We wake
From our sleep
On beds we made of rebar and concrete
Our eyes
Bloodshot and bleary
We plug in just to stop seeing clearly
And it's time
You saw the real me
I'm everything I'm not supposed to be
This paradigm
Is all consuming
The mask I wear is finally coming free
We take
What we're given
Endless days of wishing for the chance to be forgiven
Living sick
Sunk and sallow
Hoping just to be the next body
Hanging from the gallows
And it's time
You saw the real me
I'm everything I'm not supposed to be
This paradigm
Is all consuming
The mask I wear is finally coming free
Turning it off
Tearing it down
Sloughing the skin
Discarding the crown
I'm not what you think
Not what you see
Just an echo of who
You want me to be
And it's time
You saw the real me
I'm everything I'm not supposed to be
This paradigm
Is all consuming
The mask I wear is finally coming free