A/n: A very short and cliché songfic. The song is "Halo" by Haley James Scott, off of the One Tree Hill 'Friends With Benefits' soundtrack. It's an awesome song, so if you've never heard it, I suggest you track it down. You won't regret it.

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Imperfect Angel

by, Cassandra

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It's amazing how someone so bright, so smart could make this mistake. The know-it-all finally got it wrong. He thinks I'm perfect… I'm not, but I can't seem to get it through his head.

I never promised you a ray of light
I never promised that there'd be sunshine everyday
I'll give you everything I have... the good, the bad

He can't seem to see that he's making it worse. The more pressure he puts on me to be perfect, the more I screw everything up. He sees me as something I'm not, and maybe it'll partly my fault. I pretended to be something else when we met, just to get his attention. Well… it worked.

Why do you put me on a pedestal?
I'm so up high that I can't see the ground below
So help me down, you've got it wrong
I don't belong there...

He holds me up so damn high that I'm afraid I'm going to fall if I make one wrong move. I've tried time and time again to tell him that he needs to stop, that he needs to let me breathe. But everything I say goes in one ear and out the other.

One thing is clear, I wear a halo
I wear a halo when you look at me
But standing from here, you wouldn't say so
You wouldn't say so if you were me
And I, I just wanna love you
Oh, oh, I just wanna love you

And it's not just him that thinks I'm perfect either. Its spread to everyone I know, they all treat me like some little ‘goody two shoes' girl. I'm not, I've made mistakes. I've lied, I've cheated, I've fallen more times than I can count. I've just done a damn good job at hiding it.

I always said that I would make mistakes
I'm only human, and that's my saving grace
I fall as hard as I try, so don't be blinded
See me as I really am...

I wish he'd see that I'm human, just like everyone else. I need air to breathe, I need to eat, drink, to survive. I'm not superhuman, or some otherworldly creature. I bleed just like every other human being in the world.

I have my flaws and sometimes I even sin
So pull me from that pedestal
I don't belong there...

He calls me his angel. Something that's almost the personification of perfect. Something that's seen God, talked face to face with Him, and glows from the glory radiating from Him. That's not me… I'm dirty, I'm sinful, and I'm dark. And that's on my good days.

One thing is clear, I wear a halo
I wear a halo when you look at me
But standing from here, you wouldn't say so
You wouldn't say so if you were me
And I, I just wanna love you
Oh, oh, I just wanna love you

I wish he could walk a mile in my shoes. Maybe then he'd see who I am, and what I'm not. And maybe then I could try to be the best I can be, instead of killing myself trying to reach his standards.

One thing is clear, I wear a halo
I wear a halo when you look at me
But standing from here, you wouldn't say so
You wouldn't say so if you were me
And I, I just wanna love you
Oh, oh, I just wanna love you

I love him, and I know he loves me… but he needs to see that there's more to me, or less depending on how you look at it. I'm not an angel, and I'm not a demon either… I'm human, I'm just a girl. A girl who's going to fall, cheat, lie, and sin on a daily basis. And I need him to love me for that.