When I beat my head against the wall of convention

the blood I taste is everyone's

I fought a battle thought unpopular

for stakes nobody seems to see

nobody sees but me



one step forward

two steps back

come on and try me



my pain is the pain of children

my heart is burning with their shame

when mother cries all day

I'll wipe those tears away

you can't grow up healthy in a house of



for every father holding back the angry fire until five

when it festers on the drive

his boss has shamed him to tears

he should "take it like a man" but he never had a man to tell him