Cosmopolitan
Nine Black Alps Lyrics

You're not pretty enough
You don't meet our physical standards of beauty.

You're not skinny enough
You don't meet our physical standards of thinness.

You're not healthy enough
You don't meet our standards of health, likely related to weight or appearance.

You're not shaking at our touch
You don't appear nervous or intimidated by us, which is not what we want.

You're not lonely enough
You aren't displaying enough signs of isolation or need for connection.

You're not holy enough
You don't meet our standards of purity or morality.

You're not saying too much
You're not offering enough information about yourself for us to understand and judge you.

About what you think we want
We are looking for specific traits that we believe we want, and we expect others to know what those are and display them.

So shock me
We want you to act in a way that surprises us or goes against our expectations.

Well you spend the night
We want you to stay with us and keep us entertained.

I'll take my life
I would rather die than be with someone who doesn't meet my expectations.

We'll close our eyes
We are trying to escape from reality and forget our disappointment in you.

We'll be dead by sunrise
Our disappointment in you is so great that it feels like a death, and we will likely move on from this encounter by the next day.

You're not dreaming too much
You're not being imaginative or whimsical enough.

You're not sleeping enough
You're not exhibiting enough exhaustion or vulnerability to meet our expectations.

You're not burning enough
You're not being passionate or intense enough, especially in your physical appearance.

Of your body to be loved
We believe that being loved is largely based on physical appearance.

We're so uptight
We are rigid and anxious, likely due to our own insecurities and unrealistic expectations.

We'll kill our time
We will spend time together, but it won't be fulfilling or meaningful.