Note from Melissa of Superchick:

This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, and some of you who know me better know that this hits close to home for me.

I know full-well the pressures that society and even friends sometimes place on us to be thin and beautiful. It started for me when I was 15. I know what it's like to not feel pretty, to feel fat, to feel like no one would ever want to be with you or even be friends with you because you feel so bad about yourself.

BUT I also know how it feels to be free from those pressures and feel a love and acceptance that isn't humanly possible. I hope that my story and our song "Courage" - which is all about my struggle with an eating disorder - reaches someone out there who has been or is where I have been. The biggest step is knowing you aren't alone.

And I am telling you, yes you who is reading this right now and thinking about not eating today, YOU ARE NOT ALONE... because I understand. I am there with you and someone so much bigger is there as well.

Melissa: Anorexic

Read Melissa's full story behind the song Courage here.

"COURAGE" Lyrics
from the album Beauty From Pain by Superchick

I told another lie today
And I got through this day
No one saw through my games
I know the right words to say
Like "I don't feel well"
"I ate before I came"

Then someone tells me how good I look
And for a moment
For a moment I am happy
But when I'm alone
No one hears me cry

I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day

I don't know the first time I felt unbeautiful
The day I chose not to eat
What I do know is how I changed
My life forever
I know I should know better

There are days when I'm okay
And for a moment
For a moment I find hope
But there are days when I'm not okay
And I need your help
So I'm letting go

I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day

You should know
You're not on your own
These secrets are walls that keep us alone
I don't know when
But I know now
Together we'll make it through somehow
Together we'll make it through somehow

I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day

Words and Music by Max Hsu & Melissa Brock
© 2006 DJ Spacemonkey Music / VMK / admin by Whizbang Artists Music (ASCAP)