April Fish - X Lyrics

I am obedient student awaiting my lesson
Legs crossed, arms folded, mouth shut, eyes open
I sit here staring at the door (the one that I just walked through), waiting patiently for you

I am obedient student awaiting my lesson
Tick box, criss-cross my learning obsession
I have been studying at night, hoping that the bulb will alight up above my ignorant head

I'll be an angel, a proper angel, your pet
I'll take it all in; absorb your every word

Teach me to read a map
X marks the spot where I'm not
Help me to navigate to treasure
Grade me accordingly
Tick if I'm right, X if I'm not
So which symbol am I really after?

I am rebellious student obeying my teacher
I know that something is wrong with this picture
I sit here, staring at your page, trying mightily to engage with the myths you say are true

I am rebellious student debating my teacher
Receiving opinions through my own filter
I'll take salt with what you say, enlightened (but not carried away)
Waiting for your time to end so mine can begin

I'll be a hero, a proper hero, you'll see
I'll take it all on
Try to right every wrong

Teach me to read a map
X marks the spot where I'm not
Help me to navigate to treasure
Grade me accordingly
Tick if I'm right, X if I'm not
So which symbol am I really after?

Our sixty minutes almost over
I am seeking something new
You may think I never found my treasure
But nothing could be further from the truth

You taught me to read a map
X on the spot you told me I should want
The path you thought I should have taken
You failed me accordingly:
X on the test, although I did my best
The symbol, once desired, now forsaking

Listen, obedient students: this is your lesson