.
You fall to your knees
You beg, you plead
Can I be somebody else
For all the times I hate myself?
Your failures devour your
In every hour you're drowning
In your imperfection
When she met Harry and Ron she was already on a downward spiral and things could only get worse before they got better. She even went so far as to manipulate the very fabric of time itself in an effort to be the perfect student. And nearly killed herself in the process.
You're worth so much
So easily crushed
Wanna be like everyone else
No one escapes
Every breath we take
Dealing with our own
Skeletons , skeletons
Harry and Ron noticed that Hermione was a perfectionist of course, who couldn't? They didn't realize how destructive her behavior was. Instead of trying to her help her with her bad habits they did the exact opposite. They took advantage. But by some weird twist this seemed to be the thing she needed most. By finding friends and falling in love she finally found out that no one is perfect and that by chasing perfection she was only running a race no one is destined to win.
You fall to your knees
You beg, you plead
Can I be somebody else
For all the times I hate myself?
Your failures devour your heart
In every hour,you're drowning
In your imperfection
Won't you believe, yeah
Won't you believe,yeah
All the things I see in you
You're not the only one
You're not the only one
Drowning in imperfection
A/N I told my friends that I would write them a story. Which was easier said than done. This turned out to be more lyrics than story but I couldn't help it. This song just fit so...well perfectly. So here you guys go. Hope you like it. Oh, and its you guys turn now. Please read and review.
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