I’ve been raised up so I can fall,
I’ve been locked in a prison but told I can open the gate,
I’m told I’m worth it but they convinced me I’m worthless,
I’ve been institutionalised by the self-hate,

They tell me that I am unique,
Yet tell me I’m exactly the same,
They tell me my life has value and that I am important,
Yet they don’t even care to learn my name,

They tell me I am valuable,
But I am only worth what they say,
They tell me to go and enjoy my night,
Whilst they steal from me my day,

They tell me “Life is what you make of it”,
Yet I have to make it the same,
They convince me that I am destined to fail,
Yet they’re the ones that create the game,

I was born to live my own life,
But only, if I live it their way,
I’m forced to speak their words,
Yet they still don’t give a fuck what I have to say,

They tell me I need to survive and keep going,
Yet they leave me for dead,
They say I have free will,
Yet they put subliminal messages deep inside my head,

They tell me to make loads of money,
And to save it for all my dreams,
Yet they constantly rob me blind,
And rip my pockets apart at the seams,

This world is a confusing place,
With constant mixed message from they,
But apparently if it wasn’t for them,
They would be no such thing as night or day,

If they say stop, I have to stop,
If they say go, I have to go,
They play with our lives like we are puppets on a string,
And they have forever ran the show,

Time itself was created by them,
The whole universe dictated to us in this confusing play,
I feel so lost,
Cos a day is not a day unless they say,

They are such a confusing kind,
And yet no-one even really knows who they are,
But they run my mind ragged,
As I fail to chase my dreams in societies boudoir.

Finished on: 07/10/2024