Song meaning of Beautiful by Heathers the Musical Ensemble (Ft. AJ Meijner, Alice Lee, Barrett Wilbert Weed, Cait Fairbanks, Charissa Hogeland, Dan Domenech, Dustin Sullivan, Elle McLemore, Evan Todd, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Jon Eidson, Katie Ladner, Michelle Duffy & Rachel Flynn)

Ah, the high school experience, where innocence dies and bullies thrive. Or at least that's what Heathers the Musical Ensemble wants you to believe in their song "Beautiful." They start off reminiscing about the good old days when they were tiny and happy, playing tag and eating paste. But then they got bigger, like the Huns invading Rome (a slightly dramatic comparison, but okay). Welcome to their school, the Thunderdome, where you can hold your breath and count the days until graduation. College is promised to be paradise, as long as they survive until June. They pray for a better way, a way to go back to when they were kind and beautiful. But who can blame them for feeling down? The kids in this song hurl insults like it's their day job: freak, slut, loser, and shortbus just to name a few. As Veronica tries to help her friend who gets knocked down by a preppy stud, she realizes that being kind and beautiful might have to wait for another day. And then there are the Heathers, the Holy Trinity of shallowness. They float above it all, loved and adored by everyone. All the kids dream of being like them, or at least being noticed by them. But who wouldn't want to date a Heather, right? It's almost like a high school rite of passage. Veronica wishes she could sit at their table at lunch, blending in and saving herself from the torment. The Heathers, being the ultimate mean girls, decide to give Veronica a makeover to make her beautiful. And voila! She emerges as a smoking hot goddess, ready to conquer the world. Because as we all know, life is so much better when we're beautiful, right? Cue the dramatic crescendo and the idea that being beautiful is the answer to all their problems. Oh, high school, where superficiality reigns supreme.