"Shame" genre: Rock
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	Piano and vocals; this song is a deeply personal, highly emotive song with a great piano arrangement and amazing vocals
	Credits: Produced, Recorded, Written, and Arranged by Monica Mancillas
	Story Behind the Song This song is about my personal (and highly universal) struggle with body image. It touches upon the battles we all go through in confronting our own feelings of shame and our desires to fit society's mainstream standards. It was written fairly quickly and early on in my songwriting career. I recorded it on my own in about 3 takes. It was one of those nights where the studio was against me, which only fueled my anger and helped me to get a more empassioned take. Lyrics I am tired of fighting life I am tempted to give in It would be so nice to love myself from within I am just like you trying to hard to fit into a mold that is not mine This is not a game It is a war that I just can't win I feel like I'm insane I am so tired of feeling like my body is a sin You are not alone I am another girl who cannot free her body from this Shame This Shame I've tried all I can but this mirror still tells me how to feel Forgotten who I am Lost sight of living in the planning of each meal But how can I change hold onto pride while drowning in this tortured sea of Shame This shame I am too fat, too thin, too ugly, too vein says the chorus in my mind I think sometimes I would be better off blind than living in this endless sea of Shame This Shame

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