Stay silent and listen

Stay still as you’re christened

We’re moving along

We don’t have time for you

 

Cover up and never show

Can’t let anyone know

What you really look like

 

Look like me

Talk like me

Move like me

Learn like me

That’s what you’re allowed to be

 

Shut up and listen

If you’re not in misery

They’ve failed their mission

 

Shut you down

Push you around

Mold you into perfect conformity

 

Stand up

Talk back

Bust open the cracks

In this man-made nightmare

 

You failed your class

Because this system failed you

Still here you are

Wasting your good days at school