There is a vapid stare 
And people think I do not care 
But I just reside in thoughtless awareness 
I still feel the burn of the unfairness 
As they try to draw me back in 
It seems I’m free then they begin
With little etchings on the stone 
Telling me I’m not alone 
And that I must come home 
But the other side of a phone 
Is a solitary blow 
Because you just do not know 
What you cannot see 
That’s why I’m asking you to listen to me 
He talks over my voice 
Then tells me it’s coz he’s giving me the choice
To do as I’m told 
And if I’m not then I am bold 
And not in the brave kind of way 
But as in “do what I saw”
I dropped the coal 
And then realised that my soul 
Was bigger than that
And I found something they can’t take back 
With their barbs and wires 
And they never tire 
Of their opinion boughs 
And that I can only do what is allowed
“You’re non-compliant”
Fuck off, I am self reliant 
She just glosses over the fact
Then finds another way to get me back
And tie me up in strings 
Spider web these broken wings
Til I’m in a bind 
And I can’t find 
A way out of here 
How did I get caught in a diagram, dear?